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From Maman Poulet:
First Count announced before 11 pm tonight in the exam hall, TCD.
The Quota is 4230 - Spoilt votes 60
Total Valid Poll 16917
Bacik 2794
Conway 214
Douglas 183
Efobi 201
Gueret 1155
Hutchinson Edgar 330
McDonagh 684
Martin 223
Norris 5240
O’Connor 514
Ross 5379
Shane Ross and David Norris were elected on the first count and Bacik will be elected tomorrow when the count resumes at 10 a.m.
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My talent for picking winners strikes again, as I voted #1 for the lowest ranked candidate, Stephen Douglas. Thank God for the transferable vote.
David Norris romps home in style, love it. Some man for one man.
Genuinely delighted, that’s great news about David Norris. And I guess it’s no harm to have Shane Ross there as well…
So Bacik is definitely in then? Any word on whether she will take the Labour whip or be an Independent? I’m away this week and only just got back onto the internet so it’s all news, literally.
Hi WBS
Ivana was deemed elected before 6 pm. I’m not 100% about the whip - I remember an indication during the campaign of remaining independent.
Thanks Maman, that’s also good news. Whether she is Independent or Labour…
Ivana has said she won’t take the whip, out of deference to the tradition of university senators being independent. I don’t see why this is such a big deal - her predecessor Mary Henry was a member of Labour for years and still is, to my knowledge.