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

North Antrim

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

  • Sinn Féin
  • Ulster Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Traditional Unionist Voice

Results

Quota: 8,016
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Philip McGuigan Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 7,600 First Preference Votes Share 15.8%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Paul Frew Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 6,975 First Preference Votes Share 14.5%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Mervyn Storey Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 6,857 First Preference Votes Share 14.3%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Jim Allister Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 6,214 First Preference Votes Share 12.9%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Robin Swann Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 6,022 First Preference Votes Share 12.5%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Phillip Logan Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 5,708 First Preference Votes Share 11.9%
Party SDLP Candidate Connor Duncan Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 3,519 First Preference Votes Share 7.3%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Patricia O'Lynn Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 2,616 First Preference Votes Share 5.4%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Timothy Gaston Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 1,505 First Preference Votes Share 3.1%
Party Green Party Candidate Mark Bailey Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 530 First Preference Votes Share 1.1%
Party Independent Candidate Monica Digney Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 435 First Preference Votes Share 0.9%
Party Independent Candidate Adam McBride Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 113 First Preference Votes Share 0.2%

Counting complete

Quota: 8,016

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Turnout

Turnout

63.2%

First preference vote share

Party %
Democratic Unionist Party 40.6
Traditional Unionist Voice 16.0
Sinn Féin 15.8
Ulster Unionist Party 12.5
SDLP 7.3
OTHERS 7.7

First preference vote share change since 2016

−%
+%
Sinn Féin
+2.9
Ulster Unionist Party
+1.8
Other
−0.1
Traditional Unionist Voice
−1.9
Democratic Unionist Party
−2.4
Results from the 2016 election
Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

  • Traditional Unionist Voice
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Sinn Féin
  • Ulster Unionist Party

Results

Quota: 5,857
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Paul Frew Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 5,429 First Preference Votes Share 13.2%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Jim Allister Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 5,399 First Preference Votes Share 13.2%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Mervyn Storey Status Elected Stage 9 First Preference Votes 5,382 First Preference Votes Share 13.1%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Daithí McKay Status Elected Stage 10 First Preference Votes 5,297 First Preference Votes Share 12.9%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Phillip Logan Status Elected Stage 10 First Preference Votes 3,635 First Preference Votes Share 8.9%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Robin Swann Status Elected Stage 10 First Preference Votes 3,585 First Preference Votes Share 8.7%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate David McIlveen Status Eliminated Stage 8 First Preference Votes 3,209 First Preference Votes Share 7.8%
Party SDLP Candidate Connor Duncan Status Eliminated Stage 10 First Preference Votes 3,093 First Preference Votes Share 7.5%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Timothy Gaston Status Eliminated Stage 6 First Preference Votes 1,955 First Preference Votes Share 4.8%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Stephen McFarland Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 1,318 First Preference Votes Share 3.2%
Party UKIP Candidate Donna Anderson Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 1,027 First Preference Votes Share 2.5%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Andrew Wright Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 821 First Preference Votes Share 2.0%
Party Green Candidate Jennifer Breslin Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 513 First Preference Votes Share 1.3%
Party NI Labour Representation Committee Candidate Kathryn Johnston Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 243 First Preference Votes Share 0.6%
Party Conservative Candidate James Simpson Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 92 First Preference Votes Share 0.2%

Counting complete

Quota: 5,857

How the election works
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