Recap: The story from Day Two of the election count

As the counting of votes continues across the country the declarations so far have confirmed that the line up in the new Dáil will be much changed.

More than 55 new TDs have won seats including Fianna Fáil's Seamus McGrath, Fine Gael's James Geoghegan, Sinn Féin's Ann Graves, Labour's Ciarán Ahern and Sinéad Gibney for the Social Democrats.

But winners mean there are also losers and chief among them are the Green Party, whose leader Roderic O'Gorman is the only one of its 12 TDs to survive.

Other members of the 22 outgoing TDs to miss out so far are; Fianna Fáil's Anne Rabbitte, Fine Gael's Alan Farrell, Sinn Féin's Chris Andrews, People Before Profit-Solidarity's Gino Kenny, and Joan Collins of Right to Change.

- Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has lost his seat after falling short on the final count in Wicklow. The outgoing Fianna Fáil TD lost out to Fine Gael's Edward Timmons on the final count.

- In Donegal, Thomas Pringle (Ind) lost his seat but the former Agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue (FF) retained his Dáil seat.

- Comeback kids include Independent and former Green TD Paul Gogarty, as well as Fianna Fáil's Timmy Dooley and People Before Profit-Solidarity's Ruth Coppinger. Kevin 'Boxer' Moran also makes a return to the Dáil after he took a seat in Longford-Westmeath.

However, Fine Gael's Noel Rock and Fianna Fáil's Lisa Chambers failed to be elected.

- In Cork North Central, Eoghan Kenny of Labour was deemed to be elected and took the fifth and final seat. However Mick Barry of PBP has requested a recount as just 35 votes separate them.

- Among the most watched out for results was in Dublin Central, where Labour's Marie Sherlock beat Independent Gerry Hutch to the final seat by just over 800 votes, after significant transfers and Laois, where Independent former Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley retained his seat.

Fianna Fáil's Gráinne Seoige lost out in her bid for a seat in Galway West.

- In Cork South Central, following the eighteenth count, all five seats have now been filled. Both Fine Gael's Jerry Buttimer and the Social Democrats' Pádraig Rice were elected in this count.

- 162 out of 174 Dáil seats have been filled so far on the second day of counting in General Election 2024.

- Fianna Fáil are on 43 seats, with Sinn Féin on 36 and Fine Gael on 36.

- In Louth, Fine Gael candidate John McGahon said he will be taking a step back from politics for the foreseeable future and now plans to spend more time with his family. Speaking at the count centre in Dundalk, Senator McGahon said he plans to assess his options over the coming days.

- The Louth count concluded with just two of the five seats filled. Outgoing Sinn Féin TD Ruairí Ó Murchú, who topped the poll in the constituency, was finally elected on the 16th count just before 11pm last night.

Sinn Féin's Joanna Byrne claimed a second seat for the party in the constituency. Counting will resume at 10am, when the 4,587 votes of Fine Gael’s John McGahon, who was been eliminated, will be redistributed. It is widely expected that this count will send Labour’s Ged Nash back to the Dáil.

- Outgoing Minister of State for the Green Party Malcolm Noonan lost his seat on the eighth count in Carlow-Kilkenny.

- Fianna Fáil secured two seats in Kerry where Education Minister Norma Foley will be joined by Michael Cahill. Fine Gael has been left with no seat in the constituency after Billy O'Shea lost out.

- In Waterford, Sinn Féin's Conor D McGuinness has taken the fourth seat, which means the party now has two seats in the four seater constituency. Independent Matt Shanahan lost out here.

- A full recount has been called in North Tipperary. It arose after the ninth count when the two lowest candidates were separated by just seven votes. A recheck of the 5,000 eliminated votes of Phyl Bugler (FG) put Smith ahead with one vote. A second recheck put Smith ahead by two votes. The recount starts at 11am.

- Sinn Féin's Rose Conway-Walsh was the first TD to be elected today after the sixth count in Mayo. The party also took a seat in Wicklow-Wexford, where Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin was elected. Louis O'Hara was elected in Galway East, Seán Crowe took a seat in Dublin South-West and Mark Ward was elected in Dublin Mid-West.

- Outgoing Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien kept his seat in Dublin Fingal East, while Fianna Fáil also saw Mary Butler retain her seat in Waterford.

New candidate Albert Dolan celebrated his birthday and his election in Galway East, Seán Fleming was elected in Laois, Malcom Byrne in Wicklow-Wexford, James O'Connor in Cork East, Séamus McGrath in Cork South-Central and Dara Calleary in Mayo. In a blow for the party, junior minister Anne Rabbitte lost her seat in Galway East.

- The outgoing Minister for Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe, has retained his seat in Dublin Central, while James Geogheghan also took a seat for Fine Gael in Dublin Bay South. The party's Brian Brennan and Grace Boland were elected in Wicklow-Wexford and Dublin Fingal West respectively. Alan Dillon has taken a seat in Mayo, John Cummins has been elected in Waterford and Peter Roche was elected in Galway East.

- Independent Mattie McGrath kept his seat in Tipperary South, and was later joined by another Independent, Séamus Healy.

- Gary Gannon of the Social Democrats was re-elected in Dublin Central. In Dublin North-West, his party colleague Rory Hearne retained retiring Róisín Shortall's seat, while Aidan Farrell did likewise in Kildare North when holding onto the seat vacated by Catherine Murphy. All told, the party has almost doubled its representation in the Dáil from six TDs in 2020 to 11 so far this time around.

- Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik was the first Labour TD to be elected when she retained her seat in Dublin Bay South. The party's Robert O'Donoghue has also been elected in Dublin Fingal West while Marie Sherlock took the fourth seat in Dublin Central on a day that saw the party secure nine seats in total.

- It looks likely at this stage that Fianna Fáil will come back as the biggest party, with strategists hoping for up to 48 seats.

- With all 43 first counts in, first preference vote for main parties is Fianna Fáil 21.9%, Fine Gael 20.8% and Sinn Féin 19.0%.