Green Party supporters are the most loyal to their party over individual candidates, while Fianna Fáil voters are most likely to stick with their preferred politician, according to the Exit Poll.
The findings are outlined in the RTÉ, The Irish Times, TG4, Trinity College Dublin Exit Poll, carried out by Ipsos B&A on Friday 29 November and carried out in-person, outside polling stations at 253 locations across the country, covering each of the 43 Dáil constituencies.
The sample size was 5,018, and the margin of error was 1.4%.
Respondents were asked whether they would have stuck with their first preference candidate if that person had run for another political party.
In that event, 80% of Green party voters would have transferred their support to a different candidate, while just 20% would stick with them.
A total of 65% of Fianna Fáil voters would have stuck with their candidate, while 34% would have voted for someone else.
For Sinn Féin supporters, 62% would have stuck with the party, while 37% would still have voted for the candidate.
For Fine Gael, 40% would have remained loyal to the party,while 60% would have supported the candidate.
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