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Assembly election: Count continues as Sinn Féin on track to be ... (The Irish Times)

Alliance's Nick Mathison took a seat in the constituency on the ninth count, as did the former Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Mike Nesbitt, whose seat ...

Leader of the DUP Jeffrey Donaldson said the party was doing “extremely well” in the election. It might take a while to change that psyche.” Also over in North Antrim was its reputation as a DUP stronghold. He said: “I recognise that we have our differences, particularly in relation to the protocol, but I think we all accept that this is a problem that needs to be addressed, and the sooner it is addressed, the better for all of us.” He said on Saturday: “I think you never take the electorate for granted . . . I have had to make unpopular decisions in the direction of the party as party leader and that may well have had an effect on me, but these are the sort of things you go through all the time when you’re thinking about an election. That the party is in the mix in East Derry for an eighteenth seat – a constituency in which the party was generally regarded to have little chance – demonstrates the extent to which Alliance’s performance has exceeded its wildest dreams.

Donaldson: DUP doing 'extremely well' despite success of Sinn Féin (Irish Examiner)

The DUP is doing “extremely well” in the Stormont Assembly election, their leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, has insisted. As counting resumed on Saturday morning, ...

“I recognise that we have our differences, particularly in relation to the protocol, but I think we all accept that this is a problem that needs to be addressed, and the sooner it is addressed, the better for all of us.” “The party officers will sit down, we will consider what we need to do now to get the action that is required from the Government, I will be making my decision clear on all of that early next week,” he told the BBC. Asked whether Northern Ireland will have devolved government in 2022, Jeffrey said: “Let’s cross all the bridges when we get to them.” “The unionist vote remains strong, we are the largest designation in the Assembly, I think there is a lot of spin around results and I’m very pleased with how the DUP has done in our constituencies,” he said. Sinn Féin also won the battle for largest vote share with 250,388 first preferences, compared with 184,002 for the DUP and 116,681 for the Alliance Party. The DUP is doing “extremely well” in the Stormont Assembly election, their leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, has insisted.

DUP has done 'extremely well' insists Donaldson as its vote plummets (Newstalk)

The DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said his party has done “extremely well” despite a s...

"The unionist vote remains strong, we are the largest designation in the Assembly, I think there is a lot of spin around results and I'm very pleased with how the DUP has done in our constituencies," he told journalists. The DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said his party has done “extremely well” despite a significant fall in its share of the vote and the loss of at least two seats. Despite this, Sir Jeffrey said he was optimistic about his party’s future and insisted that it had done “extremely well” given the circumstances:

As it happened: Sinn Féin gains votes, on course to be largest party ... (thejournal.ie)

A total of 239 candidates ran across 18 five-seater constituencies in the region, with 90 MLAs set to be elected. Kellie Armstrong from the Alliance Party was ...

We need to focus on the economy, we need to focus on health, we need to focus on infrastructure. All for nothing because the DUP will refuse to form an assembly, they’ll use the protocol as a smoke screen, but we all know its because Sinn Fein is in a position to propose 1st minister. The alliance party are not designated as unionist and the First and Deputy Ministers need to be chosen from the top party of each denomination. Whatever way we voted, we want to thank people for coming out and vote and being part of a democratic process in what is what we believe the election of a generation. The same will happen to SF. You rarely gain popularity in the hot seat and MON/SF are going to be front and centre of everything that happens now, whether it be the homeless crisis, the cost of living crisis, the failing health service, you name it. With Sinn Féin looking like becoming a majority coupled with a possible Alliance party coalition, there is going to be a lot of political glitches becoming apparent. “I think that the DUP need to take time, to pause, to reflect now. The reality is that the things people were talking to us on the doorstep still exist on Monday. The reality is that we recognised before this campaign that we had a job of work on our hands and that hasn’t changed. I’ve done the best with what we’ve had and what we’ve been able to do and I think this result pays testimony to the work of the people in the health service across Northern Ireland. We need to see what the government are going to do to address the issues. Key defences for them are the 2nd seats in North Belfast and Foyle, and the 3rd in West Tyrone. Walk away with all those and they can call it a good day at the office.

Northern Ireland election results: TUV fails to add second MLA at ... (Belfast Telegraph)

Counting has resumed in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, with Sinn Fein firmly on course to emerge as the largest Stormont party.

On 21% first preference votes, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s party was down seven percentage points from the 2017 Assembly election. Winning an 8% vote, the TUV almost trebled its 2017 performance but leader Jim Allister remains its sole MLA. Sinn Fein attracted over 250,000 first preference votes - a 29% share.

What do the numbers tell us about #AE22? (RTE.ie)

In becoming the first nationalist leader of Northern Ireland, she would displace the representative of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in the role. Perhaps ...

Some 862,700 people voted in the 2022 Assembly Elections. This was considerably higher than the 803,315 who voted in the 2017 Elections. Indeed, it stands as the highest number ever to vote in local elections in Northern Ireland. Many of the DUP's votes were lost to Jim Allister's Traditional Unionists Voice (TUV). This hard-line unionist party increased their share of the vote by 5.1% to reach a total of 7.6%. The TUV may also have taken votes from the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) whose share of the vote fell to 11.2%, a decline of 1.7% from 2017. In 2017, unionist parties secured 44% of the vote, but in this election the total stood at some 40%. For their part, nationalist parties won 40.4% of the vote in 2017, but this fell to 39.6% in 2022. Central to this decline in share for unionists and nationalists is the rise of the Alliance Party. They are now the largest party in Belfast East, Belfast South and North Down. Their share of the vote now stands at 13.5%, an increase of 4.5% on 2017. The big headline fact is that Sinn Féin gained the highest number of first preference votes in this election with 29%. In doing this, they increased their share of the vote from the 2017 Assembly election by 1.1%. It is more than enough to ensure that they will be the largest party in the Assembly. In the end, the DUP's share of the vote dropped 6.7% from 2017 and they secured just 21.3%, their lowest share of vote in an Assembly election since 1998 when they secured 18%.

Counting resumes in NI Assembly election with Sinn Féin poised for ... (BreakingNews.ie)

Just 49 of 90 MLAs had been elected when the count was stopped on Friday.

“I recognise that we have our differences, particularly in relation to the protocol, but I think we all accept that this is a problem that needs to be addressed and the sooner it is addressed the better for all of us.” This means that it received 29 per cent of first preference votes, compared with 21.3 per cent for the DUP, 13.5 per cent for Alliance, 11.2 per cent for the UUP and 9.1 per cent for the SDLP. Sinn Féin also won the battle for largest vote share with 250,388 first preferences, compared with 184,002 for the DUP and 116,681 for the Alliance Party.