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

South Down

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

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

Results

Quota: 8,234
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Sinéad Ennis Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 10,256 First Preference Votes Share 20.8%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Chris Hazzard Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 8,827 First Preference Votes Share 17.9%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Jim Wells Status Elected Stage 5 First Preference Votes 7,786 First Preference Votes Share 15.8%
Party SDLP Candidate Sinéad Bradley Status Elected Stage 3 First Preference Votes 7,323 First Preference Votes Share 14.8%
Party SDLP Candidate Colin McGrath Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 5,110 First Preference Votes Share 10.3%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Patrick Brown Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 4,535 First Preference Votes Share 9.2%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Harold McKee Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 4,172 First Preference Votes Share 8.4%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Lyle Rea Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 630 First Preference Votes Share 1.3%
Party Green Party Candidate Hannah George Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 483 First Preference Votes Share 1.0%
Party Independent Candidate Patrick Clarke Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 192 First Preference Votes Share 0.4%
Party Conservatives Candidate Gary Hynds Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 85 First Preference Votes Share 0.2%

Counting complete

Quota: 8,234

How the election works

Turnout

Turnout

66.2%

First preference vote share

Party %
Sinn Féin 38.6
SDLP 25.2
Democratic Unionist Party 15.8
Alliance Party 9.2
Ulster Unionist Party 8.4
OTHERS 2.8

First preference vote share change since 2016

−%
+%
Sinn Féin
+7.6
Alliance Party
+3.8
Democratic Unionist Party
+3.5
Ulster Unionist Party
−0.0
SDLP
−6.3
Results from the 2016 election
Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

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

Results

Quota: 5,868
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party SDLP Candidate Sinead Bradley Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 5,059 First Preference Votes Share 12.3%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Chris Hazzard Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 5,045 First Preference Votes Share 12.3%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Jim Wells Status Elected Stage 3 First Preference Votes 5,033 First Preference Votes Share 12.3%
Party SDLP Candidate Colin McGrath Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 4,288 First Preference Votes Share 10.4%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Caitríona Ruane Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 4,191 First Preference Votes Share 10.2%
Party SDLP Candidate Seán Rogers Status Eliminated Stage 8 First Preference Votes 3,564 First Preference Votes Share 8.7%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Michael Gray-Sloan Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 3,520 First Preference Votes Share 8.6%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Harold McKee Status Elected Stage 5 First Preference Votes 3,481 First Preference Votes Share 8.5%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Henry Reilly Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 2,718 First Preference Votes Share 6.6%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Patrick Brown Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 2,200 First Preference Votes Share 5.4%
Party Independent Candidate John McCallister Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 1,156 First Preference Votes Share 2.8%
Party Green Candidate John Hardy Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 820 First Preference Votes Share 2.0%

Counting complete

Quota: 5,868

How the election works
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