Voting in the General Election is well underway across Donegal, with polls having opened at 7am and remaining open until 10pm tonight.
Around the county this evening, there was an average turnout of over 50 per cent in some areas at around 6pm.
According to RTE News, 52 per cent of the electorate in the Termon area turned out to vote. However, it was as low as 27 per cent in Loughanure.
The national broadcaster published the following figures at 6:20pm for a number of Gaeltacht areas:
– An Tearmann 52%
– An Bun Beag 42%
– Doirí Beaga 39%
– Cnoc Fola 34%
– Anagaire 31%
– An Cheathrú Cheanainn 34%
– Loch an Iúir 27%
– Rann na Feirste 38%
– Dobhar 37%
– Machaire Rabhartaigh 37%
– Doire Chonaire 42%
– Caiseal na gCorr 30%
– An Caiseal (Gleann Cholm Cille) 45%
– An Clochán Liath 41%
– Toraigh 43%
– Inis Bó Finne 27%
– Fánaid 31%
– Cill Chartha 44%
Meanwhile, there was a 30% average on south Donegal booths in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency.
There are a total of 20 candidates contesting five seats in the Donegal Constituency, eight more than last time around.
According to polls carried out by TG4 and the Tirconaill Tribune, Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty has a clear lead. However, it could be a tight race to see who the four other successful candidates will be.
There are 131,306 people registered to vote in Donegal, the highest electorate in the country.
That figure represents a 4.3% increase on the 2020 poll, which saw a turnout of 62%.
Nine electoral divisions in Ballintra, Ballyshannon and Bundoran are in the Sligo Leitrim constituency, a four seater.
An Coimisiún Toghcháin is advising people to only use numbers when filling out the ballot paper so as not to spoil it.
Half a million people live in different constituencies to where they would have been for the last General Election.
You do not need to have your polling information card with you when you go to vote.
However, you should bring a valid form of personal identification such as a passport, a driving licence, a public services card, or an employee or student identity card with a photograph.
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