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Irish President Michael D Higgins cast his vote at St Mary’s Health center in Dublin on Saturday early morning.
Voters are going to the polls in the Republic of Ireland’s basic election.
Surveys opened at 07: 00 local time and will close at 22:00
Counting will start on Sunday in all 39 constituencies. Recently chosen TDs will collect on 20 February for the 33 rd Dáil (Irish parliament).
A total of 160 representatives will be returned to the Dáil. The ceann comhairle, or speaker, is instantly re-elected.
In a lot of circumstances, the speaker does not vote, so a federal government will need 80 TDs to hold a majority.
It is unlikely that any celebration will reach that number, so another coalition federal government is probable.
The election utilizes proportional repr