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Summary

  • DUP marginally largest party by one seat

  • Sinn Féin has increased its vote, taking 27 seats

  • Biggest casualty is UUP leader Mike Nesbitt who announces resignation

  • Turnout is the highest in assembly poll since the vote which followed the 1998 Good Friday Agreement

  • Overall turnout is 64.8% - up from 54.9% last year

Live Reporting

  1. Former MLA Harold McKee eliminated

    South Down

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  2. Richie McPhillips loses seat

    Fermanagh and South Tyrone

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  3. 'Political careers end in tears'

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  4. How things are looking in Belfast

    NI Assembly election

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  5. 'Crushed out of existence'

    Political commentator Newton Emerson says the UUP and SDLP have been crushed out of existence in this election.

    UUP leader Mike Nesbitt and SDLP leader Colum EastwoodPacemaker

    UUP leader Mike Nesbitt and SDLP leader Colum Eastwood at last year's UUP conference

    The two moderate parties went into official opposition after last year's election and Emerson says the results show that "putting yourself into the wilderness in our system just doesn't work".  

  6. Alliance transfers 'are crucial' - prediction

    Belfast North

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  7. Done and dusted?

    Foyle

    "Sinn Féin has two seats in the bag and the SDLP have one, with another on it's way shortly," says the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Gerry Bradley. That leaves just one and, with Eamonn McCann effectively conceding defeat, it means that Gary Middleton looks home and dry.

    Eamonn McCann

    "McCann celebrates his 74th birthday a week after today’s result and instead of travelling up to Stormont, he can do it quietly with his partner Goretti at the place he calls home: the Bogside."

  8. It's the highest voter turnout since 1998

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  9. Five candidates excluded

    Mid Ulster

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  10. No sign of Jonathan Bell

    Strangford

    Robbie Meredith
    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News NI

    Former DUP minister Jonathan Bell, who stood as an independent after leaving the party in a blaze of publicity over allegations he made over the energy scandal, did not put in an appearance at the count.

    After his elimination, it looks like his votes will be transferred to the DUP's Michelle McIlveen and UUP leader Mike Nesbitt, taking them over the line.

  11. Alliance's O'Lynn excluded

    North Antrim

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  12. Could Oliver McMullan lose his seat?

    East Antrim

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  13. No candidates reach quota in stage 3

    Belfast West

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  14. That moment

    Belfast West

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  15. Still waiting...

    North Antrim

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  16. Former first minister re-elected

    Fermanagh South Tyrone

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  17. And a lull in Foyle

    Foyle

    There's been a bit of a lull in proceedings after a rather hectic start to the day for all those running in the Foyle constituency. 

    Gary Middleton

    The DUP's Gary Midddleton is hoping to remain as the area's sole unionist MLA, it's tight but he's looking good for fifth. 

  18. Grinding to a halt?

    Lagan Valley

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  19. Let's crunch the numbers...

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  20. Carroll admits PBP Foyle seat at risk

    Belfast West

    People Before Profit's Gerry Carroll, who has been returned as an MLA in West Belfast, is nervous about how the party is faring in Foyle where Eamon McCann's seat looks at risk.

    gerry carroll

    Mr Carroll said the party knew it was going to be a "tough task" for the team in Foyle with the reduction in the number of seats to five.