Northern Ireland Assembly election results

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

Live Reporting

John Stewart is electedpublished at 19:58 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
East Antrim
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Doug Beattie holds onto his seatpublished at 19:57 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Upper Bann
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Michelle Gildernew returns to Stormontpublished at 19:56 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Fermanagh South Tyrone
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Dodds: DUP's 'remarkable performance'published at 19:56 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Nigel Dodds says the reality is that nobody expected the DUP to do as well as they have done.
He said that it is a remarkable result given the criticism the party has been under.
New seat for Jemma Dolanpublished at 19:55 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Fermanagh South Tyrone
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'Good craic'... but with a serious messagepublished at 19:55 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
North Down
Political newbie Melanie Kennedy, who is standing as an independent, has been telling the BBC about why she decided to stand.
Ms Kennedy has terminal cancer and said she had trouble accessing drugs that were available in other parts of the UK.
Image source, PA
She says she has been overwhelmed by the response to her campaign and had there been a sixth seat, she may have stood a chance.
She said today had been "good craic" with all the other candidates and if only that could continue when they all got into Stormont.
Oh... we're halfway there...🎵🎶🎹published at 19:53 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
NI Assembly
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Plenty of time for chit chatpublished at 19:52 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
North Antrim; Mid Ulster
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They're doing the Crocodile Rock in the westpublished at 19:51 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
West Belfast
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'Wake up call' election for unionistspublished at 19:50 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
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And Michelle McIlveen joins himpublished at 19:49 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Strangford
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UUP leader Nesbitt retains seatpublished at 19:48 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Strangford
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Close but no cigarpublished at 19:46 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
North Antrim
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O'Dowd re-electedpublished at 19:43 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Upper Bann
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Emotional Attwood thanks supporterspublished at 19:42 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Belfast West
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A physiological blow?published at 19:38 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
NI Assembly election
Former director of communications at NI Executive, Stephen Grimason, says Sinn Féin are just under 1,200 votes short of the DUP in the popular vote.
Fionnuala O'Connor says there is no longer a 'comfortable' gap between the two big parties.
Alex Kane says if the number of unionists in the assembly falls below 50% it would be a physiological blow.
It could be a long night in Belfastpublished at 19:36 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Belfast East
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Nothing like a fish supper 🐟🍟published at 19:36 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Foyle
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UUP's Smith in limbo...published at 19:34 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Strangford
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Can I throw you a line?published at 19:33 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
North Down
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