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  1. Upper Bannpublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    It's all about the transfers...

  2. Upper Bannpublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    Still waiting...

    Time's ticking on, and there's still no sign of the three seats in Upper Bann being declared... when will the wait be over?

    Count centre
  3. East Londonderrypublished at 15:27 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    'Bittersweet day' for displaced MLA

  4. Upper Bannpublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    Glimmer of hope

  5. Upper Bannpublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    Dolores back in the building?

  6. The story so far...published at 15:07 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    Election highs and lows

    If you haven't had your fill of election 2016 yet, here's the full story of how the results have unfolded today.

    Count
  7. West Tyronepublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    SDLP's Daniel McCrossan still celebrating

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  8. Upper Bannpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    Kelly leaves centre

  9. Updating credentialspublished at 14:44 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    New UUP MLA for North Down, Alan Chambers, has updated his social media credentials to reflect his new role on the hill...

  10. Upper Bannpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    The long and winding road

  11. Upper Bannpublished at 14:33 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    'Healthy transfer' to UUP

  12. Colum Eastwoodpublished at 14:32 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    SDLP will take 'period of reflection'

    SDLP leader Colum Eastwood says he's happy with his party's performance, despite losing their third seat in Foyle and only retaining 12 seats in the assembly so far.

    Colum Eastwood

    “We've had a rough couple of years, but we’ve begun to change face of the party and we’re going to build from here. We’ll take a period of reflection and decide what we do from here but we've a very good base to build on.”  

  13. Count reporter signing offpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

  14. Car keys updatepublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    Sleep-deprived count reporter can relax again..

  15. Upper Bannpublished at 14:17 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    Battle for seats going to the wire

  16. Seats won so farpublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    Numbers game

    Here's how it looks so far, with just three left to be declared...

    seats
  17. West Tyronepublished at 14:14 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    'Keep 'er lit!'

  18. High praise from NI Election chiefpublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    Northern Ireland's chief electoral officer has praised the people who manned the 18 assembly election counts.

    Image of a ballot box

    Graham Shields said: "Everything went according to the script. I'd like to pay tribute to the considerable hard work and effort of the full time and casual staff that work for the electoral office ... in delivering this election."

  19. Upper Bannpublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    Scores on the doors

  20. West Tyronepublished at 14:00 British Summer Time 7 May 2016

    Ecstatic Sinn Féin MLAs celebrate result