Northern Ireland Results

Northern Ireland Assembly Results
Party	Democratic Unionist Party	Sinn Féin	SDLP	Ulster Unionist Party	Alliance Party	Other
Seats	28	27	12	10	8	5

After 90 of 90 seatsAbout these results Results in full

Latest headlines

Overall turnout: 64.8%
Counting complete in all 18 constituencies
DUP remain largest party, but only one seat ahead of Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin first preference vote share rises by almost 4 percentage points

Belfast East

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

Alliance Party
Alliance Party
Democratic Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
Democratic Unionist Party

Results

Quota: 6,727

Summary results
Party	Candidate	Status	Stage	First Preference Votes	Percentage of first preference votes
PartyAlliance Party	CandidateNaomi Long	StatusElected	Stage1	First Preference Votes7,610	First Preference Votes Share18.9%
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party	CandidateJoanne Bunting	StatusElected	Stage9	First Preference Votes6,007	First Preference Votes Share14.9%
PartyUlster Unionist Party	CandidateAndy Allen	StatusElected	Stage9	First Preference Votes5,275	First Preference Votes Share13.1%
PartyAlliance Party	CandidateChris Lyttle	StatusElected	Stage8	First Preference Votes5,059	First Preference Votes Share12.5%
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party	CandidateRobin Newton	StatusElected	Stage11	First Preference Votes4,729	First Preference Votes Share11.7%
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party	CandidateDavid Douglas	StatusEliminated	Stage11	First Preference Votes4,431	First Preference Votes Share11.0%
PartyProgressive Unionist Party of NI	CandidateJohn Kyle	StatusEliminated	Stage8	First Preference Votes2,658	First Preference Votes Share6.6%
PartyGreen Party	CandidateGeorgina Milne	StatusEliminated	Stage7	First Preference Votes1,447	First Preference Votes Share3.6%
PartySinn Féin	CandidateMairéad O'Donnell	StatusEliminated	Stage6	First Preference Votes1,173	First Preference Votes Share2.9%
PartyTraditional Unionist Voice	CandidateAndrew Girvin	StatusEliminated	Stage5	First Preference Votes917	First Preference Votes Share2.3%
PartyCross Community Labour Alternative	CandidateCourtney Robinson	StatusEliminated	Stage4	First Preference Votes442	First Preference Votes Share1.1%
PartyConservatives	CandidateSheila Bodel	StatusEliminated	Stage4	First Preference Votes275	First Preference Votes Share0.7%
PartySDLP	CandidateSéamus de Faoite	StatusEliminated	Stage3	First Preference Votes250	First Preference Votes Share0.6%
PartyIndependent	CandidateJordy McKeag	StatusEliminated	Stage2	First Preference Votes84	First Preference Votes Share0.2%
Counting complete Quota: 6,727 How the election works

Turnout

Turnout

63.0%

Results from the 2016 election

Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

Alliance Party
Democratic Unionist Party
Democratic Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
Alliance Party
Democratic Unionist Party

Results

Quota: 5,311

Summary results
Party	Candidate	Status	Stage	First Preference Votes	Percentage of first preference votes
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party	CandidateJoanne Bunting	StatusElected	Stage1	First Preference Votes5,538	First Preference Votes Share14.9%
PartyAlliance Party	CandidateNaomi Long	StatusElected	Stage1	First Preference Votes5,482	First Preference Votes Share14.7%
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party	CandidateSammy Douglas	StatusElected	Stage12	First Preference Votes4,230	First Preference Votes Share11.4%
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party	CandidateRobin Newton	StatusElected	Stage13	First Preference Votes3,875	First Preference Votes Share10.4%
PartyUlster Unionist Party	CandidateAndy Allen	StatusElected	Stage12	First Preference Votes3,047	First Preference Votes Share8.2%
PartyAlliance Party	CandidateChris Lyttle	StatusElected	Stage13	First Preference Votes2,805	First Preference Votes Share7.5%
PartyAlliance Party	CandidateTim Morrow	StatusEliminated	Stage12	First Preference Votes2,372	First Preference Votes Share6.4%
PartyGreen	CandidateRoss Brown	StatusEliminated	Stage13	First Preference Votes2,183	First Preference Votes Share5.9%
PartyProgressive Unionist Party of NI	CandidateJohn Kyle	StatusEliminated	Stage11	First Preference Votes1,772	First Preference Votes Share4.8%
PartyIndependent	CandidateMaggie Hutton	StatusEliminated	Stage9	First Preference Votes1,099	First Preference Votes Share3.0%
PartyUlster Unionist Party	CandidateChris McGimpsey	StatusEliminated	Stage10	First Preference Votes1,095	First Preference Votes Share2.9%
PartySinn Féin	CandidateNiall Ó Donnghaile	StatusEliminated	Stage7	First Preference Votes946	First Preference Votes Share2.5%
PartyTraditional Unionist Voice	CandidateAndrew Girvin	StatusEliminated	Stage8	First Preference Votes887	First Preference Votes Share2.4%
PartyUKIP	CandidateJonny Lavery	StatusEliminated	Stage6	First Preference Votes631	First Preference Votes Share1.7%
PartyCross Community Labour Alternative	CandidateCourtney Robinson	StatusEliminated	Stage5	First Preference Votes517	First Preference Votes Share1.4%
PartyConservative	CandidateNeil Wilson	StatusEliminated	Stage4	First Preference Votes477	First Preference Votes Share1.3%
PartySDLP	CandidateAmy Doherty	StatusEliminated	Stage1	First Preference Votes141	First Preference Votes Share0.4%
PartyNI Labour Representation Committee	CandidateErskine Holmes	StatusEliminated	Stage1	First Preference Votes78	First Preference Votes Share0.2%
Counting complete Quota: 5,311 How the election works