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

Foyle

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

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

Results

Quota: 7,437
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Elisha McCallion Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 9,205 First Preference Votes Share 20.6%
Party SDLP Candidate Colum Eastwood Status Elected Stage 3 First Preference Votes 7,240 First Preference Votes Share 16.2%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Raymond McCartney Status Elected Stage 2 First Preference Votes 7,145 First Preference Votes Share 16.0%
Party SDLP Candidate Mark H Durkan Status Elected Stage 5 First Preference Votes 6,948 First Preference Votes Share 15.6%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Gary Middleton Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 5,975 First Preference Votes Share 13.4%
Party People Before Profit Alliance Candidate Eamonn McCann Status Eliminated Stage 6 First Preference Votes 4,760 First Preference Votes Share 10.7%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Julia Kee Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 1,660 First Preference Votes Share 3.7%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Colm Cavanagh Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 1,124 First Preference Votes Share 2.5%
Party Green Party Candidate Shannon Downey Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 242 First Preference Votes Share 0.5%
Party Citizens Independent Social Thought Alliance Candidate John Lindsay Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 196 First Preference Votes Share 0.4%
Party Conservatives Candidate Stuart Canning Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 77 First Preference Votes Share 0.2%
Party Independent Candidate Arthur McGuinness Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 44 First Preference Votes Share 0.1%

Counting complete

Quota: 7,437

How the election works

Turnout

Turnout

65.0%

First preference vote share

Party %
Sinn Féin 36.6
SDLP 31.8
Democratic Unionist Party 13.4
People Before Profit Alliance 10.7
Ulster Unionist Party 3.7
OTHERS 3.8

First preference vote share change since 2016

−%
+%
Sinn Féin
+8.2
SDLP
+1.8
Democratic Unionist Party
+1.5
People Before Profit Alliance
+0.2
Other
−11.8
Results from the 2016 election
Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Sinn Féin
  • SDLP
  • SDLP
  • Sinn Féin
  • People before Profit Alliance

Results

Quota: 5,672
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Martin McGuinness Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 5,037 First Preference Votes Share 12.7%
Party SDLP Candidate Colum Eastwood Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 5,000 First Preference Votes Share 12.6%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Gary Middleton Status Elected Stage 4 First Preference Votes 4,737 First Preference Votes Share 11.9%
Party SDLP Candidate Mark Durkan Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 4,197 First Preference Votes Share 10.6%
Party People before Profit Alliance Candidate Eamonn McCann Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 4,176 First Preference Votes Share 10.5%
Party Independent Candidate Anne McCloskey Status Eliminated Stage 8 First Preference Votes 3,410 First Preference Votes Share 8.6%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Raymond McCartney Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 3,198 First Preference Votes Share 8.1%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Maeve McLaughlin Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 3,062 First Preference Votes Share 7.7%
Party SDLP Candidate Gerard Diver Status Eliminated Stage 6 First Preference Votes 2,700 First Preference Votes Share 6.8%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Julia Kee Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 1,420 First Preference Votes Share 3.6%
Party Independent Candidate Maurice Devenney Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 1,173 First Preference Votes Share 3.0%
Party Independent Candidate Kathleen Bradley Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 902 First Preference Votes Share 2.3%
Party Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol Candidate John Lindsay Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 259 First Preference Votes Share 0.7%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Chris McCaw Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 238 First Preference Votes Share 0.6%
Party Green Candidate Mary Hassan Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 157 First Preference Votes Share 0.4%
Party Conservative Candidate Alan Dunlop Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 36 First Preference Votes Share 0.1%

Counting complete

Quota: 5,672

How the election works
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