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Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 2022
Key Events
- Stormont stalemate as Sinn Fein biggest party but DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson sticks to guns on protocol
- Doug Beattie in scrap with Alliance to retain his Upper Bann seat
- Poots takes South Belfast seat but memories of Stalford hurt
- The unionist overall vote stays ahead of the nationalist total, albeit narrowly
The overall average turnout at the last Northern Ireland-wide Assembly election in 2017 was 64.8%.
Early indications Stormont Assembly election turnout may be slightly down
There are early indications that voter turnout in the Stormont Assembly election may be slightly down on the last polling day in 2017.
Irish Foreign Affairs Minister says it could be months until an executive is formed in Northern Ireland after the Assembly election.
Election 2022: Return of NI executive could take months, warns Simon Coveney
The Irish Foreign Affairs Minister has said it could be months until an executive is formed in Northern Ireland after the Assembly election.
Henry McDonald’s early election analysis
Election 2022: SF confident they will emerge top while early tallies suggest TUV breakthrough
Although the DUP still believe they are in the game, Sinn Fein are said to be quietly confident that they will emerge as the largest party as the count continues at the three election count centres today.
Striking workers have staged a demonstration outside the Stormont Assembly election count at the Titanic Exhibition Centre.
Council and education workers are holding a two-week strike over a pay offer which they have rejected.
Belfast City Council worker and Unite shop steward John Moore said they want politicians to take note that “this isn’t going to stop until people come to the table and talk to us”.
“We were offered a 1.75% pay rise after nearly 12 years of pay cuts and pay freezes, and that 1.75% is just another pay cut, people have to meet their household bills, pay for food and energy and they just can’t do it,” he said.
A News Letter micro exit poll from East Belfast, Elmgrove finds a fractured vote.
Mini exit poll from polling station in East Belfast suggests fractured vote
A News Letter micro exit poll from East Belfast, Elmgrove finds a fractured vote.