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 South

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

Sinn Féin
Alliance Party
SDLP
Democratic Unionist Party
Green Party

Results

Quota: 7,176

Summary results
Party	Candidate	Status	Stage	First Preference Votes	Percentage of first preference votes
PartySinn Féin	CandidateMáirtín Ó Muilleoir	StatusElected	Stage1	First Preference Votes7,610	First Preference Votes Share17.7%
PartySDLP	CandidateClaire Hanna	StatusElected	Stage6	First Preference Votes6,559	First Preference Votes Share15.2%
PartyAlliance Party	CandidatePaula Bradshaw	StatusElected	Stage6	First Preference Votes5,595	First Preference Votes Share13.0%
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party	CandidateChristopher Stalford	StatusElected	Stage9	First Preference Votes4,529	First Preference Votes Share10.5%
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party	CandidateEmma Little Pengelly	StatusEliminated	Stage8	First Preference Votes4,446	First Preference Votes Share10.3%
PartyGreen Party	CandidateClare Bailey	StatusElected	Stage9	First Preference Votes4,247	First Preference Votes Share9.9%
PartyUlster Unionist Party	CandidateMichael Henderson	StatusEliminated	Stage9	First Preference Votes3,863	First Preference Votes Share9.0%
PartyAlliance Party	CandidateEmmet McDonough-Brown	StatusEliminated	Stage5	First Preference Votes2,053	First Preference Votes Share4.8%
PartySDLP	CandidateNaomh Gallagher	StatusEliminated	Stage5	First Preference Votes1,794	First Preference Votes Share4.2%
PartyPeople Before Profit Alliance	CandidatePádraigín Mervyn	StatusEliminated	Stage4	First Preference Votes760	First Preference Votes Share1.8%
PartyTraditional Unionist Voice	CandidateJohn Hiddleston	StatusEliminated	Stage4	First Preference Votes703	First Preference Votes Share1.6%
PartyCross Community Labour Alternative	CandidateSean Burns	StatusEliminated	Stage3	First Preference Votes531	First Preference Votes Share1.2%
PartyConservatives	CandidateGeorge Jabbour	StatusEliminated	Stage2	First Preference Votes200	First Preference Votes Share0.5%
PartyWorkers Party	CandidateLily Kerr	StatusEliminated	Stage2	First Preference Votes163	First Preference Votes Share0.4%
Counting complete Quota: 7,176 How the election works

Turnout

Turnout

64.0%

Results from the 2016 election

Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

Sinn Féin
Alliance Party
SDLP
Democratic Unionist Party
Democratic Unionist Party
Green

Results

Quota: 5,247

Summary results
Party	Candidate	Status	Stage	First Preference Votes	Percentage of first preference votes
PartySinn Féin	CandidateMáirtín Ó Muilleoir	StatusElected	Stage5	First Preference Votes5,207	First Preference Votes Share14.2%
PartySDLP	CandidateClaire Hanna	StatusElected	Stage11	First Preference Votes4,516	First Preference Votes Share12.3%
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party	CandidateEmma Little Pengelly	StatusElected	Stage12	First Preference Votes4,511	First Preference Votes Share12.3%
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party	CandidateChristopher Stalford	StatusElected	Stage12	First Preference Votes3,570	First Preference Votes Share9.7%
PartyGreen	CandidateClare Bailey	StatusElected	Stage12	First Preference Votes3,521	First Preference Votes Share9.6%
PartyAlliance Party	CandidatePaula Bradshaw	StatusElected	Stage9	First Preference Votes3,332	First Preference Votes Share9.1%
PartySDLP	CandidateFearghal McKinney	StatusEliminated	Stage10	First Preference Votes2,845	First Preference Votes Share7.7%
PartyAlliance Party	CandidateDuncan Morrow	StatusEliminated	Stage8	First Preference Votes2,691	First Preference Votes Share7.3%
PartyUlster Unionist Party	CandidateRodney McCune	StatusEliminated	Stage12	First Preference Votes2,466	First Preference Votes Share6.7%
PartyCross Community Labour Alternative	CandidateSean Burns	StatusEliminated	Stage7	First Preference Votes871	First Preference Votes Share2.4%
PartyUKIP	CandidateBob Stoker	StatusEliminated	Stage7	First Preference Votes794	First Preference Votes Share2.2%
PartyTraditional Unionist Voice	CandidateJohn Hiddleston	StatusEliminated	Stage7	First Preference Votes495	First Preference Votes Share1.3%
PartyIndependent	CandidateRuth Patterson	StatusEliminated	Stage6	First Preference Votes475	First Preference Votes Share1.3%
PartyProgressive Unionist Party of NI	CandidateIan Shanks	StatusEliminated	Stage5	First Preference Votes430	First Preference Votes Share1.2%
PartySouth Belfast Unionists	CandidateBilly Dickson	StatusEliminated	Stage4	First Preference Votes351	First Preference Votes Share1.0%
PartyNI Labour Representation Committee	CandidateBrigitte Anton	StatusEliminated	Stage3	First Preference Votes246	First Preference Votes Share0.7%
PartyWorkers Party	CandidateLily Kerr	StatusEliminated	Stage2	First Preference Votes241	First Preference Votes Share0.7%
PartyConservative	CandidateBen Manton	StatusEliminated	Stage1	First Preference Votes161	First Preference Votes Share0.4%
Counting complete Quota: 5,247 How the election works