As it happened: NI council election 2019

Summary

Counting in Northern Ireland council elections complete
462 councillors elected across 11 councils
All seats declared after two days of vote counting
Alliance, Greens and People Before Profit topped polls in several areas
First openly-gay DUP councillor elected

Live Reporting

That's all folks..published at 23:33 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
That's the end of our coverage on this live page. Thanks for sticking with us over the past two days.
The election has produced an intriguing set of results. Stay tuned to the BBC News NI website over the coming days for more reaction and analysis.
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Election 2019
The final result of Northern Ireland's council election for all partiespublished at 23:16 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
The make-up of Belfast City Council..published at 23:16 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
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Final results in Northern Ireland's council electionpublished at 23:00 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Alliance - 53
DUP - 122
SDLP - 59
Sinn Féin - 105
UUP - 75
Others - 48
And number 60 is in...published at 22:59 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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Game, set and match in Courtpublished at 22:47 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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Veteran bows outpublished at 22:46 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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Billy Hutchinson "in and all"published at 22:36 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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DUP's David Brooks secures Lisnasharragh seatpublished at 22:14 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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Postpublished at 21:54 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Parting is such sweet sorrow ...published at 21:48 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council
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Better late than neverpublished at 21:43 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
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If you just can't get enough..published at 21:43 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
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Postpublished at 21:32 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
No quota requiredpublished at 21:18 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council
The final four seats in Sperrin were filled without any of the remaining candidates meeting the quota. Independents Paul Gallagher and Raymond Barr were joined by the DUP's Maurice Devenney and the SDLP's Jason Barr. That concludes things in the north west.
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Jason Barr of the SDLP was elected on the final count in Sperrin
Tears of joypublished at 21:15 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
An emotional scene as Stephen Donnelly becomes the first ever Alliance councillor on Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. He won a seat in Omagh district and was embraced by his party leader Naomi Long.
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Naomi Long and Stephen Donnelly embrace
Fab Fourpublished at 21:03 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
Brian Smyth of the Green Party (pictured second from right, beside party leader Clare Bailey) has been elected in Lisnasharragh. He is the fourth and final Green candidate to win a seat on Belfast City Council this election.
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The Green Party's four winning candidates with party leader Clare Bailey (first on right)
Marathon manpublished at 20:44 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
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Black Mountain wraps up..published at 20:31 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Belfast City Council
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Sinn Féin take two in Sperrinpublished at 20:27 British Summer Time 4 May 2019
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Sinn Féin has taken two seats in Sperrin in Derry and Strabane, with Dan Kelly and Michaela Boyle getting across the line in the eighth count.