Voting in the General Election is underway across Donegal this morning, with polls having opened at 7am and remaining open until 10pm tonight.
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.