Advertisement

General Election exit poll puts main parties in three-way tie

Voting has come to a close around the country, with the exit poll suggesting that Sinn Féin, Fin...
Sarah McKenna Barry
Sarah McKenna Barry

22.05 29 Nov 2024


Share this article


General Election exit poll puts main parties in three-way tie


Sarah McKenna Barry
Sarah McKenna Barry

22.05 29 Nov 2024


Share this article


Voting has come to a close around the country, with the exit poll suggesting that Sinn Féin, Fine Gael are neck and neck.

The poll suggests support for Sinn Féin is at 21.1% while Fine Gael is at 21%.

Fianna Fáil is just behind with 19.5% of the vote, according to the poll.

Advertisement

The poll was carried out by Ipsos B&A on behalf of RTÉ, The Irish Times, TG4 and Trinity College Dublin.

The exit poll has a margin of error of 1.4%.

It polled approximately 5,000 voters across 250 polling stations throughout today. 

 

The poll also suggests the Social Democrats received 5.8% of first preference votes, Labour received 5%, the Green Party received 4%, People Before Profit-Solidarity received 3.1%, Aontú received 3.6%, Independents received 12.7%, Independent Ireland received 2.2% while others received 1.9%.

It is not yet clear what impact transfers will have on the final result.

Newstalk reporters will be at count centres around Ireland tomorrow, bringing you all the results as they come in.

We’ll be running election specials throughout the day and you can follow all the action on our live blog and on our social channels.

Feature image: Tanaiste and Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald and Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris at the end of the final TV leaders' debate, RollingNews.ie


Share this article


Most Popular