LIVE UPDATES DAY TWO: Longford Westmeath general election count

* Refresh this page throughout the day for the latest updates. Our updates from the first day of counting on Saturday can be found here.

12.10pm: There will be whooping and hollering when the four remaining seats are filled.... but it's clear that's still some time away.

Paul Hogan is the only candidate we've spotted in the count centre so far this morning. No sign just yet of Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, Robert Troy, Micheál Carrigy and Sorca Clarke, who, barring any late surprises, are the quartet of candidates who are on course to be elected.

We are settling in for a long day here, with every possibility that the count could run into tomorrow.

The third count is up next but will involve the redistribution of just 231 votes from the three lowest-placed candidates, which won't be enough to get anyone over the line.

12.00pm: Interesting results from Peter Burke's surplus, as the majority of the votes from the Fine Gael TD went to Fianna Fáil candidates (213) over his own party (208).

The majority of Burke's surplus went to Fianna Fáil's Robert Troy, an outcome that Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary endorsed during his controversial appearance at Burke's campaign launch in Mullingar several weeks ago.

11.50am: Here are the results of the second count, which saw the distribution of Peter Burke's 549-vote surplus:

Quota: 10,315

Fidelma Bennett (Labour): 1,606 (+32)

Paul Bradley (Independent): 116 (+1)

Barry Campion (Sinn Féin): 2,347 (+3)

Tanya Cannon (Fine Gael): 608 (+101)

Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael): 7,197 (+107)

Sorca Clarke (Sinn Féin): 7,016 (+18)

Dympna Cunniffe (Fianna Fáil): 533 (+5)

Joe Flaherty (Fianna Fáil): 5,239 (+8)

Louise Heavin (Independent): 920 (+5)

Paul Hogan (Independent Ireland): 2,970 (+14)

Donal Jackson (Independent): 48 (+0)

Charlotte Keenan (Independent): 67 (+1)

Margaret Alacoque Maguire (Ireland First): 866 (+2)

Kevin 'Boxer' Moran (Independent): 8,089 (+33)

Carol Okeke (Green Party): 468 (+4)

Laura O'Neill (Aontú): 1,936 (+10)

Dave Smyth (People Before Profit - Solidarity): 963 (+3)

Robert Troy (Fianna Fáil): 8,316 (+200)

Gerry Warnock (Independent): 2,264 (+2)

The three lowest-placed candidates, Paul Bradley on 116 votes, Carlotte Keenan on 67 votes, and Donal Jackson on 48 votes, have been eliminated on this second count, and their votes will now be distributed.

11.30am: The second count, which involves the distribution of Peter Burke's surplus of 549 votes, is expected in the next few minutes....

11.25am:

For the parties who ran candidates in both this election and the last one, here are the figures for their vote share this year, and how it compared to 2020:

Fine Gael: 29.8% (+4.4)

Fianna Fáil: 22.4% (-7.8)

Independents: 18.5% (+5.5)

Sinn Féin: 15.1% (-5.9)

Labour: 2.5% (-0.9)

Solidarity-People Before Profit: 1.6% (+0.5)

Green Party: 0.7% (-3.4)

So far it's shaping up to be a great weekend for Fine Gael, and although Fianna Fáil are out-performing their rivals nationally, that is not the case in Longford Westmeath, where they are experiencing the largest percentage drop in vote share of any party.

Independent candidates also saw an increase in their vote share, although that is primarily down to Kevin 'Boxer' Moran's strong performance.

The only other party to increase their vote share is Solidarity-People Before Profit, where Dave Smyth received 1.6% of first-preference votes.

Sinn Féin will be disappointed as their vote share here fell by 5.9%

10.45am: Eight of the Longford-Westmeath candidates in this election ran in 2020 also.

The first count announced last night showed that there had been decreases in the first preference votes for Sinn Féin's Sorca Clarke (who topped the poll last time), Fianna Fáil's Robert Troy, Fianna Fáil's Joe Flaherty, Independent (ex-Green Party) Louise Heavin and Independent Donal Jackson, while Fine Gael duo Peter Burke and Micheál Carrigy, along with Independent Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, saw their votes increase.

Here's the number of first preferences those eight candidates got this time, and how it compared to 2020:

Sorca Clarke: 6,998 (down 4,850)

Robert Troy: 8,116 (down 1,215)

Joe Flaherty: 5,231 (down 2,435)

Kevin 'Boxer' Moran: 8,056 (up 1,326)

Peter Burke: 10,864 (up 4,247)

Micheál Carrigy: 7,090 (up 756)

Louise Heavin: 915 (down 1,410)

Donal Jackson: 48 (down 23)

10.30am: Cllr Paul Hogan looks on as Peter Burke's surplus of 549 votes are being distributed

10am: Good morning! Adrian Cusack here. Myself and my colleague Eve Conway will be bringing you updates throughout the day as the counting continues in the Longford Westmeath constituency.

For the moment the count centre is quiet this Sunday morning. Counting has resumed and we're awaiting the second count, which involves the distribution of Peter Burke's surplus of 549 following the re-election of the Enterprise Minister last night.

So far, Burke is the only candidate elected, and his surplus won't be enough to elect any of the others on the second count either.