Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin leader, celebrated her election in Dublin Central on Saturday, surrounded by media and supporters. However, the party's overall first preference vote has dropped more than five percentage points from the 2020 general election.
Overall first preference vote for Sinn Féin drops more than five percentage points from 2020 general election
Putting two hands in front of herself, she said: “please don’t crush. We will talk to all of you.” In the background one Sinn Féin supporter remarked to another: “this is great. Let’s put her back in the car and do this all over again.” Looking at the party’s performance on a deeper level, an analysis of the constituencies that had finished counting on Sunday shows a definite cooling of support.
A similar situation unfolded in Dublin Bay North. In 2020 Denise Mitchell commanded 29.81 per cent of the first preference vote and a humongous 21,344 votes. This time the share of the first preference vote was 19.7 per cent, with Mitchell failing to meet the quota on the first count and taking in 9,012 votes. She was still edging towards the finish line as of the 10th count on Sunday night.
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