Northern Ireland has three women MEPs for the first time
Diane Dodds, DUP, was the first to be declared elected
Alliance's Naomi Long and Sinn Féin's Martina Anderson were both elected after five rounds of counting
Eleven candidates competed for NI's three seats in the European Parliament
DUP, Sinn Féin and UUP took NI seats at last European election in 2014
Voters went to polls on Thursday - 1,278,951 were eligible to vote
Turnout was just more than 45% - down 6% on 2014's poll
SDLP deputy leader Nichola Mallon says the party has increased its vote from the last European election and on the council election three weeks ago.
"We're in an environment where a lot of voters have shifted their pattern of voting, but what we're seeing is that the SDLP's voters are staying with us and we're seeing increases and we want to be building on that momentum," she says.
Our political editor Mark Devenport says that Colum Eastwood's transfers are now being counted and they might be enough to put both Naomi Long and Martina Anderson over the line.
"Even if they don't actually reach the quota, it could be that they get so many SDLP transfers that Jim Allister can't possibly catch them and so you would eliminate him," he said. "It's possible that this all might be over by seven o'clock tonight."
Alliance Party leader Naomi Long, who looks set to be elected to the European parliament, said people didn't vote for her expecting her to be a unionist or a nationalist.
"I said very clearly in this campaign I was neither, but I was willing to represent those from across the spectrum who wanted to remain in the EU," she said.
Maireád McGuinness of Fine Gael is the only one elected of the 13 Irish MEPs.
Also, Green Party candidate Ciaran Cuffe is expected to be the first MEP elected in the Dublin constituency.
Colum Eastwood, leader of the SDLP, says that if unionist votes weren't going to the UUP, "they weren't going to be going to us".
He says that in this election, the SDLP would have needed unionists to vote for the party.
"That didn't happen this time," he says.
Image source, Jayne McCormackFormer Alliance Party leader David Ford predicts that Colum Eastwood will be the next candidate to be eliminated and that his transfers will be key for current Alliance leader Naomi Long
"Our assumption, at this stage, is that Colum Eastwood will put both Martina Anderson and Naomi Long significantly over the quota," he said
Jane Morrice, who stood as an independent in the election, says it's time London "started listening to the regions" over Brexit.
"Scotland's resounding Remain, Wales has come in behind Remain now and Northern Ireland Remain higher than before, so a more significant voice from Northern Ireland for Remain."
After the fourth stage declaration in Magherafelt, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has been eliminated, and his transfers will now be distributed to the other candidates.
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Jim Allister, TUV leader, says outperforming the UUP is "very significant".
He says that, of course, he wanted to be elected.
"Don't pick on me for a falling vote, when it looks like I was the runner up [for unionism] in this," he says.
Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann remains defiant despite his party's poor showing in the election.
"The Ulster Unionist Party isn’t going away. We know the narrative is already being put out there - we're here to stay for a lot more elections yet."
Martina Anderson reaction
Michelle O'Neill says that voters have come out to reject Brexit again.
The Sinn Féin vice president says that all the parties which polled well stood on a platform to "protect the withdrawal agreement".
Robin Swann, UUP leader, says he doesn't know if Danny Kennedy was the wrong candidate.
He says his party's message was about the next step.
"That message didn't resonate," he says.
UUP candidate Danny Kennedy has told BBC News NI, "it's probably fair to say that my days in representative politics appear to be drawing to a close".
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