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

  1. The end of an era for the UUP?published at 14:05 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

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  2. Two remainers?published at 14:01 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

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    Martina Anderson
  3. 'Green Party excluded from debates' - Baileypublished at 13:55 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

    Clare Bailey, who took over as leader of the NI Green Party last year, was eliminated on the first count.

    She says her exclusion from "mainstream televised debates" did not do her any favours.

    Clare Bailey
  4. Danny Kennedy arrivespublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

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  5. A warm welcome for the poll topperpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

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  6. 'Withdrawal deal is dead'published at 13:49 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

    Diane Dodds tells Talkback that the UK needs to go back to Europe to renegotiate.

    "The withdrawal deal is dead and it will not pass the House of Commons," she says.

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  7. Eliminatedpublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

    The five candidates who will be eliminated after the first count are conservative candidate Amandeep Bhogal, Green Party candidate Claire Bailey, UKIP's Robert Hill, independents Neil McCann and Jane Morrice.

    Counting
  8. Results predictions from our political reporterpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

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  9. The first countpublished at 13:34 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

    Total number of ballots: 577,275

    Total rejected papers: 4,649

    This means the first preference quota was 143,112

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  10. The first results are in...published at 13:25 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

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  11. Some election counting facts...published at 13:18 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

    The count seems to be going faster than our last, according to political commentator David McCann.

    There is a few reasons for this, he says.

    Polling stationImage source, Getty Images

    Firstly, the verification of the ballots - that's when they sort the ballots and categorise them - was all done on Friday.

    Secondly, there are twice as many counters today.

  12. Alliance are all smilespublished at 13:16 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

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  13. Some running latepublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

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  14. Comparing notes?published at 13:13 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

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  15. Behind the scenes with Mark Simpsonpublished at 13:12 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

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    Mark Simpson

  16. What a treat!published at 13:00 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

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  17. Quota due shortlypublished at 12:53 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

    A quota is due in the next 30 minutes, according to Virginia McVea, the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.

    She told political correspondent Gareth Gordon that the sorting is now finished and that the counters should have a quota for the candidates to reach shortly.

    X markImage source, FOTOMAREKKA
  18. On air nowpublished at 12:47 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

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  19. The view from Dublinpublished at 12:46 British Summer Time 27 May 2019

    Early results in the European elections in the Republic of Ireland were announced on Sunday night.

    Ciarán CuffeImage source, PA
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    Green Party European election candidate Ciarán Cuffe (centre) topped the poll in Dublin

    Green Party candidate Ciarán Cuffe topped the poll in Dublin, receiving 63,849 first preference votes.

    Former SDLP leader Mark Durkan, who stood as a Fine Gael candidate in the same constituency, received 16,473 first round votes.