The party saw its first-preference vote more than halved, to 17.4 per cent.

At the 2011 general election, he was elected to the 31st Dáil with 7,115 (21.7%) of the first-preference votes.

At the 2002 general election he comfortably topped the poll, with over 20% of the first-preference votes.

He was re-elected in 2009 with over 76% of the first-preference votes.

Despite this he received two first-preference votes in the election.

Less than half of them are first-preference votes.

Out of the 165 members elected only 25 reached the quota thanks to first-preference votes alone.

On the other hand the distribution of first-preference votes will be unpredictable and uneven.

Those candidates with enough first-preference votes to meet or exceed the quota are elected.

In the following tables, the primary vote refers to first-preference votes cast.