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Evening update: Local General Election turnout figures

Nov 29, 2024 10:16 By Shannonside News
Evening update: Local General Election turnout figures
Cortober polling station in Carrick-on-Shannon
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Polling stations opened at 7am this morning and will close at 10pm tonight.

Around one third of the electorate in the Shannonside region has voted in the general election, with five hours of polling left.

Polls close tonight at 10 o'clock.

Longford-Westmeath

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The Longford-Westmeath constituency has so far seen an average turnout of 30 per cent.

The Kilbeggan and Mullingar Town areas have seen the highest turnouts so far at 33 per cent while North Westmeath has the lowest at 25 percent.

There's a 30 per cent turnout so far in the Longford rural area and 28 per cent in the urban area.

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In Athlone, there's a 31 per cent turnout in the urban area while the rural area is at 29 per cent.

Roscommon-Galway

In the Roscommon-Galway constituency, Kiltoom in South Roscommon has so far seen a 38 per cent turnout while Boyle is at 33 per cent.

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There's been a 30 per cent turnout so far in Roscommon town while the Galway area is at 25 per cent.

Castlerea has experienced a 26 per cent turnout so far while Ballaghaderreen is at 21 per cent.

Sligo-Leitrim

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In the Sligo-Leitrim constituency, Strandhill is at 34 per cent, while there's so far been a 33 per cent turnout at Scoil Ursula and St Ann's Sligo is at 31 per cent.

St Edwards in Ballytivnan, however, has seen a turnout of just 16 per cent so far today.

Meanwhile, south Donegal, which is part of the Sligo-Leitrim constituency, averages at 28 per cent.

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In Leitrim, the turnout is 33 per cent in Manorhamilton, 34 per cent in Drumshanbo, 27 per cent in Ballinamore, and 34 per cent in Carrick-on-Shannon.

And finally....Breegeen Monaghan, who's celebrating her 100th birthday today, cast her vote in Carrick-on-Shannon.

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