Northern Ireland European election results

Summary

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

Live Reporting

First candidate elected - Diane Doddspublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
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The woman of the hourpublished at 16:10 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
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Naomi Long: 'Result is beyond my expectations'
'I accepted the referendum result'published at 16:01 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
UUP candidate Danny Kennedy says that even though he had previously voted to remain, he had tried to convey that he had accepted the Brexit referendum result.
But, he says, that message seemed to have been missed in the election debates.
A new perspective?published at 15:51 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
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'Result is beyond my expectations'published at 15:50 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Alliance leader Naomi Long enters the count centre saying: "I'm speechless for once."
She says that a vote for her was "a vote to remain and to have a people's vote".
"We want to remain in the EU and let us have the final say," she says.
Ladies' daypublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, DUP MP for Lagan Valley, offers his congratulations to the three female candidates who look set to be elected to the European parliament.
"It's good to see females being the voice for Northern Ireland - and I say that as a long-standing male representative," he says.
The eliminated candidates so farpublished at 15:41 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
They are Danny Kennedy (UUP), Jane Morrice (Ind), Amandeep Singh Bhogal (Conservative Party), Clare Bailey (Green Party), Robert Hill (UKIP), Neil McCann (Ind).
First preference votes % change since 2014published at 15:25 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Here's how NI's first preference votes were distributedpublished at 15:21 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Results after stage twopublished at 15:16 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
The UUP's Danny Kennedy is the next candidate to be eliminated.
''Small u' unionists voted for Alliance'published at 15:10 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
DUP Arlene Foster says that she would have preferred two unionists returned to the European Parliament.
"'Small u' unionists have clearly voted for the Alliance Party and they have to reflect on why that's the case," she says.
She adds that she hopes the newly-elected MEPs will not be sitting in their seats long.
A bit of analysis from our Ireland correspondentpublished at 15:09 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
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That's all from Talkback for today 👋published at 15:02 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
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Good progress being made in countpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
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Stage two resultspublished at 14:55 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
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Mairéad McGuinness electedpublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Fine Gael MEP Mairéad McGuinness has just been re-elected in the Republic of Ireland.
She topped the poll in the Midlands North West constituency with 134,630 votes.
'We haven't been destroyed'published at 14:50 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood says that while "you always want to win" he is happy the SDLP's vote share has increased.
"We still haven't been destroyed in an election," he says.
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The first results as they were announcedpublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
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The first preference votes for each candidate in NIpublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
The story is 'pro remain'published at 14:23 British Summer Time 27 May 2019
Speaking on Talkback, Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill says the significant story from this election is the "switch to remain".
"Now there are two pro-remain voices in the north of Ireland," she says.
She adds that the party had encouraged voters to vote for the pro-remain candidates and that voters were encouraged to hear that Sinn Féin and other parties like the SDLP and Alliance were working together.