Summary

  • A second day of counting has concluded after Ireland's general election

  • All of the Dáil's 160 seats left have been filled, but negotiations to establish a government could be prolonged

  • Sinn Féin topped the polls with 24.5% of first-preference votes, compared to 22.2% for Fianna Fáil and 20.9% for Fine Gael

  • But Sinn Féin ran fewer candidates than its rivals, so no one party is able to win enough seats for an outright majority in the main house of the Irish parliament

  1. That's all from uspublished at 00:07 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February 2020

    It's been an exciting election with many twists and turns.

    With the final seats just announced we'll sign off with the final tally.

    Results table

    This is just the beginning, with negotiations now set to start on who actually forms a new government.

    You can follow all the analysis and fallout on BBC News NI across TV, radio and online from tomorrow morning. But until then, we're off to get some rest and hopefully not dream of election declarations.

    Good night.

  2. We have a final resultpublished at 00:03 Greenwich Mean Time 11 February 2020

    Fianna Fáil candidates Brendan Smith and Niamh Smyth have claimed the last two seats of the election, as counting has finally come to an end in Cavan-Monaghan.

    ElectionImage source, Getty Images

    Their victory makes Fianna Fáil the largest party in the Dáil with 38 seats - just one more than Sinn Féin.

  3. Nearly there?published at 23:58 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

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  4. Ex-minister says she is leaving politicspublished at 23:44 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

    Katherine Zappone, who was the children's minister up until this election, has said her election defeat will be the final act of her political career.

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  5. Fianna Fáil look on course to be the largest party - just aboutpublished at 23:25 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

    If this proves to be true, then Fianna Fáil will have won the most seats, with 38 - just one ahead of Sinn Féin on 37, with Fine Gael trailing just behind on 35.

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  6. The final two...published at 23:11 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

    Just two seats remain in the Irish general election 2020, with voters in Cavan-Monaghan waiting to hear who has been elected.

    Count centreImage source, Getty Images

    Three candidates remain in the running:

    Brendan Smith, Fianna Fáil

    Niamh Smyth, Fianna Fáil

    TP O'Reilly, Fine Gael

    If Fianna Fáil claim the two seats they will become the largest party in the Dáil - beating Sinn Féin by one.

  7. Health minister Simon Harris re-electedpublished at 22:59 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

    On the 15th, and final count, Fine Gael's outgoing health minister Simon Harris has been re-elected in Wicklow.

    The Green Party's Stephen Matthews and Fianna Fáil's Stephen Donnelly have also been elected, wrapping up the Wicklow count.

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  8. Counting finishes in Sligo-Leitrimpublished at 22:50 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

    Fianna Fáil's Marc MacSharry and Fine Gael's Frankie Feighan have been elected to the constituency's remaining two seats.

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    There's now five seats left to be decided out of 160. It's been a long couple of days but we're nearly there!

  9. 'Fianna Fáil must accept they will form a centrist opposition'published at 22:44 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

    Fianna Fáil's Malcolm Byrne, who lost his seat in Wexford, has said the party "must accept that [they] will form a centrist opposition".

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  10. Crunching the numberspublished at 22:31 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

    Count centreImage source, Getty Images

    With seven seats left to go here's how the numbers look for each party:

    Sinn Féin: 37

    Fianna Fáil: 34

    Fine Gael: 33

    Green Party: 11

    Labour Party: 6

    Social Democrats: 6

    Solidarity - People Before Profit: 5

    Aontú: 1

    Independents 4 Change: 1

    Independent: 19

  11. Mary Lou McDonald speaks to BBC Newsnightpublished at 22:23 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

    In a sit-down interview with BBC Newsnight Mary Lou McDonald says Britain needs to prepare as "constitutional change is coming".

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    Watch the full interview on BBC Two at 22:30 GMT.

  12. And then there were seven...published at 22:14 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

    ...seats left overall in the 2020 Irish general election.

    Three of those seats are in Wicklow, after the Social Democrats' Jennifer Whitmore got across the line in the constituency.

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  13. Plenty to discuss...published at 22:03 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

    PA have some footage of Sinn Féin's first national executive committee meeting following a historic election result.

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  14. All eyes on these threepublished at 21:43 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

    There's only eight seats left to be decided and three constituencies where all the remaining action is taking place - the finish line is in sight.

    The three constituencies left counting are Cavan-Monaghan (two seats), Sligo-Leitrim (two seats) and Wicklow (four seats).

  15. Hearing from the youth votepublished at 21:31

    There's one group of voters who made their mark in this election - young people.

    Saturday night's exit poll suggested that Sinn Féin received the largest number of first preference votes (31.8%) among 18 to 24 year-olds.

    Young voter

    Good Morning Ulster’s Claire Graham has been speaking to students in Belfast who went home to vote, Ben (18) and Michael (18) from Donegal and Katie (20) from Monaghan.

    Tune in to Radio Ulster at 07:35 GMT on Tuesday or listen back on the BBC Sounds app.

  16. Just eight seats to go...published at 21:20 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

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  17. Former minister loses her seatpublished at 20:56 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

    Katherine Zappone, an independent politician who has served as the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs since May 2016, has lost her seat in Dublin South West.

    There are only nine more seats left to be filled.

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  18. Is that an olive branch?published at 20:40 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

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  19. What's left?published at 20:29 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

    CountingImage source, Yui Mok/PA Wire
    • Counting is still ongoing in five constituencies
    • Three of those five constituencies have only filled one seat
    • In total, there are 14 seats left to be filled
  20. A first for Sinn Féin in Roscommon-Galwaypublished at 20:24 Greenwich Mean Time 10 February 2020

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