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 Down

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

  • Alliance Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Ulster Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Green Party

Results

Quota: 6,290
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Alex Easton Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 8,034 First Preference Votes Share 21.3%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Alan Chambers Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 7,151 First Preference Votes Share 18.9%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Stephen Farry Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 7,014 First Preference Votes Share 18.6%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Gordon Dunne Status Elected Stage 2 First Preference Votes 6,118 First Preference Votes Share 16.2%
Party Green Party Candidate Steven Agnew Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 5,178 First Preference Votes Share 13.7%
Party Independent Candidate Melanie Kennedy Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 1,246 First Preference Votes Share 3.3%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate William Cudworth Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 964 First Preference Votes Share 2.6%
Party SDLP Candidate Caoímhe McNeill Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 679 First Preference Votes Share 1.8%
Party Conservatives Candidate Frank Shivers Status Eliminated Stage 6 First Preference Votes 641 First Preference Votes Share 1.7%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Kieran Maxwell Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 591 First Preference Votes Share 1.6%
Party Independent Candidate Chris Carter Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 92 First Preference Votes Share 0.2%
Party Independent Candidate Gavan Reynolds Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 31 First Preference Votes Share 0.1%

Counting complete

Quota: 6,290

How the election works

Turnout

Turnout

59.2%

First preference vote share

Party %
Democratic Unionist Party 37.5
Ulster Unionist Party 21.5
Alliance Party 18.6
Green Party 13.7
Independent 3.3
OTHERS 5.4

First preference vote share change since 2016

−%
+%
Ulster Unionist Party
+6.0
Alliance Party
+1.8
Green Party
+1.0
Democratic Unionist Party
−4.2
Other
−7.9
Results from the 2016 election
Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Green
  • Alliance Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Ulster Unionist Party

Results

Quota: 4,605
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Alex Easton Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 6,357 First Preference Votes Share 19.7%
Party Green Candidate Steven Agnew Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 4,109 First Preference Votes Share 12.7%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Gordon Dunne Status Elected Stage 2 First Preference Votes 4,004 First Preference Votes Share 12.4%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Alan Chambers Status Elected Stage 11 First Preference Votes 3,275 First Preference Votes Share 10.2%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Peter Weir Status Elected Stage 11 First Preference Votes 3,085 First Preference Votes Share 9.6%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Stephen Farry Status Elected Stage 11 First Preference Votes 3,012 First Preference Votes Share 9.3%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Andrew Muir Status Eliminated Stage 11 First Preference Votes 2,387 First Preference Votes Share 7.4%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Carl McClean Status Eliminated Stage 10 First Preference Votes 1,495 First Preference Votes Share 4.6%
Party Independent Candidate Brian Wilson Status Eliminated Stage 9 First Preference Votes 1,415 First Preference Votes Share 4.4%
Party UKIP Candidate Bill Piper Status Eliminated Stage 8 First Preference Votes 681 First Preference Votes Share 2.1%
Party Conservative Candidate Frank Shivers Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 672 First Preference Votes Share 2.1%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate John Brennan Status Eliminated Stage 6 First Preference Votes 610 First Preference Votes Share 1.9%
Party SDLP Candidate Conal Browne Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 426 First Preference Votes Share 1.3%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Therese McCartney Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 307 First Preference Votes Share 1.0%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Chris Eisenstadt Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 217 First Preference Votes Share 0.7%
Party NI Labour Representation Committee Candidate Maria Lourenço Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 177 First Preference Votes Share 0.5%

Counting complete

Quota: 4,605

How the election works
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