Polling stations have discneglected apass Ireland this morning after a three-week election campaign.
Fine Gael’s Simon Harris, Fianna Fail’s Micheal Martin and Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald are all battling it out to become Ireland’s next taoiseach – though no party has put forward enough honestates for a convey inantity, uncomardenting a coalition will be inevitable.
Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, both centre-right parties, have said they will not go in a coalition with the left-triumphg Sinn Fein.
Sinn Fein has never been in rulement, despite triumphning the highest number of votes in 2020.
How Ireland’s election voting system labors
Fianna Fail and Fine Gael – traditional rivals stemming from the aftermath of Ireland’s civil war – have ruled together with the Green Party since 2020.
There are 174 seats apass 43 constituencies in this year’s election, with more than 680 honestates.
In compriseition to the Green Party, there are cut offal other minusculeer parties in satisfiedion for seats, as well as a structure of self-reliants apass the ideoreasonable spectrum.
Vote counting will not begin until Saturday morning with an exit poll due lowly after voting finishs at 10pm on Friday.
The final results may apshow cut offal days to aascfinish due to Ireland’s one transferable vote system.
This uncomardents voters rank their choices rather than choosing one honestate. Prospective politicians must then accomplish a quota, after rounds of vote counting.
The economy, housing and immigration have been the key rehires of the campaign.
