Rural and working class Ireland has strongly voted No to the Lisbon Treaty, while middle-class districts are not as robustly supporting the Yes side as analysts had predicted.
Dublin south-west, north-west and north-east - the latter a strongly middle-class area - have all voted over 60 percent against the treaty, preliminary counts indicate.
The Irish Times is reporting that Dublin south-east has voted 70-30 for the No side.
In former prime minister Bertie Ahern's own constituency, Dublin central, voters have gone for No 56-44.
Galway-west has voted 56 percent against, while the east of the city is split 50-50.
Cork-north, east, south and west are also leaning towards a No.
Tipperary-north and south have leant slightly toward the No, on 52-48.
Mayo, home to opposition Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, follows the trend nationwide, with a firm 60-40 No vote.
In Limerick, the vote has set middle class districts against working class areas, with the former leaning toward Yes and the latter backing the No strongly. In western areas, the No has reached as high as 69 percent.
This is only according to initial, unofficial results. More precise tallies are expected to be released later this morning.
As polls closed last night, turn-out was a high 50 percent.
Analysts had speculated that anything under a 40 percent turn-out would be dangerous for the treaty, based on the logic that opponents had a strong motivation to go out and vote, but that there were a greater number of passive Yes voters.
The No vote appears to be leading strongly despite the healthy showing of voters, however.
http://euobserver.com/9/26323
JPTF 2008/06/13
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