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  1. Strangfordpublished at 20:54 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    Ready for broadcast

  2. Foylepublished at 20:54 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    Will you wear a tie Eamonn?

    When asked if he would wear a tie in the assembly if elected, People before Profit Alliance candidate Eamonn McCann said he "honestly hadn't though about it".  

    "If I am going to have rounds in the assembly, I don't want the first one to be about the clothes I'm wearing," he said 

  3. Lagan Valleypublished at 20:53 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    New UUP MLA faces the cameras

    New UUP MLA Jenny Palmer about to go on the air after being elected in Lagan Valley. The former DUP candidate was contesting her first election for the UUP

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  4. West Belfastpublished at 20:49 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    'Keeping Sinn Féin honest'

    Commentator Fionnuala O'Connor says she's fascinated with Sinn Féin and West Belfast.

    She says that for the first time now, there's a second all-Ireland party, People Before Profit.

    Fionnuala

    "They have taken out Rosie McCorley, who was part of the old machine. It was a whopping vote... The presence of Gerry Carroll and Eamonn McCann will liven the assembly up and will help to keep Sinn Féin honest."

  5. Gerry Adams arrives at Belfast countpublished at 20:45 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    BBC News NI's Tara Mills was front and centre when Gerry Adams spoke to the media at the Belfast count a few moments ago. 

    Gerry Adams
  6. Virtual Stormontpublished at 20:44 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

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  7. Fermanagh and South Tyronepublished at 20:44 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    SF's Phil Flanagan eliminated

    The Sinn Féin candidate has lost the seat he held since 2011. 

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  8. No biscuits or burgers for this lass..published at 20:41 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

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  9. To tie or not to tiepublished at 20:41 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

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  10. West Belfastpublished at 20:38 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    'Knuckle down'

    Asked about the vote in west Belfast, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams says there "a little fragmentation on the edges".

    "That's good. It's really important whoever you are voting for that you come out and vote," he says. 

    "If we had stood one candidate, we would have brought in just less than 20,000. I commend Gerry Carroll.

    "This isn't about topping the poll. What everybody will have to do is to knuckle down and work for the people of that constituency. I predicted he was going to top the poll."

    Gerry Adams
  11. Belfast Southpublished at 20:38 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    Patterson and Allister would have been a 'colourful mix'

    Alison Morris from The Irish News says she's disappointed that Ruth Patterson did not get elected as an independent in south Belfast. She says she and Jim Allister would have been a "colourful mix" in the assembly.

     "Can you imagine what mayhem they would have caused if left to their own devices?" she said.

  12. Foylepublished at 20:37 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    SF MLA eliminated

    Sinn Féin's Maeve McLaughlin has been eliminated.

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  13. South Belfastpublished at 20:37 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    UUP lose out but could gain elsewhere

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  14. Foylepublished at 20:36 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    Martin McGuinness getting camera ready

    Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness gets ready to be interviewed by BBC News NI's Keiron Tourish at the Foyle count. 

    Martin McGuinness
  15. South Antrimpublished at 20:36 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    Counting continues...

    ...and it's edge of the seat stuff for the staff.

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  16. South Downpublished at 20:35 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    Let's celebrate

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  17. Lagan Valleypublished at 20:34 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    Palmer got 'good personal vote'

    Alison Morris from The Irish News says Jenny Palmer's election as a UUP MLA in Lagan Valley was a "good personal vote".

  18. Fermanagh and South Tyronepublished at 20:33 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    Winner in UUP showdown?

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  19. Lagan Valleypublished at 20:32 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    That's your lot

    All six seats are now filled as Robbie Butler, Jenny Palmer (both UUP), Brenda Hale and Edwin Poots (both DUP) get the last four seats. 

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  20. South Downpublished at 20:32 British Summer Time 6 May 2016

    Constituency no longer an 'SDLP stronghold'

    Sinn Féin's Chris Hazzard, who has been elected, described his party's campaign in South Down as "very positive".

    "It wasn't so long ago that South Down was considered an SDLP stronghold, but that has gone," he said.