Local and European elections in numbers

483,113

votes for Sinn Féin in the EU election

151,316

votes more than in the 2009 EU election

345

Sinn Féin local candidates

262

local election candidates elected (correct at time of print)

76

women councillors (correct at time of print)

39

councils with Sinn Féin councillors

32

counties with Sinn Féin MEPs

32%

women candidates

29.2%

women candidates elected

21.2%

of the vote in the EU election

19

councillors in Belfast City Council

16

councillors in Dublin City Council

14.2%

rise in Sinn Féin vote in Offaly Council

13.2%

increase in Sinn Féin vote in Cork City Council

11.5%

rise in Sinn Féin vote in Carlow Council

10 – councils where Sinn Féin is the largest party in terms of % share of the vote

9 – seats gained in Cork County Council

8 – councils where Sinn Féin is largest party in terms of seats

7 – seats gained in Meath Council

6 – seats more than the SDLP in Derry & Strabane Council

5 – seats gained in Kildare Council

4 – MEPs

3 – seats gained in Westmeath Council

2 – many happy Shinners to count!

1 – THE LARGEST PARTY IN IRELAND