NI Assembly election: Polls close across Northern Ireland

Polling stations have closed across Northern Ireland for the 2016 Assembly election.

Two hundred and seventy-six candidates are competing for 108 seats across Northern Ireland's 18 constituencies.

Polling stations opened at 07:00 BST and closed at 22:00 BST in the proportional representation election.

Depending on the constituency, as many as 18 or as few as 12 candidates are contesting the six assembly member posts.

Counting in the election will begin on Friday morning.

DUP leader Arlene Foster voted in the village of Brookeborough in County Fermanagh

Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness cast his vote in Londonderry

Ulster Unionist Mike Nesbitt leaves with his wife Lynda after casting his vote at an east Belfast primary school

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood at his polling station in Derry, along with his wife Rachael and daughter Rosa

Alliance Party leader David Ford voted at a church in Antrim