Transfers will be crucial as 18 battle it out in Sligo-Leitrim

This constituency could be best described as hodgepodge, taking in four counties and two provinces.

In 2011 Sligo North Leitrim and Roscommon South Leitrim were both three seaters. This time around Leitrim has been reunited, but parts of west Cavan and south Donegal have also been glued onto the four-seater constituency.

With 18 candidates already in the running it will be a long night — or most likely days and nights — of counting. It is quite possible that it could be halfway through the count before a single person is elected. Eliminations and transfers will play a vital part in who wins a seat.