Final turnout in Dublin appears to be down on 2020, with an overall turnout in the city and county of 56.35%, compared to 60.4% in the last election.
Dublin city is down only slightly on the 2020 election, with an average turnout of 53.95% compared to 56.5% in 2020.
The highest turnout was in Dublin Bay North and lowest in Dublin Bay South.
Dublin Central, which had the lowest turnout in the city last time and was ranking low throughout the day, had a last minute surge into second place tonight and is the only area of the city with a higher turnout than in 2020.
Dublin city turnout
- Dublin North West 51% (down from 59.6% 2020)
- Dublin Bay North 62.77% (down from 64.5% 2020)
- Dublin Central 59% (Up from 51.2% in 2020)
- Dublin Bay South 47.7% (Down from 52.1% in 2020)
- Dublin South Central 49.3% (Down from 55.1%)
In Dublin county the drop was more significant. Turnout was an average of 56.2% compared to 64% in 2020.
The highest turnouts across the county were in Mount Merrion in south Dublin at 70.2% and Portmarnock in Fingal at 68%.
The lowest turnouts were in the south Dublin areas of Adamstown on 28.8% and Jobstown on 39%.
In other areas of the country, turnout was around 50% in several areas at 9pm this evening, as polling stations closed at 10pm.
The chart below compares polls conducted most recently across the campaign against the Exit Poll.
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Voting got under way this morning at 7am, with more than 3.6 million people eligible to vote across the 43 Dáil constituencies.
There are 173 of 174 seats to be filled in the next Dáil, with the the Ceann Comhairle returned automatically.
There are more than 680 candidates running in this election.
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An Exit Poll, carried out by Ipsos Behaviour and Attitudes for RTÉ, The Irish Times, TG4 and Trinity College Dublin, published at 10pm has suggested that Fine Gael and Sinn Féin are virtually tied when it comes to first preference votes, with Fianna Fáil slightly further back, making the result too close to call.
The Exit Poll, indicates all three parties are separated by just 1.6%, with the margin of error at 1.4%.
Attention will now turn to counting the votes with ballots to be transported to 32 count centres across the country.
Counting of votes will take place across the weekend and will continue until all 174 positions in the next Dáil are filled.
Read more: A quick guide to Election 24
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Fine Gael leader Simon Harris was the first of the major party leaders to vote, visiting Delgany National School in Co Wicklow with his family shortly after polls opened.
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin voted with his family at St Anthony’s Boys National School in Ballinlough, Cork, while Labour leader Ivana Bacik voted in at the Youthreach on Pleasant Street in Dublin this morning.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald voted at Deaf Village Ireland on the Navan Road in Dublin.
Elsewhere in the capital Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman cast his vote in Blanchardstown, while Right to Change’s Joan Collins was out early – voting as polls opened in Inchicore.
Independent Ireland leader Michael Collins cast his vote at a polling station in Schull, Co Cork.
Since the beginning of the year alone more than 400,000 people have registered to vote.
RTÉ is providing extensive coverage of General Election 2024 across online, television and radio from the first ballot cast to the final candidate elected.
The RTÉ News app and RTÉ.ie will deliver on the ground updates from all 43 constituencies with live trackers detailing the latest results from every count.
Read more: How you can follow live General Election coverage on RTÉ
Meanwhile, television coverage of General Election 2024 will start at 9am on Saturday and be broadcast across the weekend and into Monday.
RTÉ Radio 1 will give listeners the early tallies, first counts and examine outcomes with a team of analysts, beginning with a special Morning Ireland programme, presented by Áine Lawlor and Gavin Jennings, broadcast live from 8am on Saturday.
