Sinn Féin, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil virtually neck-and-neck in election

Sinn Féin (21.1 per cent), Fine Gael (21 per cent) and Fianna Fáil (19.5 per cent) are virtually neck-and-neck in terms of first-preference votes in the general election, according to an exit poll.

The Social Democrats are on 5.8 per cent of first-preference votes, followed by Labour (5 per cent) and the Green Party (4 per cent).

Elsewhere, the exit poll showed: Aontú (3.6 per cent), People Before Profit-Solidarity (3.1 per cent) and Independent Ireland (2.2 per cent).

Independents and other candidates were on 14.6 per cent.

There is a margin of error of 1.4 per cent.

The survey, commissioned by The Irish Times, RTÉ, TG4 and Trinity College Dublin and carried out by Ipsos B&A, gives the first clear indication of the outcome of the election.

The exit poll is based on about 5,000 interviews conducted with voters immediately after voting in the 43 constituencies across the country.

The interviews were very short, self-administered and conducted in private to mimic the voting…

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