After the drama of a new Government being formed last week, the spotlight turns to the Seanad and who will take a seat in the Upper House of the Oireachtas.
When the Seanad election votes begin to be counted, a total of 141 candidates will be crossing their fingers in the hope they win one of 49 available seats.
These seats are broken down across seven different panels - National University of Ireland (three seats), the Dublin University/Trinity College (three seats), Cultural and Educational (five seats), Agricultural (11 seats), Industrial and Commercial (nine seats), Administrative (seven seats), and Labour (11 seats).
Afterwards, 11 more Seanad seats will be filled by Taoiseach nominations, bringing the total number of people elected to the next Seanad to 60.
Counting of votes begins shortly after polls close today and tomorrow.
For the university panels that will be at 11am today, while the vocational panels polls close at 11am tomorrow.
