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European election 2009



Northern Ireland elects three MEPs using the system of Single Transferrable Vote.

NORTHERN IRELAND'S FINAL ELECTION RESULT

SEATS: 3TURNOUT: 488,891ELECTORATE: 1,141,979
CandidatePartyStatusStage
Bairbre de Br�nSFElected1
Jim NicholsonUCUNFElected3
Diane DoddsDUPElected3

STAGE 1
CandidateParty1st Prefs%+/-Status
Steven AgnewGRN 15,764 3.3% +2.4% Eliminated
Jim AllisterTUV66,197 13.7% -
Bairbre de BrúnSF126,184 26% -0.3% Elected
Diane DoddsDUP 88,346 18.2% -13.8%
Alban MaginnessSDLP 78,489 16.2% +0.3%
Jim NicholsonUCUNF 82,893 17.1% +0.5%
Ian James ParsleyAP 26,699 5.5% - Eliminated

Total valid votes: 484,572

Electoral quota: 121,144

STAGE 2
Distribution of Agnew and Parsley surplus votes
CandidateParty+ TransfersNew TotalStatus
Alban Maginness SDLP 16,325 94,814
Jim Nicholson UCUNF 11,392 94,285
Diane DoddsDUP 2,914 91,260
Jim Allister TUV4,284 70,481 Eliminated
 
 

Non transferable votes: 7,548

STAGE 3
Distribution of Allister transfers
CandidateParty+ TransfersNew TotalStatus
Jim NicholsonUCUNF37,942132,227Elected
Diane DoddsDUP24,462115,722Elected
Alban MaginnessSDLP2,61497,428

Key to parties:

AP: Alliance Party

DUP: Democratic Unionist Party

GRN: Green Party

SF: Sinn Fein

SDLP: Social Democratic and Labour Party

TUV: Traditional Unionist Voice

UCUNF: Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force



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EUROPEAN ELECTION RESULTS

MEP Seats

 VotesMEPs
Party%+/- %Total+/-
EPP33.4-1.4264-18
Socialists23.2-4.1183-26
Liberal11.0+1.684+5
Green7.4+1.350+9
Left5.3-0.634-2
UEN3.4+1.628+2
Ind/Dem2.7-1.821-15
No Group13.6+3.472+3.4
0 of 27 countries declared.

UK Total MEP Seats

PartyVotesMEPs
%+/- %Total+/-
CON27.71.0*261
UKIP16.50.3131
LAB15.7-6.913-5
LD13.7-1.2111
GRN8.62.420
BNP6.21.322
SNP2.10.720
PC0.8-0.110
OTH8.52.400
SF10
DUP10
72 of 72 seats declared. Vote share figures exclude Northern Ireland as it has a separate electoral system to the rest of the UK
* Includes UCUNF MEP elected in Northern Ireland
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