Northern Ireland Results

Northern Ireland Assembly Results
Party Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Féin SDLP Ulster Unionist Party Alliance Party Other
Seats 28 27 12 10 8 5

After 90 of 90 seats About these resultsResults in full

Latest headlines

  1. Overall turnout: 64.8%
  2. Counting complete in all 18 constituencies
  3. DUP remain largest party, but only one seat ahead of Sinn Féin
  4. Sinn Féin first preference vote share rises by almost 4 percentage points

Belfast North

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • SDLP
  • Sinn Féin
  • Sinn Féin

Results

Quota: 6,915
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Gerry Kelly Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 6,275 First Preference Votes Share 15.1%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Carál Ní Chuilín Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 5,929 First Preference Votes Share 14.3%
Party SDLP Candidate Nichola Mallon Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 5,431 First Preference Votes Share 13.1%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Paula Bradley Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 4,835 First Preference Votes Share 11.7%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate William Humphrey Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 4,418 First Preference Votes Share 10.6%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Nelson McCausland Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 4,056 First Preference Votes Share 9.8%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Nuala McAllister Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 3,487 First Preference Votes Share 8.4%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Robert Foster Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 2,418 First Preference Votes Share 5.8%
Party Progressive Unionist Party of NI Candidate Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 2,053 First Preference Votes Share 4.9%
Party People Before Profit Alliance Candidate Fiona Ferguson Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 1,559 First Preference Votes Share 3.8%
Party Green Party Candidate Malachai O'Hara Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 711 First Preference Votes Share 1.7%
Party Workers Party Candidate Gemma Weir Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 248 First Preference Votes Share 0.6%
Party Independent Candidate Adam Millar Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 66 First Preference Votes Share 0.2%

Counting complete

Quota: 6,915

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Turnout

Turnout

61.8%

First preference vote share

Party %
Democratic Unionist Party 32.1
Sinn Féin 29.4
SDLP 13.1
Alliance Party 8.4
Ulster Unionist Party 5.8
OTHERS 11.2

First preference vote share change since 2016

−%
+%
Sinn Féin
+2.9
SDLP
+2.5
Alliance Party
+1.4
Democratic Unionist Party
−2.9
Other
−4.4
Results from the 2016 election
Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

  • Sinn Féin
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • SDLP
  • Sinn Féin

Results

Quota: 5,225
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Gerry Kelly Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 5,695 First Preference Votes Share 15.6%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Paula Bradley Status Elected Stage 11 First Preference Votes 4,591 First Preference Votes Share 12.6%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate William Humphrey Status Elected Stage 11 First Preference Votes 4,105 First Preference Votes Share 11.2%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Nelson McCausland Status Elected Stage 11 First Preference Votes 4,087 First Preference Votes Share 11.2%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Carál Ní Chuilín Status Elected Stage 11 First Preference Votes 4,009 First Preference Votes Share 11.0%
Party SDLP Candidate Nichola Mallon Status Elected Stage 11 First Preference Votes 3,866 First Preference Votes Share 10.6%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Nuala McAllister Status Eliminated Stage 11 First Preference Votes 2,569 First Preference Votes Share 7.0%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Lesley Carroll Status Eliminated Stage 10 First Preference Votes 1,972 First Preference Votes Share 5.4%
Party People before Profit Alliance Candidate Fiona Ferguson Status Eliminated Stage 9 First Preference Votes 1,286 First Preference Votes Share 3.5%
Party Progressive Unionist Party of NI Candidate Billy Hutchinson Status Eliminated Stage 8 First Preference Votes 1,238 First Preference Votes Share 3.4%
Party Green Candidate Malachai O'Hara Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 796 First Preference Votes Share 2.2%
Party UKIP Candidate Ken Boyle Status Eliminated Stage 6 First Preference Votes 751 First Preference Votes Share 2.1%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate John Miller Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 644 First Preference Votes Share 1.8%
Party Workers Party Candidate Gemma Weir Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 476 First Preference Votes Share 1.3%
Party Independent Candidate Fra Hughes Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 243 First Preference Votes Share 0.7%
Party NI Labour Representation Committee Candidate Abdo Thabeth Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 127 First Preference Votes Share 0.3%
Party Independent Candidate Tom Burns Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 87 First Preference Votes Share 0.2%
Party Northern Ireland First Candidate Geoff Dowey Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 32 First Preference Votes Share 0.1%

Counting complete

Quota: 5,225

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