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

South Down

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin
SDLP
Democratic Unionist Party
SDLP

Results

Quota: 8,234

Summary results
Party	Candidate	Status	Stage	First Preference Votes	Percentage of first preference votes
PartySinn Féin	CandidateSinéad Ennis	StatusElected	Stage1	First Preference Votes10,256	First Preference Votes Share20.8%
PartySinn Féin	CandidateChris Hazzard	StatusElected	Stage1	First Preference Votes8,827	First Preference Votes Share17.9%
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party	CandidateJim Wells	StatusElected	Stage5	First Preference Votes7,786	First Preference Votes Share15.8%
PartySDLP	CandidateSinéad Bradley	StatusElected	Stage3	First Preference Votes7,323	First Preference Votes Share14.8%
PartySDLP	CandidateColin McGrath	StatusElected	Stage7	First Preference Votes5,110	First Preference Votes Share10.3%
PartyAlliance Party	CandidatePatrick Brown	StatusEliminated	Stage7	First Preference Votes4,535	First Preference Votes Share9.2%
PartyUlster Unionist Party	CandidateHarold McKee	StatusEliminated	Stage4	First Preference Votes4,172	First Preference Votes Share8.4%
PartyTraditional Unionist Voice	CandidateLyle Rea	StatusEliminated	Stage1	First Preference Votes630	First Preference Votes Share1.3%
PartyGreen Party	CandidateHannah George	StatusEliminated	Stage1	First Preference Votes483	First Preference Votes Share1.0%
PartyIndependent	CandidatePatrick Clarke	StatusEliminated	Stage1	First Preference Votes192	First Preference Votes Share0.4%
PartyConservatives	CandidateGary Hynds	StatusEliminated	Stage1	First Preference Votes85	First Preference Votes Share0.2%
Counting complete Quota: 8,234 How the election works

Turnout

Turnout

66.2%

Results from the 2016 election

Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

Democratic Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
SDLP
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin
SDLP

Results

Quota: 5,868

Summary results
Party	Candidate	Status	Stage	First Preference Votes	Percentage of first preference votes
PartySDLP	CandidateSinead Bradley	StatusElected	Stage6	First Preference Votes5,059	First Preference Votes Share12.3%
PartySinn Féin	CandidateChris Hazzard	StatusElected	Stage6	First Preference Votes5,045	First Preference Votes Share12.3%
PartyDemocratic Unionist Party	CandidateJim Wells	StatusElected	Stage3	First Preference Votes5,033	First Preference Votes Share12.3%
PartySDLP	CandidateColin McGrath	StatusElected	Stage8	First Preference Votes4,288	First Preference Votes Share10.4%
PartySinn Féin	CandidateCaitríona Ruane	StatusElected	Stage7	First Preference Votes4,191	First Preference Votes Share10.2%
PartySDLP	CandidateSeán Rogers	StatusEliminated	Stage8	First Preference Votes3,564	First Preference Votes Share8.7%
PartySinn Féin	CandidateMichael Gray-Sloan	StatusEliminated	Stage5	First Preference Votes3,520	First Preference Votes Share8.6%
PartyUlster Unionist Party	CandidateHarold McKee	StatusElected	Stage5	First Preference Votes3,481	First Preference Votes Share8.5%
PartyTraditional Unionist Voice	CandidateHenry Reilly	StatusEliminated	Stage2	First Preference Votes2,718	First Preference Votes Share6.6%
PartyAlliance Party	CandidatePatrick Brown	StatusEliminated	Stage3	First Preference Votes2,200	First Preference Votes Share5.4%
PartyIndependent	CandidateJohn McCallister	StatusEliminated	Stage1	First Preference Votes1,156	First Preference Votes Share2.8%
PartyGreen	CandidateJohn Hardy	StatusEliminated	Stage1	First Preference Votes820	First Preference Votes Share2.0%
Counting complete Quota: 5,868 How the election works