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

South Antrim

Northern Ireland Assembly constituency

Elected Members of the Legislative Assembly

5 out of 5 constituency seats

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

Results

Quota: 7,058
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Declan Kearney Status Elected Stage 4 First Preference Votes 6,891 First Preference Votes Share 16.3%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Stephen Aiken Status Elected Stage 5 First Preference Votes 6,287 First Preference Votes Share 14.8%
Party Alliance Party Candidate David Ford Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 5,278 First Preference Votes Share 12.5%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Paul Girvan Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 5,152 First Preference Votes Share 12.2%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Pam Cameron Status Elected Stage 8 First Preference Votes 4,604 First Preference Votes Share 10.9%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Trevor Clarke Status Eliminated Stage 8 First Preference Votes 4,522 First Preference Votes Share 10.7%
Party SDLP Candidate Roisin Lynch Status Eliminated Stage 6 First Preference Votes 4,024 First Preference Votes Share 9.5%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Adrian Cochrane-Watson Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 2,505 First Preference Votes Share 5.9%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Richard Cairns Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 1,353 First Preference Votes Share 3.2%
Party People Before Profit Alliance Candidate Ivanka Antova Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 530 First Preference Votes Share 1.3%
Party Independent Candidate David McMaster Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 503 First Preference Votes Share 1.2%
Party Green Party Candidate Eleanor Bailey Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 501 First Preference Votes Share 1.2%
Party Conservatives Candidate Mark Logan Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 194 First Preference Votes Share 0.5%

Counting complete

Quota: 7,058

Turnout

Turnout

62.4%

First preference vote share

Party %
Democratic Unionist Party 33.7
Ulster Unionist Party 20.8
Sinn Féin 16.3
Alliance Party 12.5
SDLP 9.5
OTHERS 7.3

First preference vote share change since 2016

−%
+%
Alliance Party
+3.6
Sinn Féin
+3.1
SDLP
−0.1
Ulster Unionist Party
−1.4
Democratic Unionist Party
−3.8
Results from the 2016 election
Northern Ireland constituencies A-Z

Elected MLAs

6 out of 6 constituency seats

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

Results

Quota: 5,020
Summary results
Party Candidate Status Stage First Preference Votes Percentage of first preference votes
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Paul Girvan Status Elected Stage 2 First Preference Votes 5,014 First Preference Votes Share 14.3%
Party Sinn Féin Candidate Declan Kearney Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 4,632 First Preference Votes Share 13.2%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Pam Cameron Status Elected Stage 5 First Preference Votes 4,589 First Preference Votes Share 13.1%
Party Democratic Unionist Party Candidate Trevor Clarke Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 3,585 First Preference Votes Share 10.2%
Party SDLP Candidate Roisin Lynch Status Eliminated Stage 5 First Preference Votes 3,366 First Preference Votes Share 9.6%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Steve Aiken Status Elected Stage 7 First Preference Votes 3,280 First Preference Votes Share 9.3%
Party Alliance Party Candidate David Ford Status Elected Stage 6 First Preference Votes 3,119 First Preference Votes Share 8.9%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Paul Michael Status Eliminated Stage 7 First Preference Votes 2,565 First Preference Votes Share 7.3%
Party Ulster Unionist Party Candidate Adrian Cochrane-Watson Status Eliminated Stage 4 First Preference Votes 1,947 First Preference Votes Share 5.5%
Party Traditional Unionist Voice Candidate Richard Cairns Status Eliminated Stage 3 First Preference Votes 1,318 First Preference Votes Share 3.8%
Party Green Candidate Helen Farley Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 589 First Preference Votes Share 1.7%
Party UKIP Candidate Robert Hill Status Eliminated Stage 2 First Preference Votes 574 First Preference Votes Share 1.6%
Party Independent Candidate David McMaster Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 483 First Preference Votes Share 1.4%
Party Conservative Candidate Mark Young Status Eliminated Stage 1 First Preference Votes 72 First Preference Votes Share 0.2%

Counting complete

Quota: 5,020
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