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

Newry & Armagh

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

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

Results

Quota: 9,154
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate William Irwin Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 9,760 First Preference Votes Share 17.8%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Cathal Boylan Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 9,197 First Preference Votes Share 16.7%
Party SDLP Candidate Justin McNulty Status Elected Stage 2 First Preference Votes 8,983 First Preference Votes Share 16.4%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Megan Fearon Status Elected Stage 2 First Preference Votes 8,881 First Preference Votes Share 16.2%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Conor Murphy Status Elected Stage 3 First Preference Votes 8,454 First Preference Votes Share 15.4%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Danny Kennedy Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 7,256 First Preference Votes Share 13.2%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Jackie Coade Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 1,418 First Preference Votes Share 2.6%
Party Citizens Independent Social Thought Alliance Candidate Emmet Crossan Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 704 First Preference Votes Share 1.3%
Party Green Party Candidate Rowan Tunnicliffe Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 265 First Preference Votes Share 0.5%

Counting complete

Quota: 9,154

How the election works

Turnout

Turnout

69.4%

First preference vote share

Party %
Sinn Féin 48.3
Democratic Unionist Party 17.8
SDLP 16.4
Ulster Unionist Party 13.2
Alliance Party 2.6
OTHERS 1.8

First preference vote share change since 2016

−%
+%
Sinn Féin
+7.4
Alliance Party
+1.5
Democratic Unionist Party
+1.0
Ulster Unionist Party
−0.9
SDLP
−1.9
Results from the 2016 election
Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

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

Results

Quota: 6,817
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate William Irwin Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 7,980 First Preference Votes Share 16.7%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Megan Fearon Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 6,838 First Preference Votes Share 14.3%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Cathal Boylan Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 6,822 First Preference Votes Share 14.3%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Conor Murphy Status Elected Stage 9 First Preference Votes 5,854 First Preference Votes Share 12.3%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Danny Kennedy Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 4,904 First Preference Votes Share 10.3%
Party SDLP Candidate Justin McNulty Status Elected Stage 9 First Preference Votes 4,775 First Preference Votes Share 10.0%
Party SDLP Candidate Karen McKevitt Status Eliminated Stage 9 First Preference Votes 3,923 First Preference Votes Share 8.2%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Sam Nicholson Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 1,841 First Preference Votes Share 3.9%
Party Independent Candidate Paul Berry Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 1,663 First Preference Votes Share 3.5%
Party Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol Candidate Emmet Crossan Status Eliminated Stage 6 First Preference Votes 1,032 First Preference Votes Share 2.2%
Party Independent Candidate Martin McAllister Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 940 First Preference Votes Share 2.0%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Craig Weir Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 493 First Preference Votes Share 1.0%
Party Green Candidate Michael Watters Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 335 First Preference Votes Share 0.7%
Party UKIP Candidate Alan Love Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 315 First Preference Votes Share 0.7%

Counting complete

Quota: 6,817

How the election works
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