{"id":19819,"date":"2024-11-30T07:32:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T07:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19819"},"modified":"2024-11-30T07:32:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T07:32:49","slug":"counting-set-to-get-under-way-in-irish-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19819","title":{"rendered":"Counting set to get under way in Irish election"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Counting will start across the Republic of Ireland at 09:00 local time<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Counting is to get under way later on Saturday morning in the Irish general election, as exit polls suggest a close contest between the three major parties.<\/p>\n

Figures from Friday’s exit poll show Sinn F\u00e9in slightly ahead of both Fine Gael and Fianna F\u00e1il in first preference votes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A record number of 174 Teachta\u00ed D\u00e1la (TDs) are set to be elected, up from 160 in 2020 following a constituency shake up.<\/p>\n

There are now 43 D\u00e1il constituencies (up from 39 in 2020) which will elect between three and five TDs each.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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One seat in the D\u00e1il goes to the Ceann Comhairle (Speaker), so 88 TDs is the number required for an overall majority.<\/p>\n

More than 680 candidates competed for the remaining 173 seats.<\/p>\n

The counting of votes at more than 40 centres across the Republic starts at 09:00 local time, with the first results expected later in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The exit poll shows a three-way race between the biggest parties<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

What did Friday’s exit poll say?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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The figures, published at 22:00 local time, indicated that Sinn F\u00e9in has 21.1% of first preference votes, with Fine Gael having 21% and Fianna F\u00e1il sitting in third with 19.5% of first preference votes.<\/p>\n

It also suggested that 20% of the second preference votes goes to Fianna F\u00e1il and Fine Gael, with Sinn F\u00e9in at 17%.<\/p>\n

The exit poll was carried out by Ipsos B&A for RT\u00c9, The Irish Times, TG4 and Trinity College Dublin and was based on 5,018 completed interviews outside polling stations.<\/p>\n

It has a margin of error of 1.4%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The results also suggest a close battle between the smaller parties with less than 2% separating Labour, the Green Party and Social Democrats.<\/p>\n

In the 2020 Irish general election, Sinn F\u00e9in secured 24.53% first preference votes, while Fianna F\u00e1il obtained 22.18% and Fine Gael got 20.86%.<\/p>\n

Support for independent candidates appears to have dropped, if the exit poll figures reflect the final result, from 15% in 2020 to 12%.<\/p>\n

Some other figures from Friday’s exit poll<\/a> showed the gender divide between the different political parties and what parties voters gave their second preferences to.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

How the votes will be counted<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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The Republic of Ireland elects its government using a system of proportional representation known as the single transferable vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Voters will have the opportunity to rank candidates in their constituency in order of preference, marking their favourite with a number one, a number two beside their next choice and so on.<\/p>\n

Candidates will have to reach a certain number of votes in order to be elected.<\/p>\n

Counting the ballots takes place in multiple rounds.<\/p>\n

Each ballot is initially credited to the first choice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Once a candidate receives the number of votes required, they are elected and any remaining ballots that are marked with them as first choice are transferred to the second ranked preferences.<\/p>\n

Ballots continue to be transferred to the next usable preference until all of the seats in the constituency are filled with candidates who have reached the quota.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

When will the results be known?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Due to the voting system, counting can sometimes last multiple days, and forming a government can take even longer.<\/p>\n

It took four months after the last general election in 2020 before Fianna F\u00e1il, Fine Gael, and the Green Party, reached a deal to form a government.<\/p>\n

Sinn F\u00e9in became the leading opposition party, and both Fianna F\u00e1il and Fine Gael have both already ruled them out as a potential coalition partner.<\/p>\n

The first meeting of the new D\u00e1il (lower house of parliament) is on 18 December but it is unlikely coalition negotiations will have finished by then.<\/p>\n

A government will be officially formed when the D\u00e1il passes a vote to install a new Taoiseach (Irish prime minister), but this isn’t expected to take place before 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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