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 South

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

  • Sinn Féin
  • Alliance Party
  • SDLP
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Green Party

Results

Quota: 7,176
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 7,610 First Preference Votes Share 17.7%
Party SDLP Candidate Claire Hanna Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 6,559 First Preference Votes Share 15.2%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Paula Bradshaw Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 5,595 First Preference Votes Share 13.0%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Christopher Stalford Status Elected Stage 9 First Preference Votes 4,529 First Preference Votes Share 10.5%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Emma Little Pengelly Status Eliminated Stage 8 First Preference Votes 4,446 First Preference Votes Share 10.3%
Party Green Party Candidate Clare Bailey Status Elected Stage 9 First Preference Votes 4,247 First Preference Votes Share 9.9%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Michael Henderson Status Eliminated Stage 9 First Preference Votes 3,863 First Preference Votes Share 9.0%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Emmet McDonough-Brown Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 2,053 First Preference Votes Share 4.8%
Party SDLP Candidate Naomh Gallagher Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 1,794 First Preference Votes Share 4.2%
Party People Before Profit Alliance Candidate Pádraigín Mervyn Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 760 First Preference Votes Share 1.8%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate John Hiddleston Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 703 First Preference Votes Share 1.6%
Party Cross Community Labour Alternative Candidate Sean Burns Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 531 First Preference Votes Share 1.2%
Party Conservatives Candidate George Jabbour Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 200 First Preference Votes Share 0.5%
Party Workers Party Candidate Lily Kerr Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 163 First Preference Votes Share 0.4%

Counting complete

Quota: 7,176

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Turnout

Turnout

64.0%

First preference vote share

Party %
Democratic Unionist Party 20.8
SDLP 19.4
Alliance Party 17.8
Sinn Féin 17.7
Green Party 9.9
OTHERS 14.4

First preference vote share change since 2016

−%
+%
Sinn Féin
+3.5
Alliance Party
+1.4
SDLP
−0.6
Democratic Unionist Party
−1.2
Other
−3.3
Results from the 2016 election
Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

  • Sinn Féin
  • Alliance Party
  • SDLP
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Green

Results

Quota: 5,247
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Máirtín Ó Muilleoir Status Elected Stage 5 First Preference Votes 5,207 First Preference Votes Share 14.2%
Party SDLP Candidate Claire Hanna Status Elected Stage 11 First Preference Votes 4,516 First Preference Votes Share 12.3%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Emma Little Pengelly Status Elected Stage 12 First Preference Votes 4,511 First Preference Votes Share 12.3%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Christopher Stalford Status Elected Stage 12 First Preference Votes 3,570 First Preference Votes Share 9.7%
Party Green Candidate Clare Bailey Status Elected Stage 12 First Preference Votes 3,521 First Preference Votes Share 9.6%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Paula Bradshaw Status Elected Stage 9 First Preference Votes 3,332 First Preference Votes Share 9.1%
Party SDLP Candidate Fearghal McKinney Status Eliminated Stage 10 First Preference Votes 2,845 First Preference Votes Share 7.7%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Duncan Morrow Status Eliminated Stage 8 First Preference Votes 2,691 First Preference Votes Share 7.3%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Rodney McCune Status Eliminated Stage 12 First Preference Votes 2,466 First Preference Votes Share 6.7%
Party Cross Community Labour Alternative Candidate Sean Burns Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 871 First Preference Votes Share 2.4%
Party UKIP Candidate Bob Stoker Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 794 First Preference Votes Share 2.2%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate John Hiddleston Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 495 First Preference Votes Share 1.3%
Party Independent Candidate Ruth Patterson Status Eliminated Stage 6 First Preference Votes 475 First Preference Votes Share 1.3%
Party Progressive Unionist Party of NI Candidate Ian Shanks Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 430 First Preference Votes Share 1.2%
Party South Belfast Unionists Candidate Billy Dickson Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 351 First Preference Votes Share 1.0%
Party NI Labour Representation Committee Candidate Brigitte Anton Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 246 First Preference Votes Share 0.7%
Party Workers Party Candidate Lily Kerr Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 241 First Preference Votes Share 0.7%
Party Conservative Candidate Ben Manton Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 161 First Preference Votes Share 0.4%

Counting complete

Quota: 5,247

How the election works
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