Ireland headed for coalition government following parliamentary election, exit poll suggests

Associated Press

DUBLIN (AP) — An exit poll in Ireland’s general election suggests the three biggest parties have won roughly equal shares and the country is headed for another coalition government. A poll released as voting ended said center-right party Fine Gael was the first choice of 21% of voters, with its center-right coalition partner Fianna Fail at 19.5%. Left-of-center opposition Sinn Fein was at 21.1% in the poll. Pollster Ipsos B&A asked 5,018 voters across the country how they had cast their ballots. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points. The figures only give an indication and don’t reveal which parties will form the next government.