Assembly Election 16: McGuinness leads Eastwood narrowly in election race
After the first declaration Mr McGuinness leads the way on 5,037 votes with the SDLP leader just 37 votes behind on exactly 5,000.
Deputy Returning Officer Patricia Murphy declared that there had been 40,187 votes cast, 485 of which had been spoiled leaving a total of 39,702 vaild votes.
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Hide AdThe quota to achieve election to the Assembly was therefore set at 5,672.
No one achieved the quota at the first count.
The announcement of votes ran as follows.
Sinn Fein
Martin McGuinness-5,037
Maeve McLaughlin-3,062
Raymond McCartney-3,198
SDLP
Colum Eastwood-5,000
Gerard Diver-2,700
Mark H Durkan-4,197
DUP
Gary Middleton-4,737
UUP
Julia Kee-1,420
Independent Unionist
Maurice Devenney-1,173
Independent
Anne MCCloskey-3,410
Independent
Kathleen Bradley-902
People Before Profit Alliance
Eamonn McCann-4,176
Alliance
Chris McCaw-238
Conservatives
Alan Dunlop-36
CISTA
John Lindsay-259
Green Party
Mary Hassan-157
Therefore the following candidates have been eliminated at the first count in Foyle: Alan Dunlop, Mary Hassan, Chris McCaw and John Lindsay.