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 Results 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

East Antrim

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

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

Results

Quota: 6,238
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate David Hilditch Status Elected Stage 3 First Preference Votes 6,000 First Preference Votes Share 16.0%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Roy Beggs Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 5,121 First Preference Votes Share 13.7%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Stewart Dickson Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 4,179 First Preference Votes Share 11.2%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Gordon Lyons Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 3,851 First Preference Votes Share 10.3%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Oliver McMullan Status Eliminated Stage 9 First Preference Votes 3,701 First Preference Votes Share 9.9%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate John Stewart Status Elected Stage 9 First Preference Votes 3,377 First Preference Votes Share 9.0%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Stephen Ross Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 3,313 First Preference Votes Share 8.9%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Danny Donnelly Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 1,817 First Preference Votes Share 4.9%
Party UKIP Candidate Noel Jordan Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 1,579 First Preference Votes Share 4.2%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Ruth Wilson Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 1,534 First Preference Votes Share 4.1%
Party SDLP Candidate Margaret McKillop Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 1,524 First Preference Votes Share 4.1%
Party Green Party Candidate Dawn Patterson Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 777 First Preference Votes Share 2.1%
Party Cross Community Labour Alternative Candidate Conor Sheridan Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 393 First Preference Votes Share 1.1%
Party Conservatives Candidate Alan Dunlop Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 152 First Preference Votes Share 0.4%
Party Independent Candidate Ricky Best Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 106 First Preference Votes Share 0.3%

Counting complete

Quota: 6,238

Turnout

Turnout

60.1%

First preference vote share

Party %
Democratic Unionist Party 35.2
Ulster Unionist Party 22.7
Alliance Party 16.0
Sinn Féin 9.9
UKIP 4.2
OTHERS 12.0

First preference vote share change since 2016

−%
+%
Ulster Unionist Party
+2.5
Sinn Féin
+1.8
Alliance Party
+1.4
Democratic Unionist Party
−0.9
Other
−2.1
Results from the 2016 election
Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Ulster Unionist Party
  • Alliance Party
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Sinn Féin

Results

Quota: 4,631
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate David Hilditch Status Elected Stage 1 First Preference Votes 5,906 First Preference Votes Share 18.2%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Roy Beggs Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 3,848 First Preference Votes Share 11.9%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Gordon Lyons Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 3,472 First Preference Votes Share 10.7%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Stewart Dickson Status Elected Stage 10 First Preference Votes 3,115 First Preference Votes Share 9.6%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Oliver McMullan Status Elected Stage 12 First Preference Votes 2,633 First Preference Votes Share 8.1%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Alastair Ross Status Elected Stage 12 First Preference Votes 2,323 First Preference Votes Share 7.2%
Party UKIP Candidate Noel Jordan Status Eliminated Stage 12 First Preference Votes 2,207 First Preference Votes Share 6.8%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate John Stewart Status Eliminated Stage 11 First Preference Votes 1,985 First Preference Votes Share 6.1%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Ruth Wilson Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 1,643 First Preference Votes Share 5.1%
Party Alliance Party Candidate Danny Donnelly Status Eliminated Stage 9 First Preference Votes 1,632 First Preference Votes Share 5.0%
Party SDLP Candidate Margaret McKillop Status Eliminated Stage 6 First Preference Votes 1,229 First Preference Votes Share 3.8%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Maureen Morrow Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 719 First Preference Votes Share 2.2%
Party Green Candidate Dawn Patterson Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 693 First Preference Votes Share 2.1%
Party Cross Community Labour Alternative Candidate Conor Sheridan Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 551 First Preference Votes Share 1.7%
Party Progressive Unionist Party of NI Candidate Jim McCaw Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 455 First Preference Votes Share 1.4%

Counting complete

Quota: 4,631
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