Offaly presidential election result: Connolly wins with massive 62.5%
Humphreys less than half vote of winner with Gavin distant third
CATHERINE Connolly has scored a resounding victory in the Offaly constituency by securing 62.5% of the first preference vote.
Her total of 14,240 was more than double her nearest challenger for the presidency, Heather Humphreys, who got a 29% share, 6,593 votes.
Jim Gavin, whose withdrawal from the race for the Aras came too late for the removal of his name from the ballot paper, was a distant third and his 1,929 votes represented an 8.5% share.
The turnout for the presidential election in Offaly, where the electorate was 61,882, was 44.7%.
There were 4,870 spoiled votes, representing 17.6% of the total poll.
Offaly returning officer Sean Ryan announced the figures at the count centre in Birr after getting the go-ahead to do so from the national count centre in Dublin Castle.