Northern Ireland Results

Northern Ireland Assembly Results
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartySinn FéinSDLPUlster Unionist PartyAlliance PartyOther
Seats2827121085

After 90 of 90 seatsAbout these resultsResults in full

Latest headlines

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

North Down

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

  • Alliance Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Ulster Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Green Party

Results

Quota: 6,290
Summary results
PartyCandidateStatusStageFirst Preference VotesPercentage of first preference votes
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyCandidateAlex EastonStatusElectedStage1First Preference Votes8,034First Preference Votes Share21.3%
PartyUlster Unionist PartyCandidateAlan ChambersStatusElectedStage1First Preference Votes7,151First Preference Votes Share18.9%
PartyAlliance PartyCandidateStephen FarryStatusElectedStage1First Preference Votes7,014First Preference Votes Share18.6%
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyCandidateGordon DunneStatusElectedStage2First Preference Votes6,118First Preference Votes Share16.2%
PartyGreen PartyCandidateSteven AgnewStatusElectedStage7First Preference Votes5,178First Preference Votes Share13.7%
PartyIndependentCandidateMelanie KennedyStatusEliminatedStage7First Preference Votes1,246First Preference Votes Share3.3%
PartyUlster Unionist PartyCandidateWilliam CudworthStatusEliminatedStage7First Preference Votes964First Preference Votes Share2.6%
PartySDLPCandidateCaoímhe McNeillStatusEliminatedStage7First Preference Votes679First Preference Votes Share1.8%
PartyConservativesCandidateFrank ShiversStatusEliminatedStage6First Preference Votes641First Preference Votes Share1.7%
PartySinn FéinCandidateKieran MaxwellStatusEliminatedStage5First Preference Votes591First Preference Votes Share1.6%
PartyIndependentCandidateChris CarterStatusEliminatedStage5First Preference Votes92First Preference Votes Share0.2%
PartyIndependentCandidateGavan ReynoldsStatusEliminatedStage5First Preference Votes31First Preference Votes Share0.1%

Counting complete

Quota: 6,290

How the election works

Turnout

Turnout

59.2%

First preference vote share

Party%
Democratic Unionist Party37.5
Ulster Unionist Party21.5
Alliance Party18.6
Green Party13.7
Independent3.3
OTHERS5.4

First preference vote share change since 2016

−%
+%
Ulster Unionist Party
+6.0
Alliance Party
+1.8
Green Party
+1.0
Democratic Unionist Party
−4.2
Other
−7.9
Results from the 2016 election
Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Green
  • Alliance Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Ulster Unionist Party

Results

Quota: 4,605
Summary results
PartyCandidateStatusStageFirst Preference VotesPercentage of first preference votes
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyCandidateAlex EastonStatusElectedStage1First Preference Votes6,357First Preference Votes Share19.7%
PartyGreenCandidateSteven AgnewStatusElectedStage8First Preference Votes4,109First Preference Votes Share12.7%
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyCandidateGordon DunneStatusElectedStage2First Preference Votes4,004First Preference Votes Share12.4%
PartyUlster Unionist PartyCandidateAlan ChambersStatusElectedStage11First Preference Votes3,275First Preference Votes Share10.2%
PartyDemocratic Unionist PartyCandidatePeter WeirStatusElectedStage11First Preference Votes3,085First Preference Votes Share9.6%
PartyAlliance PartyCandidateStephen FarryStatusElectedStage11First Preference Votes3,012First Preference Votes Share9.3%
PartyAlliance PartyCandidateAndrew MuirStatusEliminatedStage11First Preference Votes2,387First Preference Votes Share7.4%
PartyUlster Unionist PartyCandidateCarl McCleanStatusEliminatedStage10First Preference Votes1,495First Preference Votes Share4.6%
PartyIndependentCandidateBrian WilsonStatusEliminatedStage9First Preference Votes1,415First Preference Votes Share4.4%
PartyUKIPCandidateBill PiperStatusEliminatedStage8First Preference Votes681First Preference Votes Share2.1%
PartyConservativeCandidateFrank ShiversStatusEliminatedStage7First Preference Votes672First Preference Votes Share2.1%
PartyTraditional Unionist VoiceCandidateJohn BrennanStatusEliminatedStage6First Preference Votes610First Preference Votes Share1.9%
PartySDLPCandidateConal BrowneStatusEliminatedStage5First Preference Votes426First Preference Votes Share1.3%
PartySinn FéinCandidateTherese McCartneyStatusEliminatedStage4First Preference Votes307First Preference Votes Share1.0%
PartyUlster Unionist PartyCandidateChris EisenstadtStatusEliminatedStage3First Preference Votes217First Preference Votes Share0.7%
PartyNI Labour Representation CommitteeCandidateMaria LourençoStatusEliminatedStage2First Preference Votes177First Preference Votes Share0.5%

Counting complete

Quota: 4,605

How the election works

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