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

  1. Turnout high despite predictions?

    Mark Devenport
    BBC News NI Political Editor

    It’s still just a partial picture.

    But it does vary from lows in places like Titanic in East Belfast, with some boxes apparently as low as 32%, to highs.

    I've got Magherafelt in Mid Ulster at 72.8%, which is a fairly massive turnout.

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    I think when it evens out we may well find that we're in and around the 51% mark which was the turnout for the last local elections.

    Prior to this taking place there had been some thought that because of that there might be a fair degree of apathy.

    I don’t think, with all the usual caveats in place - we haven't seen any of the official figures yet - that that'll be the case.

    I think that the figures will be reasonably well up.

  2. Three in one

    Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

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  3. Talking about turnout

    Belfast City Council

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  4. At the scene

    Mid Ulster District Council

    There are some very fast counters in Mid Ulster.

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  5. And there's more...

    Mid Ulster District Council

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  6. First Alliance councillor elected

    Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council

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  7. More new councillors

    Mid Ulster District Council

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  8. Two more elected

    Mid Ulster District Council

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  9. Hard at work

    Belfast City Council

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  10. First person elected

    Mid Ulster District Council

    The first person elected was Sinn Féin's Darren Totten taking a seat in Mid Ulster.

    It was confirmed about 11:00 on Friday.