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. Lagan Valley; South Downpublished at 23:49 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Poots and Givan

    At the count centre for Lagan Valley and South Down, the DUP's Edwin Poots and Paul Givan compare notes.

    They're both MLAs and are there to cheer on colleagues Jeffrey Donaldson, who held the Lagan Valley seat in the last parliament and Jim Wells, the DUP candidate in South Down.

  2. North Antrim; Mid Ulsterpublished at 23:46 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Natalie Lindo
    BBC News

    North Antrim will be the first count that takes place at the Seven Towers leisure centre in Ballymena, and we're estimating that it will come in at around 01:00 BST.

    We're hearing from the DUP camp that Ian Paisley won't be here until the very last minute - he said it's a DUP tradition and one that his father followed.

    We're expecting the Mid-Ulster result at around 03:30 BST. Sinn Féin's Francie Molloy is expected to comfortably win.

  3. North Belfastpublished at 23:43 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams on the controversial North Belfast election leaflet used by candidate Gerry Kelly: "I'm 100% sure there was no sectarian motivation behind it."

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  4. East Antrimpublished at 23:42 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Let's hope there was no ballot confusion up in East Antrim - the constituency had three candidates with the same last name.

    Three Wilsons

    Alex Wilson, Sammy Wilson and Ruth Wilson were all standing but for different parties. If things don't work out tonight, they could always form a Beach Boys tribute act.

  5. Foyle; East Londonderrypublished at 23:39 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Brian Hutton from the Press Association tweets, external that proceedings at the Foyle and East Londonderry count centre are barely audible as a helicopter flies overhead.

  6. Belfast ballot boxespublished at 23:38 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    BBC News NI's political correspondent Gareth Gordon tweets, external that nearly all of Belfast's ballot boxes have arrived at the count.

    Gareth Gordon
  7. West Tyrone; Fermanagh/South Tyronepublished at 23:37 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Otty at count

    Our longest-serving cameraman is at the counts in Omagh tonight. John Otterson is an old hand at elections - he has worked at the BBC for 50 years. Omagh leisure centre is where the votes for the West Tyrone and Fermanagh/South Tyrone constituencies will be counted.

  8. Faster, faster!published at 23:35 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    It's not an evaluation of the speed and technique of the ballot stackers... just party reps trying to assess the growing piles of ballots for indications of the outcome.

    CountingImage source, Pacemaker
  9. Belfast Northpublished at 23:34 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Conor Macauley
    BBC News NI

    Nigel Dodds of the DUP arrives at the count at Kings Hall.

    Nigel Dodds
  10. North Antrimpublished at 23:28 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Catherine Smyth
    BBC News

    BBC

    The counters are hard at it in North Antrim. It's a round-the-clock effort for the count staff - and for the media.

  11. Belfast Eastpublished at 23:25 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Chris Page
    BBC News NI Political Correspondent

    Peter Robinson was the MP for Belfast East for for 31 years. Belfast East is a personal matter for him.

    Naomi Long has been fighting such a hard campaign there. The Alliance team reckon they've knocked 99% of doors in East Belfast.

    I wouldn't want to be placing any money on that result tonight.

  12. South Antrimpublished at 23:24 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Conor Spackman
    BBC News

    Bill Manwaring, Danny Kinahan's UUP colleague, says South Antrim will be tight with his party doing better in some areas than expected.

    Danny Kinahan
  13. Foylepublished at 23:23 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Keiron Tourish
    BBC News NI

    Mark H Durkan

    The first boxes have been opened and Mark H Durkan believes his uncle Mark, who was the Foyle MP in the last parliament has polled well.

  14. Belfast Southpublished at 23:18 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Conor Macauley
    BBC News NI

    SDLP claiming Alasdair McDonnell well ahead in three tallied boxes in Finaghy, Stranmillis and Lisburn Road. Predicting turnout of 60%.

  15. East Antrimpublished at 23:17 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Conor Spackman
    BBC News

    Sammy Wilson tells me that if the national exit polls prove true, the DUP will be in a strong position in Westminster.

    Sammy Wilson

    However, he stresses that the DUP's position is no formal coalition. There will be no "Secretary of State Wilson" he says.

  16. Belfast countpublished at 23:16 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Chris Buckler
    BBC Ireland Correspondent

    Gerry Adams has arrived at the Belfast count centre.

    Gerry Adams
  17. Foylepublished at 23:14 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Keiron Tourish
    BBC News NI

    The counters aren't hanging about. We're expecting the first result for Foyle at around 01:00 BST or 01:30.

    Really we expect no change here - it looks like the SDLP's Mark Durkan is polling fairly well.

    It would be a sensational result if Sinn Féin was to win, but they have their eyes on Foyle in the longer term.

  18. North Down; Strangfordpublished at 23:11 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Aurora

    The BBC's Anna-Marie McFaul snaps the counters ready and waiting at the North Down and Strangford count. They're in Aurora leisure centre in Bangor.

  19. Lagan Valleypublished at 23:09 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Jeffrey

    Jeffrey Donaldson, the sitting MP for Lagan Valley, has the calculator app open on his iPhone. It's a numbers game tonight.

  20. South Antrimpublished at 23:06 British Summer Time 7 May 2015

    Conor Spackman
    BBC News

    box

    The first ballot boxes from the South Antrim constituency have been opened. This count is at the Valley Leisure Centre in Newtownabbey.