Left alliance agrees transfer strategy to hold Dáil seat
Half of twelve candidates expected to run in the Galway West by-election have agreed an historic voting pact.
Six candidates have formalised a ‘Vote Left, Transfer Left’ arrangement in an attempt to elect a progressive candidate to hold the seat vacated by Catherine Connolly after her election to the presidency in November.
Intense negotiations to form a pact began in February. A formal announcement is expected tomorrow, Friday, March 27, with candidates from five political parties, and one independent, scheduled to meet in Galway city to sign a pledge. This will direct their supporters to transfer preferences to each other, when the constituency’s first by-election in 50 years is held in May.