Thankfully – I’ve managed to come into possession of Tallies for the South Antrim constituency in this year’s assembly election. Given that tallies of any kind are as rare as the proverbial hen’s teeth this is quite a catch.
A few notes – these strictly aren’t tallies; they are samples. Only about one-fifth of the votes in each box were sampled. So accordingly there is a margin of error involved, which is why I’m rounding most percentages to the nearest five.
Also, as you can see the Ward boundaries around Lough Neagh extend into the lake. Whether fish vote – and which side of the cultural and political divide they cleave to – is uncertain, but that is the way they are defined.
Anyway for the moment I’m simply going to do a quick Anatomy of the Vote – I will be adding further sections later.
