Northern Ireland election

Voters in Northern Ireland yesterday (Thursday 5 May) elected Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) to sit in the devolved Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont. It is the first election since changes to the devolution settlement following the ...

These changes were intended to give greater stability to Northern Ireland’s devolved institutions and avoid a repeat of the 2017-20 period during which neither the Assembly nor Executive were fully functioning. The only exception is the Minister for Justice, which has been appointed following a cross-community vote of the whole Assembly since 2010. Together, these ministers exercise executive authority on behalf of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Parties which choose not to take part in the Executive formation process instead form the opposition at Stormont. Many votes in the Assembly require cross-community support, of which there are two sorts: Parallel Consent or a Weighted Majority. Elections are conducted under the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system of proportional representation, which involves transfers of second and third-preference votes.

Vote counting in the Stormont Assembly election 2022 is now underway at three count centres across Northern Ireland. The verification of ballots began at ...

The turnout at the last Assembly election in 2017 was 64.8%. For the last Assembly election in 2017, the count began on a Friday and the final result to be completed was the South Belfast constituency at around 3am on Saturday. The verification of ballots began at 8am on Friday with the first of the 90 MLAs expected to be returned by the afternoon.

Counting of votes is underway to determine the make-up of the next Stormont Assembly. Welcome to the UTV Assembly Election online results hub. The 2022 poll ...

The SDLP is running 22, TUV is running 19 candidates, the Green Party is running 18 and People Before Profit 12, as is Aontu - while the Workers Party is running six candidates and the PUP three candidates. The UUP is running 27 candidates, the Alliance Party 24. This year the DUP is running 30 candidates, while Sinn Fein is running 34.

Tallies show DUP's Peter Weir, UUP leader Doug Beattie, SDLP's Nichola Mallon and Dolores Kelly and Green Party Clare Bailey under pressure in their ...

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Tallies show DUP's Peter Weir, UUP leader Doug Beattie, SDLP's Nichola Mallon and Dolores Kelly and Green Party Clare Bailey under pressure in their ...

"I think it is going to be very tight at the end as to who will emerge as the largest party." Speaking to the media after she was elected, Ms O'Neill said she was "very grateful" to be with the people of Mid-Ulster. "In terms of the overall picture it is much too early to say what the final outcome might be," he told the media.

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All 90 seats will be assigned to a party as the results are announced, so keep checking back for updates. Sinn Féin (SF) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) are in a race for the top spot, with pre-election polls suggesting the nationalist SF party could win the largest share of seats for the first time in Northern Ireland’s history. Follow the results of the Northern Ireland 2022 election in our live interactive chart

Sinn Fein has topped the first preference vote with a 29% share and is on course to become the largest party at Stormont while the DUP received 21.3% share ...

The TUV sees the biggest swing since 2017, at +5%, after attracting 7.7% of first preference votes. The DUP received 21.3% share of the first preference vote - a drop of 7% since the last Assembly election in 2017. Northern Ireland will have to wait another day for the final results of the Assembly election after Sinn Fein topped the poll with a 29% first preference vote share and is on course to become the largest party at Stormont.

The history of devolution at Stormont has been dominated by the two blocs of nationalism and unionism.

The impact of all of the above has been a devastating squeeze for the middle-ground parties of unionism and nationalism as well as the Green Party. It is a continuation of the so-called 'Alliance surge' in elections in 2019 that saw the party gain a host of new council seats, a brief stint in the European Parliament and a seat at Westminster. The history of devolution at Stormont has been dominated by the two blocs of nationalism and unionism, but this election has seen the emergence of a unified third force in politics. The DUP falls to second place, but this has not been the disaster of an election for the leading unionist party that some polls and pundits predicted. Sinn Féin is on course to make history as the largest party at Stormont, with a nationalist entitled to hold the First Minister post for the first time. The Assembly election has produced a seismic shift in the landscape of Northern Ireland politics.

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O'Neill has been elected with with 10845 first preference votes in Mid Ulster.

The TUV sees the biggest swing since 2017, at +5%, after attracting 7.7% of first preference votes. The DUP received 21.3% share of the first preference vote - a drop of 7% since the last Assembly election in 2017. Northern Ireland will have to wait another day for the final results of the Assembly election after Sinn Fein topped the poll with a 29% first preference vote share and is on course to become the largest party at Stormont.

Sinn Féin is on course for its best-ever result after receiving the most first-preference votes.With counting for the 90 Stormont seats continuing last ...

Michelle O’Neill, the party’s leader in the north, was elected on the first count in Mid Ulster, with Alliance leader Naomi Long topping the poll in East Belfast. Sinn Féin received 250,388 first preferences, compared with the 184,002 returned for the DUP and 116,681 for the Alliance Party. With counting for the 90 Stormont seats continuing last night, the party had won 16 seats, well ahead of the Alliance on four and the DUP and UUP on three.

DUP has refused to take part in a power-sharing agreement however due to disagreements over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Asked whether the DUP could form an executive with Sinn Fein after the election, former DUP leader and South Belfast MLA Edwin Poots, replied: “No. We need to take those barriers between Great Britain and Northern Ireland away. Forecasts showed tonight that Sinn Fein were expected to be the largest party in Stormont, in what would be a seismic shift in the political landscape of the province, placing a Nationalist party in control for the first time since Northern Ireland was formed more than a century ago. Sinn Fein is on course for a historic victory in the Stormont Assembly elections that would hand the Nationalist party control of the Northern Ireland executive for the first time.

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Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. The main nationalist and unionist rivals are obliged to share power under the terms of the 1998 peace deal. That raises the prospect of a stalemate with no new government being elected as Britain and the EU are at an impasse in talks on how to remove many of the checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.

The assembly must meet within eight days of the election, but it could be up to six months before a new executive is formed.

That election has to take place within 12 weeks of that announcement. It has also indicated that it will not return to an executive without the removal of Irish Sea border checks. Yes. Elected members can switch party up to the day they sign the register. Amendments made to the Northern Ireland Act in February this year are aimed at preventing the assembly collapsing as it did in 2017 after a rift between Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist party. The ministers in place would lose their office and the Northern Ireland secretary would be legally obliged under the Northern Ireland Act to name a date for a second election. In the event of a tie in the number of seats won, the first minister post will go to the party with the most first-preference votes.