Donegal SW is a largely rural and coastal constituency The result is due of the first by-election in the Irish Republic since it sought a bail-out from the EU and the International Monetary Fund.
Voters in the Donegal South-West parliamentary constituency went to the polls on Thursday.
The Irish government sought tens of billions of euros in assistance due to concerns about its fiscal deficit and the state of its banks' balance sheets.
Sinn Fein's Pearse Doherty has been heavily tipped to win the seat.
The successful candidate is likely to be a member of the Irish parliament, Dail Eireann, for only a short time with the Irish prime minister promising a general election in the new year.
Donegal South-West is a largely rural and coastal constituency with a significant number of native Irish speakers.
The seat became vacant after Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher of the ruling Fianna Fail party was elected to the European Parliament in 2009.
The poll was held after a successful High Court challenge by Sinn Fein to the government's delay in holding a by-election.
On Thursday, the government announced plans to cut public spending by 15bn euros over the next four years.
The proposals will be voted on in December by parliament, where the ruling coalition has a slim majority.
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