Ireland Last to Report Election Results

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 12, 2024,
updated Jun 12, 2024

Daniel Pocock's involvement in Australian politics goes back to his university days

ONLY one country in the EU has not yet announced its results: Ireland!

Polling was last Friday and we're almost at the end of Wednesday already. As the official site puts it right now:

The election count in Ireland is ongoing and definitive results will be published on this page once available. The data shown for Ireland in the table are therefore currently estimates based on pre-electoral voting intention surveys and will be replaced with the definitive results once available.

About half the eligible voters in Ireland have voted:

Ireland Turnout by country (%)

Among those voting in Midlands-North-West, about 1 in 1,000 voted for Debian Developer Daniel Pocock. That's not bad given how new he is to Irish politics. █

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