Final figures confirm low turnout in Roscommon-Galway
Conceptual image of a person voting, casting a ballot at a polling station, during elections.
The turnout for the presidential election around the Roscommon Galway constituency has remained low, with most places seeing fewer than half of the electorate turn out.
The total electorate in the constituency for the presidential election is 60,278.
Voting has just closed at the 124 polling booths around the constituency with South Roscommon seeing the largest turnout at 55.36% of voters. This was to prove the high watermark.
Roscommon Town saw a turnout of 45.64%, Castlerea 43.5%, and Boyle 48.4%.
In Ballaghaderreen, the turnout was 30.8% as polls closed at 10pm this evening.
In Ballinasloe, 37.45% of voters came out to cast their ballots.
Eyes will now turn to the counting, which will begin in the Hyde tomorrow morning at 9am.
