EVERY HOUR – on the half hour – TheJournal.ie brings you your fix of election tallies, predictions and results. Here’s how the winners and losers of GE11 are playing out so far.

WINNERS:

• Regina Doherty – the Fine Gael candidate has been elected in Meath East.
• Shane McEntee – elected for Fine Gael in Meath East.
• Dinny McGinley – has retained his seat for Fine Gael in Donegal South West.
• Thomas Pringle – the Independent candidate took the third and final seat in Donegal South West without meeting the quota, following the elimination of Fianna Fáil’s Mary Coughlan.
• Willie O’Dea – the former Fianna Fáil minister has been elected in Limerick City.
• Seán Ó Fearghaíl – takes third and final seat in Kildare South for Fianna Fáil on count seven.
• Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan – who was elected as an Independent candidate in Roscommon-South Leitrim.
• David Stanton - who retained his seat in Cork East after the fifth count.
• Joe Costello – the Labour candidate has been elected in Dublin Central.
• John Lyons – who has taken a seat for Labour in Dublin North West.
• Fine Gael – in general, today, but particularly in Dublin South where its trio of candidates Olivia Mitchell, Alan Shatter and Peter Mathews have taken the constituency’s final seats.

LOSERS:

• Nicky Byrne - the Westlife singer had appealed for support for Fianna Fáil’s Cyprian Brady, who was eliminated from the Dublin Central count this evening.
• Eamon Ryan – the former Green Party minister was eliminated after the seventh count in Dublin South.
• Clare voters – whose ballots are now being sorted in the tenth count, with no candidates elected in the constituency yet.
• Galway East voters – as counting has been adjourned in the constituency for the night, without anyone taking a seat.
• Wicklow voters – who will have to wait until tomorrow before seeing anyone take a seat there. Counting has been suspended for the night. The first count came in at around 10.15pm.