All 90 MLAs have now been elected
DUP is still biggest party, but Sinn Féin closes gap
For first time, Unionists won't have overall majority
Sinn Féin's share of first preference votes up by 4%
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt resigns
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Lord Trimble says "the idea of the opposition has been badly damaged" by the election results. "That's a bad thing."
He says the DUP and Sinn Fein can reach an agreement "if they want to", but believes there "might be a little bit of posturing" between the two parties.
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Former SDLP MLA Alban Maginness says that "what will now consume people is the very existence of this place as a political entity".
He says the middle ground has been rejected and if the DUP and Sinn Féin do return to government it will be "a rather steely co-existence that doesn't represent real partnership".
Former Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers hopes the DUP and Sinn Féin can find a compromise so a return to direct rule can be avoided.
Image source, Reuters"I hope they can find a way to resolve the differences between the two largest parties in Northern Ireland - it's absolutely not in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland to return to direct rule," she says.
Lord Trimble, the former first minister of Northern Ireland has suggested that more time would be needed for the political parties at Stormont to find agreement in the wake of Friday's election results.
Lord Trimble
Lord Trimble said: "At the end of those two weeks if there isn't an administration put in place then the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is on a legal obligation to dissolve the Assembly and have another general election which I doubt will get us anywhere."
Assembly election results reaction
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, says "lessons need to be learned" within unionism after Friday's assembly election results.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, DUP MP for Lagan Valley
Speaking on BBC Radio 5Live, the DUP MP for Lagan Valley said it was a "tight race" between the DUP and Sinn Fein. He also added that the "fracturing of unionism" did not serve his party well and that they now need to "listen to the concerns of the community."
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It was a day full of twists and turns, with some big names falling by the wayside.
Watch how the results came in throughout Friday.
Sinn Féin's Máirtín Ó Muilleoir congratulates the Green Party's Claire Bailey, the final MLA to be elected.
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While he retained his seat, Mike Nesbitt is probably the biggest casualty of the election, standing down as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.
You can watch his resignation speech here .
NI Assembly election: reaction and analysis
Wakey wakey! Did you stay up late last night to watch all the high drama of the assembly election? All 90 MLAs have now been elected - follow BBC News NI's live page this morning for reaction and analysis to the results.
