6 counties election

[armaghniac]

West Tyrone is expected around 1am and Fermanagh/South Tyrone due around dawn.

A few good Freestate tallymen on the job and the result will be clear soon enough.

[Tony Baloney]

There is an election night Come Dine With Me on channel 4. I read about it in the paper last week. Apparently it is brutal as Rod Liddle gets pissed and lays into them.

[give her dixie]

Don't know if anyone has been on Facebook today, but they have a feature running on how many people have voted today.

It has been running from opening time, and at the last count, it was near 1.7 million.
However, you can only click once.....

Good indication on how many voters are on facebook, and how none of the main parties
grasped the power of socail media networking.

[omagh_gael]

Exit poll on BBC puts con with 307 mp's Lab 255 and LD 59. Need 326 to form a government. Will be a nervy night for Lab/Con

[Hardy]

So the Lib Dem surge turns out to be a trickle into reverse. They had 62 seats outgoing.

[Maguire01]

West Tyrone 50% turnout (estimate) according to BBC

[Ulick]

West Tyrone 50% turnout (estimate) according to BBC

50% in Upper Bann also. Should be safe for both incumbents (Doherty and Simpson).

[omagh_gael]

So the Lib Dem surge turns out to be a trickle into reverse. They had 62 seats outgoing.

A lot of analysts claiming that may be a sign that the exit poll may be skewed. Harriet Harmond hinting at lab/LD partnership.

[Tony Baloney]

West Tyrone 50% turnout (estimate) according to BBC

50% in Upper Bann also. Should be safe for both incumbents (Doherty and Simpson).

Ulick would Sinn Fein move ODowd elsewhere or do you reckon it's winnable next time round? He is a very competent operator and would pull down votes wherever they drop him.

[tyroneboi]

South Down results expected to be in by Monday week as the ballot boxes have to go to Lisburn.

As long as they keep going back to Natasha Sayee then they can take all the time they need!

[Tony Baloney]

South Down results expected to be in by Monday week as the ballot boxes have to go to Lisburn.

As long as they keep going back to Natasha Sayee then they can take all the time they need!

She's got some curves.

[Ulick]

Ulick would Sinn Fein move ODowd elsewhere or do you reckon it's winnable next time round? He is a very competent operator and would pull down votes wherever they drop him.

Couldn't see him being moved, he's too entrenched in the area and being a Tullylish man, he knows both ends of the constituency (Banbridge & Lurgan), town and rural, Down and Armagh, inside out - no other possible candidates in the Upper Bann organisation can say that. Besides, in the space of seven or eight years has taken a safe unionist seat to a marginal. They know there's a second SF seat there for the taking in the Assembly next year and if they can do something about the low turnouts they reckon the Westminster seat will fall also. Where they've fallen down today is that even though they managed to raise their worst boxes from 20% turnout last time to 50% today, they haven't built on other boxes which they needed over 60% to cause a major upset. They feeling there is they've learned a few lessons for next year.

[The Worker]

Ulick would Sinn Fein move ODowd elsewhere or do you reckon it's winnable next time round? He is a very competent operator and would pull down votes wherever they drop him.

Couldn't see him being moved, he's too entrenched in the area and being a Tullylish man, he knows both ends of the constituency (Banbridge & Lurgan), town and rural, Down and Armagh, inside out - no other possible candidates in the Upper Bann organisation can say that. Besides, in the space of seven or eight years has taken a safe unionist seat to a marginal. They know there's a second SF seat there for the taking in the Assembly next year and if they can do something about the low turnouts they reckon the Westminster seat will fall also. Where they've fallen down today is that even though they managed to raise their worst boxes from 20% turnout last time to 50% today, they haven't built on other boxes which they needed over 60% to cause a major upset. They feeling there is they've learned a few lessons for next year.

O'dowd was possibly the victim of his own success by topping the last election. This seems to have the effect of the TUV afraid to put a candidate in upper bann (even though they are present on a local level)

[Shamrock Shore]

Watching Rod Liddle now with Derek Hatton, that awful wench Edwina Currie and some prim unknown. 4 gobshites! Some people should never drink

[Tony Baloney]

Ulick would Sinn Fein move ODowd elsewhere or do you reckon it's winnable next time round? He is a very competent operator and would pull down votes wherever they drop him.

Couldn't see him being moved, he's too entrenched in the area and being a Tullylish man, he knows both ends of the constituency (Banbridge & Lurgan), town and rural, Down and Armagh, inside out - no other possible candidates in the Upper Bann organisation can say that. Besides, in the space of seven or eight years has taken a safe unionist seat to a marginal. They know there's a second SF seat there for the taking in the Assembly next year and if they can do something about the low turnouts they reckon the Westminster seat will fall also. Where they've fallen down today is that even though they managed to raise their worst boxes from 20% turnout last time to 50% today, they haven't built on other boxes which they needed over 60% to cause a major upset. They feeling there is they've learned a few lessons for next year.

If it's there for the taking how do SF mobilise the electorate to go out an get their X beside ODowd? The more marginal the seat becomes the more unionists will get out and vote to prevent any greening of Upper Bann.

I noticed Willie Frazers name on my ballot tonight. What nutcase vote for thon clown? Also, does he fund the campaign out of his own pocket or from FAIR's coffers?