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An Longfort An Lar Mhi
Longford Westmeath Area (Leinster)

5 Seats 11 Candidates
Electorate: not available Quota: 6,508
 Candidate     Party     1st Pref   Share   Quota     Count   Status   Seat 

General Seán MacEoin1  Fine Gael Lozenge   6,031   15.45%   0.93   0          1   ♂
Charles Fagan  Fine Gael Lozenge   3,598   9.22%   0.55   0          2   ♂
Rory Brady1  Sinn Féin Lozenge   5,506   14.10%   0.85   0          3   ♂
Erskine Childers  Fianna Fail Lozenge   5,141   13.17%   0.79   0          4   ♂
Michael Kennedy1  Fianna Fail Lozenge   5,482   14.04%   0.84   0          5   ♂

Joseph Sheridan  Fine Gael Lozenge   2,878   7.37%   0.44   0            ♂
James McAuley  Fianna Fail Lozenge   2,155   5.52%   0.33   0            ♂
George Allen  Fine Gael Lozenge   1,394   3.57%   0.21   0            ♂
Frank Carter  Fianna Fail Lozenge   4,985   12.77%   0.77   0            ♂
Henry Rice  Non party/Independent Lozenge   549   1.41%   0.08   0            ♂
Francis Brennan  Labour Lozenge   1,326   3.40%   0.20   0            ♂

Total poll 39,045

Final votes required for expenses: 1,628
Candidates: 0 female (♀), 11 male (♂)