Voting for local and European elections concluded at 10pm last night – but it will be some time before we know what people chose.
can take place, ballots must be separated and verified – although there will be early signs of candidate performance.to ensure no extra ballots have been added and no votes have been removed.
A constituency’s quota will then be calculated based on the number of valid votes divided by the number of seats available, plus one. "Because of the number of candidates, the number of preferences a voter can give, and in the European elections, the sheer size of the constituencies, tends to ensure relatively long counts in comparison to first past the post systems," Prof Murphy said.
“I can honestly say in my existence that I never looked at a time other than deciding when we need to go home,” they said.“It’s important to recognise it’s all about the candidates – for someone to put themselves forward as a candidate, it’s really important that every correct vote is put to that candidate.”10pm tomorrow when all EU countries have concluded voting.
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