LONDON (AP) — Left-wing impartial Catherine Connolly, who secured the backing of Eire’s left-leaning events together with Sinn Féin, has received the nation’s presidential election in a landslide victory in opposition to her center-right rival.
Official outcomes confirmed robust voter assist for Connolly as president, a largely ceremonial position in Eire. She received 63% of first-preference votes as soon as spoiled votes have been excluded, in comparison with 29% of her rival Heather Humphreys, of the center-right celebration Positive Gael.
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