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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. DUP's Simon Hamilton elected

    Strangford

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  2. SDLP's Sinead Bradley elected

    South Down

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  3. UUP veteran Danny Kennedy gone

    Newry and Armagh

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  4. Alliance transfers could help SDLP

    Upper Bann

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  5. McCartney pays tribute to McGuinness

    Foyle

    Raymond McCartney says Martin McGuinness was a great "motivating factor" for Sinn Féin in Foyle -  the party has returned two seats.

    Raymond McCartney

    He says the vote has sent "a clear message in terms of whether or not it was right for Sinn Féin to collapse the executive". 

  6. No winners in second round

    Lagan Valley

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  7. SF's Conor Murphy elected

    Newry and Armagh

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  8. Another announcement imminent...

    Fermanagh South Tyrone

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  9. Ian Paisley: 'Stop claiming my father's authority'

    Ian Paisley said Sinn Féin was about "pressing the reboot button" because they didn't like the fact that the DUP was 10 seats ahead of them.

    Ian Paisley

    He also said: "I personally resent a lot of  people popping up and claiming the mantle of my father, and claiming they speak for him and know what his mind would have been. 

    "Quite frankly that's actually an insult to him. Just stop." 

  10. Nesbitt refuses to do ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ interview

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  11. Hat trick for Sinn Féin

    Mid Ulster

    Jayne McCormack
    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News NI

    Three out of five seats have gone to Sinn Féin, which was probably never in doubt.

    SF leader Michelle O'Neill topped the poll and colleagues Ian Milne and Linda Dillon were also successful. Another seat went to the DUP's Keith Buchanan, leaving one seat which is being hotly contested by the SDLP's Patsy McGlone and Ulster Unionist Sandra Overend.

  12. PUP's Russell Watson eliminated

    East Londonderry

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  13. No-one reaches quota at stage 2

    Upper Bann

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  14. Wells at the count

    Lagan Valley; South Down

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  15. A tight race

    North Belfast

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  16. A watchful eye over proceedings

    South Antrim

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  17. Nesbitt looks 'deflated'

    Strangford

    Robbie Meredith
    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News NI

    Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt is looking deflated at the count. The former broadcaster, conspicuous in an Ulster Rugby top, is not doing any on-air interviews.

    Mike NesbittPacemaker

    He came under fire during the election for saying he would transfer his own personal vote to the SDLP, rather than other unionist parties.  

  18. Patsy has a ponder...

    Mid-Ulster

    The SDLP candidate in Mid-Ulster Patsy McGlone pores over the latest statistics.  Sinn Féin's candidates Ian Milne and Linda Dillon have just been elected in the constituency.

    SDLP candidate Patsy McGlone poring over the figures

  19. Kevin's game face

    NI Assembly election

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  20. 'Fantastic team'

    Strangford

    Kellie Armstrong, first elected in Strangford, tells the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ it was down to "a lot of hard work and a fantastic team".

    Kellie ArmstrongOther

    She says Alliance's likely boost in this election is because it ran a "positive campaign". Â