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 West

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

  • Sinn Féin
  • People Before Profit Alliance
  • Sinn Féin
  • Sinn Féin
  • Sinn Féin

Results

Quota: 6,725
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Órlaithí Flynn Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 6,918 First Preference Votes Share 17.1%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Alex Maskey Status Elected Stage 3 First Preference Votes 6,346 First Preference Votes Share 15.7%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Fra McCann Status Elected Stage 4 First Preference Votes 6,201 First Preference Votes Share 15.4%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Pat Sheehan Status Elected Stage 4 First Preference Votes 5,466 First Preference Votes Share 13.5%
Party People Before Profit Alliance Candidate Gerry Carroll Status Elected Stage 3 First Preference Votes 4,903 First Preference Votes Share 12.2%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Frank McCoubrey Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 4,063 First Preference Votes Share 10.1%
Party SDLP Candidate Alex Attwood Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 3,452 First Preference Votes Share 8.6%
Party People Before Profit Alliance Candidate Michael Collins Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 1,096 First Preference Votes Share 2.7%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Sorcha Eastwood Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 747 First Preference Votes Share 1.9%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Fred Rodgers Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 486 First Preference Votes Share 1.2%
Party Workers Party Candidate Conor Campbell Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 415 First Preference Votes Share 1.0%
Party Green Party Candidate Ellen Murray Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 251 First Preference Votes Share 0.6%

Counting complete

Quota: 6,725

How the election works

Turnout

Turnout

66.8%

First preference vote share

Party %
Sinn Féin 61.8
People Before Profit Alliance 14.9
Democratic Unionist Party 10.1
SDLP 8.6
Alliance Party 1.9
OTHERS 2.9

First preference vote share change since 2016

−%
+%
Sinn Féin
+7.3
SDLP
+1.3
Democratic Unionist Party
−0.3
Other
−1.3
People Before Profit Alliance
−8.0
Results from the 2016 election
Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

  • People before Profit Alliance
  • Sinn Féin
  • Sinn Féin
  • Sinn Féin
  • Sinn Féin
  • SDLP

Results

Quota: 5,182
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party People before Profit Alliance Candidate Gerry Carroll Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 8,299 First Preference Votes Share 22.9%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Alex Maskey Status Elected Stage 2 First Preference Votes 4,769 First Preference Votes Share 13.1%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Jennifer McCann Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 4,386 First Preference Votes Share 12.1%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Fra McCann Status Elected Stage 5 First Preference Votes 4,028 First Preference Votes Share 11.1%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Frank McCoubrey Status Eliminated Stage 8 First Preference Votes 3,766 First Preference Votes Share 10.4%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Pat Sheehan Status Elected Stage 4 First Preference Votes 3,516 First Preference Votes Share 9.7%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Rosie McCorley Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 3,053 First Preference Votes Share 8.4%
Party SDLP Candidate Alex Attwood Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 2,647 First Preference Votes Share 7.3%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Gareth Martin Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 654 First Preference Votes Share 1.8%
Party Workers Party Candidate Conor Campbell Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 532 First Preference Votes Share 1.5%
Party Green Candidate Ellen Murray Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 327 First Preference Votes Share 0.9%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Jemima Higgins Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 291 First Preference Votes Share 0.8%

Counting complete

Quota: 5,182

How the election works
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