Prime Minister Leo Varadkar casts his vote in Ireland’s national election in Dublin, Ireland, February 8, 2020. REUTERS/Lorraine O’Sullivan
February 8, 2020
DUBLIN (Reuters) – An Irish national election exit poll on Saturday showed the three main parties on an almost identical share of the vote.
The exit poll showed the center-right Fine Gael of Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on 22.4%, left wing nationalists Sinn Fein on 22.3% and center-right pre-election favorites Fianna Fail on 22.2%.
Statistically the result is a dead heat, national broadcaster RTE, which commissioned the poll, said.
(Reporting by Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries; Editing by Richard Chang)
