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Irish election exit survey forecasts three-party ‘tie’

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Feb 9, 2020
Irish election exit survey forecasts three-party ‘tie’

Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar and Mary Lou McDonald

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From left: Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar and Mary Lou McDonald.

The three primary political celebrations have actually incorporated very first choice votes, according to an exit poll for the Republic of Ireland’s general election.

The earliest indications from the poll suggest there is little difference in between Great Gael, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil.

Ballot closed in the basic election at 22: 00 GMT.

Counting to elect the 33 rd Dáil (Irish parliament) will start on Sunday in all 39 constituencies.

There will be coverage of the election results on the BBC News NI site from 12: 00 GMT on Sunday.

The survey was commissioned jointly by RTÉ, The Irish Times, TG4 and UCD and included sampling of 5,00 0 respondents at 250 ballot stations.

RTÉ states ballot appears to have actually been “strong”.

Nevertheless, there is no expectation of a spike in ballot compared to 2016 despite it being the first ever Saturday basic election vote.

Aspects that might have affected turnout include the bad weather condition and international rugby.

The exit poll shows that Great Gael secured 22.4%of very first choice votes, closely followed by Sinn Féin (223%) and Fianna Fáil (222%).

It likewise suggests the Green Party secured 7.9%of very first choice votes, followed by Labour (4.6%), Social Democrats (3.4%), Uniformity People Before Earnings (2.8%).

Indications are that Independents took 11.2%of first choice vot

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