RESULTS AT A GLANCE

Party	SDLP	SF	DUP	UUP
Members	2	2	1	1

After 6 of 6 elected.

RESULTS IN DETAIL
Candidate	Party	Status	Count	Votes*	%
Caitriona Ruane	SF	Elected	7	6,334	13.7
Margaret Ritchie	SDLP	Elected	8	5,838	12.7
PJ Bradley	SDLP	Elected	9	5,652	12.3
Jim Wells	DUP	Elected	10	5,542	12.0
Willie Clarke	SF	Elected	8	5,138	11.1
John McCallister	UUP	Elected	11	4,447	9.6
Michael Carr	SDLP	Eliminated	12	2,972	6.4
Eamonn McConvey	SF	Eliminated	7	2,662	5.8
William Burns	DUP	Eliminated	9	2,611	5.7
Ciaran Mussen	GP	Eliminated	6	1,622	3.5
Henry Reilly	UKIP	Eliminated	5	1,229	2.7
David Griffin	AP	Eliminated	4	691	1.5
Martin Cunningham	IND	Eliminated	4	434	0.9
Nelson Wharton	UKUP	Eliminated	4	424	0.9
Peter Bowles	Con	Eliminated	3	391	0.8
Malachi Curran	LP	Eliminated	2	123	0.3
Total valid vote				46,110	64.3
Turnout				46,623	65.0
Quota		6,588	Electorate		71,704

RESULTS BY PARTY
Party	Seats	Seats +/-	Votes*	Votes %	+/-%
SDLP	2	0	14,462	31.4	-3.7
SF	2	0	14,134	30.7	+4.2
DUP	1	0	8,153	17.7	+2.7
UUP	1	0	4,447	9.6	-8.6
GP	0	0	1,622	3.5	+1.8
UKIP	0		1,229	2.7
AP	0	0	691	1.5	+0.4
UKUP	0	0	424	0.9	+0.4
Con	0		391	0.8
LP	0		123	0.3
OTH	0	0	434	0.9	+0.6

SOUTH DOWN 2003 RESULTS
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-%	Members
SDLP	2	-1	15,922	35.1	-10.2	PJ Bradley, M Ritchie
SF	2	1	12,007	26.5	11.4	C Ruane, W Clarke
UUP	1	0	8,253	18.2	3.8	D Nesbitt
DUP	1	0	6,789	15	5.6	J Wells
GRN	0	0	799	1.8	1.8
NIWC	0	0	565	1.3	-2
AP	0	0	489	1.1	-1.8
UKUP	0	0	245	0.5	-4.5
IND	0	0	162	0.4	0.4
WP	0	0	115	0.3	0

*First preference votes