Summary

  • DUP marginally largest party by one seat

  • Sinn Féin has increased its vote, taking 27 seats

  • Biggest casualty is UUP leader Mike Nesbitt who announces resignation

  • Turnout is the highest in assembly poll since the vote which followed the 1998 Good Friday Agreement

  • Overall turnout is 64.8% - up from 54.9% last year

  1. That's all folks, goodnightpublished at 03:19 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    NI Assembly election

    Well it's been a long, but very exciting, day here on our election results live page. All 90 seats have now been filled.

    Count

    There'll be another live page tomorrow with a round-up of reaction from 09:00. Meantime, we're off to get some well-deserved sleep. Goodnight. 💤😴

  2. The last line-up for #AE17published at 03:11 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

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  3. That's it!published at 03:09 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

    Clare Bailey wins the last seat in the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election.

  4. Breaking their own recordpublished at 03:06 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

    May 2016 declaration was at 02:14am, March 2017 ??

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  5. And still the wait goes on...published at 03:03 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

  6. Ulster Unionists or Greens for final seat?published at 02:56 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

  7. He can joke about it now...published at 02:50 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    East Londonderry

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  8. Who will clinch the 90th seat?published at 02:43 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

  9. It's official - another seat for the DUPpublished at 02:40 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

  10. Little bit of historypublished at 02:37 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    It's amazing what you find in the newsroom in the wee small hours...when you are trying to stay awake.

    Assembly bible
  11. ... and waitingpublished at 02:29 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

  12. We're still waiting ...published at 02:15 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

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  13. Christopher Stalford retains seatpublished at 01:53 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

  14. Titanic Centre in the wee hourspublished at 01:45 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

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  15. Emma Little Pengelly has been eliminatedpublished at 01:44 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

    Emma Little Pengelly
  16. And then there were twopublished at 01:42 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

    So, it's down to the last two seats and there's three contenders: Christopher Stalford, DUP, Claire Bailey of the Green Party and Ulster Unionist Michael Henderson.

  17. Claire's still got sense of humour - after 17 hours of counting published at 01:42 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

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  18. Emma Little-Pengelly concedes defeatpublished at 01:39 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    Belfast South

  19. Here's your East Londonderry line-uppublished at 01:35 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    East Londonderry

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  20. That's the final two for East Londonderrypublished at 01:29 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2017

    East Londonderry

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