Summary

  • DUP wins 10 seats with Sinn Fein taking 7; independent Sylvia Hermon retains seat

  • SDLP loses all its three seats; UUP loses South Antrim to DUP

  • 109 candidates contested 18 Westminster seats

  • Turnout was up across the board; 1.2m people were eligible to vote in NI

  • Exit poll predicts Conservatives largest party, but short of parliamentary majority

  1. Sinn Féin 'confident' in West Tyronepublished at 00:48 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  2. Come on lads, we've a while to go yet!published at 00:46 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  3. DUP's Campbell set to retain seatpublished at 00:43 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  4. Mike Nesbitt downbeatpublished at 00:43 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    Mike Nesbitt concedes that votes for his DUP rival in Strangford, Jim Shannon, put him "at the top of the mountain" - while the former UUP leader is in the foothills.

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  5. Calls for the executive to be restoredpublished at 00:40 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy says his party wants to see the assembly back in action.

    Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy in the BBC studio

    "What we need to ensure is that the executive is restored on a sound footing so that it can actually last and that we're not back in the position in 12 months," he says.

  6. Poll still looking close in South Antrimpublished at 00:38 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  7. Could South Antrim be our first result?published at 00:37 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  8. Democracy in action, everybody!published at 00:35 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  9. Turnout up in both Strangford and North Downpublished at 00:33 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  10. 62% turnout in Lagan Valleypublished at 00:29 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    Our reporter Conor Macauley is at the Eikon Exhibition Centre where votes for the Lagan Valley constituency are being counted. Turnout is reportedly 62.2% - six percentage points higher than in 2015.

    Conor Macauley reporting from Eikon Centre

    The DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson won 48% of votes in that poll.

  11. What can you read into piles of paper?published at 00:25 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  12. Where will the first NI declaration be tonight?published at 00:24 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    We're all eagerly awaiting some results. So which constituency might bring us the first? These are the times constituencies declared in 2015.

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  13. Romantic...published at 00:20 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  14. If only the counting could be as quickpublished at 00:12 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  15. Don't forget the wireless!published at 00:10 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    Thanks for following the election here with us at BBC NI.

    You can also get the latest count centre on your telly box (on BBC One) and, of course, on BBC Radio Ulster.

    BBC Studio

    Karen Patterson and William Crawley are being joined by a host of guests and our own political correspondent Enda McClafferty right until the finish... at some stage later this morning!

  16. Gerry Adams arrives at Titanicpublished at 00:05 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has congratulated Jeremy Corbyn on his party's election performance.

    "I think it's very interesting that Jeremy Corbyn did so well," he says. "He fought a good campaign."

    Gerry Adams arrives at the Titanic Exhibition Centre

    "I don't know how Theresa May can survive this. It is putting a big focus on Brexit because she went out to get a vote for a hard Brexit.

    "The people here in this state voted to remain. It's been ignored by the DUP, the UUP and Theresa May."

  17. Yeeooooow in Omagh!published at 00:03 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  18. DUP MP arrives at Upper Bann countpublished at 00:02 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  19. Ask for a step ladder, Naomi 😂published at 00:01 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  20. The only NI box to be coming by boat 🌊published at 23:57 British Summer Time 8 June 2017

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