Stormont election 2022: There will be 239 candidates for 90 MLA seats
and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565
There are an average of just over 13 candidates per constituency (Northern Ireland has 18 constituencies which elect five members each, a total of 90 MLAs). See below for link to the full list of candidates.
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Hide AdSinn Fein is running the highest number of candidates, with 34.
The DUP is running 30 candidates, the UUP is running 27, the Alliance Party is running 24 - while the SDLP is running 22 for the 90 available Assembly seats.
The TUV is running 19 candidates, the Green Party is running 18 and People Before Profit is running 12, as is Aontu — while the Workers Party is running six candidates and the PUP is running three candidates.
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Hide AdThe Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) and the Socialist Party are each running two candidates, while the Northern Ireland Conservatives, Cross Community Labour Alliance (CCLA), Resume NI and Heritage Party are each running one candidate.
And there are 24 independent candidates.
Voters will go to the polls in Northern Ireland on May 5.