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

DUP's Simon Hamilton electedpublished at 17:13 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Strangford
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SDLP's Sinead Bradley electedpublished at 17:11 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
South Down
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UUP veteran Danny Kennedy gonepublished at 17:11 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Newry and Armagh
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Alliance transfers could help SDLPpublished at 17:11 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Upper Bann
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McCartney pays tribute to McGuinnesspublished at 17:10 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Foyle
Raymond McCartney says Martin McGuinness was a great "motivating factor" for Sinn Féin in Foyle - the party has returned two seats.
He says the vote has sent "a clear message in terms of whether or not it was right for Sinn Féin to collapse the executive".
No winners in second roundpublished at 17:10 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Lagan Valley
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SF's Conor Murphy electedpublished at 17:09 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Newry and Armagh
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Another announcement imminent...published at 17:09 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Fermanagh South Tyrone
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Ian Paisley: 'Stop claiming my father's authority'published at 17:07 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Ian Paisley said Sinn Féin was about "pressing the reboot button" because they didn't like the fact that the DUP was 10 seats ahead of them.
He also said: "I personally resent a lot of people popping up and claiming the mantle of my father, and claiming they speak for him and know what his mind would have been.
"Quite frankly that's actually an insult to him. Just stop."
Nesbitt refuses to do BBC interviewpublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
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Hat trick for Sinn Féinpublished at 17:05 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Mid Ulster
Jayne McCormack
BBC News NI
Three out of five seats have gone to Sinn Féin, which was probably never in doubt.
SF leader Michelle O'Neill topped the poll and colleagues Ian Milne and Linda Dillon were also successful. Another seat went to the DUP's Keith Buchanan, leaving one seat which is being hotly contested by the SDLP's Patsy McGlone and Ulster Unionist Sandra Overend.
PUP's Russell Watson eliminatedpublished at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
East Londonderry
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No-one reaches quota at stage 2published at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Upper Bann
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Wells at the countpublished at 17:01 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Lagan Valley; South Down
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A tight racepublished at 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
North Belfast
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A watchful eye over proceedingspublished at 16:59 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
South Antrim
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Nesbitt looks 'deflated'published at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Strangford
Robbie Meredith
BBC News NI
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt is looking deflated at the count. The former broadcaster, conspicuous in an Ulster Rugby top, is not doing any on-air interviews.
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He came under fire during the election for saying he would transfer his own personal vote to the SDLP, rather than other unionist parties.
Patsy has a ponder...published at 16:55 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Mid-Ulster
The SDLP candidate in Mid-Ulster Patsy McGlone pores over the latest statistics. Sinn Féin's candidates Ian Milne and Linda Dillon have just been elected in the constituency.
Kevin's game facepublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
NI Assembly election
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'Fantastic team'published at 16:47 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2017
Strangford
Kellie Armstrong, first elected in Strangford, tells the BBC it was down to "a lot of hard work and a fantastic team".
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She says Alliance's likely boost in this election is because it ran a "positive campaign".