NI 2022 Election Results: Countdown in the Stormont Assembly Vote

NI 2022 election results: Countdown in Stormont Assembly vote – BBC News

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1. Kelly Armstrong of the Alliance is the first of the 90 members of the Assembly to be elected as the vote count continues.
2. Voter turnout is estimated to be slightly lower than 64% of the 2017 elections
3. 239 candidates are vying for 90 seats in 18 constituencies
4. DUP and Sinn Féin are fighting for the most seats. This comes with the right to nominate the next prime minister
5. The positions of first and deputy first ministers are equal, but the distribution of titles is symbolically important
6. The Unionist Party has always been the largest in the Assembly, and before that in Parliament, since the founding of the state in 1921.