The daughter of the late Shane McEntee, whose sudden and tragic death resulted in the Meath East by-election, is almost certain to become the Dáil's newest member.
The completed tally shows the Fine Gael candidate, Helen McEntee, in the lead with over 38% of the vote.
She received 38.4% of the vote, with Fianna Fáil's Thomas Byrne second on 33.4%.
Sinn Féin's Darren O'Rourke got 12.9%.
The cross-party tally also indicates that the Labour candidate, Eoin Holmes, has been beaten into fifth position behind the newly formed Direct Democracy Ireland candidate, Ben Gilroy, who is on 6%.
The quota is expected to be around 12,000 votes.
Turnout around the constituency appeared to be low, with an overall figure expected to be about 38%.
Earlier, Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte conceded for Labour, saying the party had taken the brunt of voters' unhappiness with the economic situation.
He said Labour had been "singled out to bear the responsibility for the fact that so many people are hurting in the economy".
Mr Rabbitte said that Labour voters had stayed at home and made a protest vote.
Labour's Derek Nolan said the campaign had polarised very quickly between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin welcomed his party's result which he said showed an advance to a considerable degree.
He said the party had heard what people had to say on the doorsteps, and would bring that message to the floor of Dáil Éireann.
Fianna Fáil candidate Senator Thomas Byrne said people were sending a strong message that they were hurting, and a fresh approach was needed.
Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald said the party was happy with its performance.
Reacting to the performance by the Labour Party's candidate, Ms McDonald said public confidence and politics suffers when promises are made and broken.
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