Summary

  • Alliance Party's Naomi Long loses East Belfast seat to DUP's Gavin Robinson

  • Sinn Féin’s Michelle Gildernew loses Fermanagh and South Tyrone seat to UUP’s Tom Elliott

  • DUP's Willie McCrea loses South Antrim seat to UUP's Danny Kinahan

  • Final results: DUP: 8 (-) Sinn Féin: 4 (-1) SDLP: 3 UUP: 2 (+2) Ind: 1 Alliance: 0 (-1)

  1. Foylepublished at 00:29 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

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    Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, is at the Foyle count to support Sinn Fein's candidate Gerry O'Hara.

  2. Belfast Northpublished at 00:27 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    The SDLP's Alban Maginness is at the King's Hall for the North Belfast count, and says he is "doing reasonably well", looking at the boxes so far.

    But he concedes that "it will inevitably be a dogfight between Nigel Dodds and Gerry Kelly".

    And he fears a potential Conservatives-DUP coalition would be very bad for Northern Ireland: "It would make our politics even more divisive than it is at this time."

  3. Lagan Valleypublished at 00:26 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    "Our tallies indicate that we are going to win this seat and win it comfortably," Jeffrey Donaldson tells the BBC.

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  4. East Antrim; South Antrimpublished at 00:24 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    Conor Spackman
    BBC News NI

    Alliance leader David Ford is on the warpath about the slowness of the count at the Valley leisure centre.

    He tells me: "It's the most atrociously inefficient way to count votes imaginable."

  5. Fermanagh/ South Tyronepublished at 00:23 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    Sharon Bradford
    BBC News

    All ballots have arrived for Fermanagh and South Tyrone at Omagh leisure centre.

  6. Foyle; East Londonderrypublished at 00:22 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    Sean O'Halloran
    BBC News

    Although we won't have any real idea of turnout for Foyle and East Londonderry for some time, SDLP party members have told BBC Radio Foyle that it's expected to be less than 50%.

  7. North Antrimpublished at 00:21 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    Catherine Smyth
    BBC News

    About 30 more boxes are still to arrive at the North Antrim count.

  8. Belfast Northpublished at 00:20 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    Conor Macauley
    BBC News NI

    Nigel Dodds tells throng of reporters he's confident he has polled "extremely well" in Belfast North.

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    He also says the unionist pact was a "good idea" and welcomed by the unionist electorate.

  9. North Downpublished at 00:19 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

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    Lady Sylvia Hermon, the independent candidate for the North Down seat she held in the last parliament, chats to her DUP rival Alex Easton at the Bangor count.

  10. Foyle; East Antrimpublished at 00:16 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    We're hearing that Foyle will be declaring in about 15 minutes, and we're expecting the East Antrim result soon too. Stand by for a first declaration...

  11. Upper Bannpublished at 00:16 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    David Simpson of the DUP is polling well in Upper Bann, sources say, but Sinn Féin candidate Catherine Seeley tells BBC Radio Ulster that her party "hasn't lost hope yet".

    Catherine Seeley

    "What we're looking to do is to increase our vote, to appeal to those people who don't traditionally vote. I wouldn't like to predict it at this early stage."

  12. North Antrimpublished at 00:12 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    The Irish News tweets, external that the North Antrim count is still waiting on some ballot boxes from Northern Ireland's most northerly outpost.

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  13. West Tyronepublished at 00:05 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    Lots of stacks on Pat Doherty's table at the count in Omagh.

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  14. South Downpublished at 00:04 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    Maggie Taggart
    BBC News

    The South Down vote boxes have not all arrived yet from polling stations across the constituency.

  15. East Antrimpublished at 00:03 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    The DUP's Sammy Wilson says the declaration for East Antrim is due in a matter of minutes.

    He expects to regain the seat that he held in the last parliament, which means he will have a decision as to whether to give up his assembly seat or his Westminster seat.

    "I'll talk it over with party colleagues and talk it over with the party leader - I haven't made a decision yet."

  16. East Antrim;published at 00:01 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    There's going to be a result for East Antrim in 15 minutes, the DUP's Sammy Wilson tells the BBC's Mark Carruthers.

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  17. South Belfast:published at 00:00 British Summer Time 8 May 2015

    South Belfast is one to watch, says commentator Chris Donnelly: "It's turning into what East Belfast was in the 2010 general election."

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    Naomi Long's victory over the DUP leader Peter Robinson, who held East Belfast for 30 years, was the big surprise of the 2010 election.

  18. Lagan Valley; South Downpublished at 23:57 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Maggie Taggart
    BBC News

    In Lisburn, the deputy returning officer is predicting an earlier than usual finish for the Lagan Valley count.

    The DUP says Jeffrey Donaldson is polling very strongly.

    People are telling me that there are very few spoilt votes and that voting centres did a great job making sure voters put an X and not 1,2,3 - as they would for a proportional representation election.

  19. South Antrimpublished at 23:55 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Conor Spackman
    BBC News

    DUP sources say Danny Kinahan from the UUP is clearly benefitting from tactical voting and the race is neck and neck.

  20. Food fightpublished at 23:53 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Ciaran McCauley
    BBC News NI

    OK guys, I know what you're saying at home: "Forget the votes, what are the journos eating?!" Well hold on for declaration...

    Food wars

    Down in Banbridge, Rick Faragher and Gordon Adair have been helping themselves to chilli and lasagne. But the winner so far is Sean O'Halloran up in Foyle - he's eyeing up a warm cabinet of sausage rolls. Beats bourbon creams and stale digestives.