Aontú stood 16 candidates in this week's council elections.

Anne McCloskey is the first to secure a seat.

The party was founded by Peadar Tóibín after he left Sinn Féin last year due to the party's change in stance over abortion.

They're shutting up shop down in Lisburn and Castlereagh, but they'll be back in the morning for more.

Stay up-to-date with results in other parts of Northern Ireland on the BBC News NI website.

There are only 11 councillors elected out of 41 in Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.

It could be a long night and early morning for our BBC News NI team at the count.

We hope they've plenty of snacks and supplies. Sausage rolls anyone?

Winter may be over, but the election counts keep on coming.

Every transfer counts.

Sonya Copeland UUP, who was elected councillor again for Titanic area, spoke to BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme about the future of the party.

Asked why she thinks the UUP has been losing ground, she said: "I have no idea."

"It's luck of the draw at times. One minute you're the best thing since sliced bread, the other, nobody wants you."

Mrs Copeland dedicated her election speech to the murdered Ian Ogle.

She told Evening Extra that at the last election, Mr Ogle put her posters up.

"Both his partner and daughter nominated me, so it only seemed right," she said.

The Alliance Party's deputy lord Mayor is returned to Belfast council.

Not much change in this District Electoral Area in Fermanagh and Omagh.

The count for Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council is over with turnout ranging from 43% to 50%.

The big story from the count centre was the election of Alison Bennington, the first-openly gay candidate to stand for the DUP, after six counts.

While there has been lots of reaction to her election, Ms Bennington kept a low profile and refused to speak to the media.

Stephen Walker
BBC News NI Political Correspondent

It's a mixed picture for unionism. For the Ulster Unionists, it's a very bad day in Belfast.

They lost their councillor Peter Johnston. The people with the long faces around here, are Ulster unionists.

Some Ulster Unionists are fearful for tomorrow.

The DUP have seen their vote go up a little bit, but they haven't made the gains they thought.

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There's a little rivalry starting to show - and it's not between the politicians.

Counting is proving rather slow at the Seven Towers Leisure Centre.

No doubt it'll be a long, nervous night for those waiting to find out their fate tomorrow.

Cara Hunter, elected for the SDLP, is the first female councillor in Derg since 2001.

UUP's first councillor elected in Belfast has dedicated her seat to Ian Ogle.

Sonia Copeland made the dedication to the 45-year-old who was murdered in east Belfast in January.

“I am humbled that so many who have supported me have stuck with me,” she said.

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Allison Bennington was the first openly gay DUP candidate

She was elected to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.

Mervyn Storey, DUP MLA for North Antrim, spoke on BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme about the result.

He says that the DUP's position in relation to the definition of marriage is still the same.

"The policy is still the same before the election and after the election.

"There are many people who have a Christian faith who have a biblical view of marriage."

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Stephen Walker
BBC News NI Political Correspondent

If you were a Sinn Féin strategist in Belfast tonight, you would be disappointed.

The party has lost two seats, in Colin and looks as if they've lost a seat in Titanic.

The party will be really disappointed with that, their vote has gone down, but tomorrow there are five more seats to be counted - they may gain tomorrow.

A declaration for Titanic District Electoral area has been made.

The DUP and Alliance Party have two seats and the UUP and PUP have one each.

The Alliance made its gains from Sinn Féin.

DUP MLA Jim Wells says the election of Allison Bennington in Newtownabbey and Antrim Borough Council represents "a major change in ethos and values of the DUP".

Ms Bennington is the first openly-gay candidate to stand for the party.

Mr Wells said: "There are many longstanding, faithful, hardworking DUP members who are extremely upset by this decision."

"Many thousands of people in Northern Ireland are depending on the DUP to hold the line on these moral issues," Mr Wells added.

"They feel very let down and very concerned about what has happened."

DUP leader Arlene Foster said Ms Bennington's election did not mark a change in her party's stance on same sex marriage.