With the Irish general election coming up, BBC News NI explains how votes will be made and counted.
The Irish general election in 2024 will decide who will sit in the Dáil, the lower house of the Oireachtas .There are now 43 Dáil constituencies which will elect between three and five TDs each.Ireland elects its government using a system of proportional representation known as the single transferable vote.
That number is decided for each constituency using a mathematical formula based on the number of seats available and the number of votes that have been cast.Each ballot is initially credited to the first choice. Ballots continue to be transferred to the next usable preference until all of the seats in the constituency are filled with candidates who have reached the quota.Politics in the Republic of Ireland was traditionally dominated by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.Fianna Fáil was once seen as more centrist, Fine Gael as more conservative, but differences have blurred and both are now seen as centre-right parties.
Other parties that will put forward candidates for the upcoming election include Labour, Social Democrats, PBP-Solidarity, Independent Ireland and Aontú.Ballot boxes will be sent to the constituency count centre after polls close but counting will not start until the following morning.
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