The Macra na Feirme Presidential and Vice Presidential elections takes place in the Irish Farm Centre in Dublin today. 16.00 Sean Finan will be next Macra PresidentAfter Paddy Delaney was eliminated, his votes were distributed between Michelle O’Callaghan and Sean Finan. 45 to be distributed, three were non transferrable, so 42 were distributedO’Callaghan 18 (77)Finan 24 (105 )

15.55O Callaghan – 3 (59)Delaney – 6 (45)Finan – 1 (81)New totals in bracketsDelaney eliminated15:44Quota for President is 94First round votesCassells - 10Delaney - 39Finan - 80Counting of Finan’s first preference votes was interrupted when his tallyman was on the phone and O’Dowd insisted all tallymen pay closer attention to the voting procedure and ordered a recount.O’Callaghan got 56.Eamon Cassells is now eliminated and his 10 votes will be allocated 15.40: 185 votes were cast in the Presidential election.Distribution of the votes about to start…[no-app]15:35

Tensions high #macraelection pic.twitter.com/44HjdzbEeY— Macra na Feirme (@MacranaFeirme) April 7, 2015

[/no-app]15.20 :In the race to become Leinster vice president some 55 votes were cast. Each vote was counted initially, before the votes were divided. All votes were present. The quota was 28.Noel Duffy got 23 first preference votes.Odile Evans received 27 first preference votes.Aoife Lanigan got five first preference votes. No candidate had reached the quota, so Aoife was eliminated and her votes were then distributed. Three went to Noel, brining him to 27, while two went to Odile, giving her 29 votes and the winner.15.15: Presidential RaceThere was no indication early on, as ballot papers were separate – orange for President, pink for Leinster and yellow for the North West. No tallymen were on hand to see the initial first preference or, more importantly, where the transfers would go.

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