Michael D Higgins has been declared president-elect after reaching the quota on the fourth and final count.
He secured more than one million votes. The total poll was 1,771, 762. The quota was 885,882.
The count took longer than expected and resumed at 9am after adjourning after the second count was completed at 1.30am.
The result of the fourth count:
- Higgins, Michael D: + 213,976 (1,007,104)
- Gallagher, Seán: + 79,741 (628, 114
Fine Gael candidate Gay Mitchell and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness were eliminated at the end of the third count at lunchtime.
They were excluded together as the total of their votes was lower than the next highest candidate, Seán Gallagher.
The result of the third count:
- Higgins, Michael D: + 62,648 (793, 128)
- Gallagher, Seán: + 18,972 (548, 373)
- McGuinness, Martin: + 12,585 (265,196)
- Mitchell, Gay: + 8,952 (136, 309)
No-one reached the quota following the second count and proceedings were adjourned following the elimination of Mr Norris.
The result of the second count:
- Higgins, Michael D: + 29,379 (730, 480)
- Gallagher, Seán: + 24, 437 (529, 401)
- McGuinness, Martin: + 9,581 (252, 611)
- Mitchell, Gay: + 14,036 (127, 357)
- Norris, David: + 7,057 (116, 526)
Ms Davis and Ms Scallon were eliminated after the first count was announced and their transfers were subsequently distributed.
The results of the first count:
- Higgins, Michael D: 701, 101 (39.6 per cent)
- Gallagher, Sean: 504, 964 (28.5 per cent)
- McGuinness, Martin: 243, 030 (13.7 per cent)
- Mitchell, Gay: 113, 321 (6.4 per cent)
- Norris, David: 109, 469 (6.2 per cent)
- Scallon, Dana Rosemary : 51,220 (2.9 per cent)
- Davis, Mary: 48, 657 (2.7 per cent)
The official turnout in the presidential election was 56.11 per cent.
Turnout was highest in Dublin North Central (64.01 per cent) and Dublin South (61.93 per cent). It was lowest in Donegal South-West (48.42 per cent) and Donegal North-East (48.79 per cent).