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There were 213,738 invalid or ‘spoiled’ votes – accounting for 12.9% of the overall vote. The figure is over ten times the number of the last presidential election where 18,438 votes were spoilt. Images were shared online of invalid ballots, showing people spoiled their votes for a variety of reasons – from anger at the government to frustration that candidates such as Maria Steen didn’t make the ballot. Some contained messages such as “Doesn’t represent me” and “Spoiled vote”, whilst others mentioned an alleged sexual assault which occurred near the Citywest complex in Co Dublin last week. The highest number of spoiled votes were tallied at Dublin North-West, the constituency where the riots at the Citywest complex took place earlier this week. Over 20% of voters in Dublin Mid-West spoiled their vote. In comparison Dublin Rathdown was the constituency with the lowest number of spoiled votes (6.8%). Dublin Mid-West had the second higher number of spoiled votes at 20.2%, followed by Dublin South Central (19%), Co Offaly (17.6%) and then Co Louth (16%). How many people in your constituency spoiled their vote? Carlow-Kilkenny 6,493 (12.5%) Cavan-Monaghan 6,423 (10.8%) 4,766 (10.6%) 4,672 (13.1%) Cork North-Central 6,215 (14.2%) Cork North-West 3,977 (12.6%) Cork South-Central 4,935 (10.3%) Cork South-West 3,562 (10.4%) 6,434 (12.7%) Dublin Bay North 7,100 (13.9%) Dublin Bay South 2,590 (8.2%) Dublin Central 3,754 (15.0%) Dublin Fingal East 3,098 (10.7%) Dublin Fingal West 3,119 (13.3%) Dublin Mid-West 7,287 (20.2%) Dublin North-West 5,033 (20.5%) Dublin Rathdown 2,651 (6.8%) Advertisement Dublin South-Central 5,585 (19.0%) Dublin South-West 7,537 (14.5%) Dublin West 4,438 (13.3%) Dún Laoghaire 3,468 (7.8%) Galway East 5,250 (12.5%) Galway West 4,420 (8.7%) 7,101 (13.4% ) Kildare North 4,908 (10.7%) Kildare South 4,904 (15.2%) 4,156 (14.6%) Limerick City 4,049 (13.0%) Limerick County 4,283 (13.1%) Longford-Westmeath 6,810 (15.0%) 7,782 (16.0%) 6,311 (12.9%) 5,512 (14.3%) 4,560 (15.9%) 4,870 (17.6%) Roscommon-Galway 3,745 (12.1%) Sligo-Leitrim 4,828 (11.2%) Tipperary North 3,999 (12.5%) Tipperary South 3,889 (13.4%) 4,828 (12.2%) 4,571 (12.3%) 5,681 (13.3%) Wicklow-Wexford 4,144 (14.5%) With additional reporting from Emma Hickey Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... 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Access to the comments facility has been disabled for this user View our policy ⚠️ Duplicate comment Post Comment have your say Or create a free account to join the discussion Catherine Connolly INVALID VOTES Presidential Election spoiled vote News in 60 seconds Catherine Connolly will be the 10th President of Ireland How did your constituency vote? Here are the full results of the presidential election Candidate Candour Quiz: Which presidential candidate said these quotes? 33 mins ago Na Fianna crowned Dublin hurling champions again after snatching fairytale from Lucan Thanks but no thanks Why did so many people spoil their votes? We asked people and politicians in Jobstown It's that time of year again - the clocks are going back tonight! This election was a testing ground for left-wing parties ... but can they stay united? 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