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  1. Belfast West

    Commiserations for DUP man

    There was just 86 votes between SDLP's Alex Attwood and the DUP's Frank McCoubrey.

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  2. When the lights go out...

    Anybody know a good spark?

    "Lights, camera, act-... Lights! Lights! LIGGGHHHTTS!!"

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  3. West Belfast

    Attwood wins by 89 votes

    Alex Attwood has won the West Belfast count by 89 votes. It was 'right up to the wire' against the DUP's Frank McCoubrey.

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    "After a very long day the SDLP voice is alive in West Belfast. Frank McCoubrey did enormously well, I'm just thankful, I did a little better."  

  4. Mid Ulster

    Count complete: DUP's Keith Buchanan elected

    Keith Buchanan has claimed the final seat in Mid Ulster and his DUP party colleague Ian McCrea has lost out.

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  5. Upper Bann

    The numbers game

    It'll be transfer-tastic in Upper Bann tomorrow. Watch this space...

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  6. Mid Ulster

    Six successful candidates

    The six MLAs for Mid Ulster on stage - Ian Milne (Sinn Féin), Michelle O'Neill (Sinn Féin), Linda Dillon (Sinn Féin), Patsy McGlone (SDLP), Sandra Overend (UUP) and Keith Buchanan (DUP).

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  7. Foyle

    McCann still waiting for final result

    Eamonn McCann, and his partner of 32 years Goretti Horgan, are still at the count waiting for him to be confirmed as a Stormont MLA.

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  8. The count goes on

    About six constituencies have finished counting for the night and five - Mid Ulster, South Down, Lagan Valley, Strangford and South Antrim - are done entirely.

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    But, elsewhere the count goes on. We're hearing Newry and Armagh and Belfast South are hoping to keep on going until we get a full result tonight. And we'll be here, caffeinated to the hilt, until the very end...

  9. East Antrim

    It's all over (for the night) bar the shouting

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  10. West Belfast

    'Attwood needs 38 votes ... I can't see it'

    Political commentator Dawn Purvis says it's very unlikely that Alex Attwood, SDLP, will get the 38 votes that he needs for a seat in west Belfast.

    "I can't see it. I imagine that it is going to go to Frank McCoubrey, DUP," she says.

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  11. North Antrim

    Storey says DUP will secure a 'good result'

    DUP's Mervyn Storey says he thinks the DUP will secure a "good result" in North Antrim. 

    "There are challenges in every election and you can't take anything for granted, but I was very encouraged by the response I got when out canvassing at the doors," he says. 

  12. Belfast West

    Could Alex Attwood lose his seat?

    Counting is continuing for the final seat in Belfast West. 

    BBC NI's Kevin Magee says it looks like Alex Attwood could lose his seat to the DUP's Frank McCoubrey. 

  13. Foyle

    Eamonn McCann almost there

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  14. Strangford

    'We nearly took the four seats'

    Jonathan Bell is celebrating with his DUP running mates in Strangford.

    Three DUP MLAs were elected.

    "We nearly took the four seats. Harry Harvey had an excellent first outing," he told BBC NI's Maggie Taggart.

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  15. Strangford

    Wrapping up

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  16. North Down

    Counting suspended for the evening

    DUP's Alex Easton and Gordon Dunne elected in North Down. Count has been suspended for the evening and will resume in the morning. 

  17. East Londonderry

    Belfast Telegraph

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  18. Mid Ulster

    Counting almost done

    The final votes are being tallied - it's between Ian McCrea and Keith Buchanan for the last seat.

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  19. Won't someone think of the journalists?

    A reporters lot is not an easy one...

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  20. 58 down - 50 to go