Elections in NI 2022: Results on Friday night and what happens next

This has been a dramatic day for our political parties in Northern Ireland, as the election results have come as a few surprises so far.

The census has stopped for the night, so we present the latest on who has been elected so far and what this means for the political landscape in Northern Ireland.

With 90 seats in 18 constituencies to be seized, 47 seats were secured on Friday night – half. Four constituencies have completed their counting – Nuri and Arma, East Antrim, South Antrim and Lagan Valley. The remaining counts will continue from 9 a.m. tomorrow.

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Sinn Féin is on track for a historic victory in the Northern Ireland parliamentary elections, after receiving the most votes for the first preference.

Taking into account the 90 seats in Stormont, which are due to continue on Saturday, the Republican Party won 18 seats, well ahead of the DUP at 12, the Alliance at eight, the Ulster Unionists at four and the SDLP at three.

Jim Alistair returned to North Antrim for TUV and Alex Easton secured his place in North Down as an independent after leaving the DUP.

Sinn Fein looks set to come out with the most seats after receiving 250,388 first preferences, compared to 184,002 for the DUP and 116,681 for the Alliance.

This means that he received 29% of the votes for first preferences, compared to 21.3% for DUP, 13.5% for Alliance, 11.2% for Ulster Unionists and 9.1% for SDLP.

Naomi Long’s Alliance Party appears to be the second major winner of the election, with a surge of support for a community-based party that is likely to make it the third largest in Stormont, ahead of the UUP and SDLP, which have disappointing results.

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So let’s take a look at each constituency and how things stand on Friday night, which MPPs have secured a seat and which will be waiting for auction on Saturday.

The count will begin at the three centers at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Which are the selected MLA so far

Belfast North

There are two of the five candidates selected so far

Gary Kelly – Sinn Fein

Carál Ní Chuilín – Sinn Fein

Belfast East

There are two of the five candidates selected so far

Naomi Long – Alliance Party

Joan Bunting – DUP

Belfast South

Edwin Putts, Democratic Unionist Party, with his wife Glinis in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections at the Titanic Exhibition Center, Belfast (Image: Kelvin Boyce / Press Eye)

There are two of the five candidates selected so far

Deirdre Hargi – Sinn Fein

Edwin Putts – DUP

Matthew O’Toole – SDLP

Belfast West

So far, one of the five candidates has been selected

Danny Baker – Sinn Fein

Strangford

Michelle McIlvyne – Democratic Unionist Party in the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections at the Titanic Exhibition Center, Belfast (Image: Kelvin Boyce / Press Eye)

There are three of the five candidates selected so far

Kelly Armstrong – Alliance Party

Michelle McIlvin – DUP

Harry Harvey – DUP

North down

There are two of the five candidates selected so far

Alex Easton – independent

Andrew Muir – Alliance Party

South down

There are two of the five candidates selected so far

Shinead Ennis – Shin Fein

Katie Mason – Sinn Fein

Lagan Valley

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson is greeted by Paul Givan (Image: PA)

All five candidates have been nominated

Jeffrey Donaldson – DUP

Robbie Butler – UUP

Sorcha Eastwood – Alliance Party

Paul Givan – DUP

David Honeyford – Alliance Party

North Antrim

There are three of the five candidates selected so far

Robin Swan – UUP

Philip McGigan – Sinn Fein

Jim Alistair – TUV

East Antrim

All five candidates have been nominated

John Stewart – UUP

Gordon Lions – DUP

David Hildich – DUP

Stuart Dixon – Alliance Party

Danny Donnelly – Alliance Party

South Antrim

UUP Steve Icon Elected to South Antrim (Image: Stephen Hamilton / Press Eye)

All five candidates have been nominated

Declan Kearney – Sinn Fein

John Blair – Alliance Party

Steve Icon – UUP

Pam Cameron – DUP

Trevor Clark – DUP

Ferman and South Tyrone

So far, one of the five candidates has been selected

Gemma Dolan – Sinn Fein

Western Tyrone

So far, one of the five candidates has been selected

Nicola Brogan – Sinn Fein

Middle Ulster

Mary Lou MacDonald and Michelle O’Neill from Sinn Fein arrive in Belfast Count (Image: Getty Images)

There are three of the five candidates selected so far

Michelle O’Neill – Sinn Fein

Emma Sheerin – Shin Fein

Linda Dylan – Sinn Fein

Foil

There are two of the five candidates selected so far

Pádraig Delargy – Sinn Fein

Mark H. Durcan – SDLP

East Londonderry

So far, one of the five candidates has been selected

Maurice Bradley – DUP

Nuri and Arma

All five candidates have been nominated

Connor Murphy – Sinn Fein

Catal Boylan – Sinn Fein

Justin McNulty – SDLP

Liz Kimmins – Sinn Fein

William Irwin – DUP

Upper Ban

So far, one of the five candidates has been selected

John O’Dowd – Sinn Fein

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