Leo Varadkar is the first outgoing Taoiseach in Ireland not to top the poll of an election.
Sinn Féin’s Paul Donnelly came in first topping the poll in Dublin West, leaving Varadkar in the embarrassing position of coming second – a first for any sitting Taoiseach.
In contract, Varadkar had topped the poll in 2016, ahead of Fianna Fáil’s Jack Chambers who is also elected.
All three are now elected with Donnelly on 12,456 votes and the Taoiseach well behind him on 8,478 in the first count.
Meanwhile others running in the constituency such as Ruth Coppinger and Joan Burton are out the door after the electorate voted them out.
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