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2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election

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The 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2016. It was the fifth election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. 1,281,595 individuals were registered to vote in the election (representing an increase of 5.9% compared to the previous Assembly election).[3] Turnout in the 2016 Assembly election was 703,744 (54.9%), a decline of less than one percentage point from the previous Assembly Election in 2011, but down 15 percentage points from the first election to the Assembly held in 1998.[4]

2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election
← 2011 5 May 2016 2017 →
All 108 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly
Turnout54.9%[1] (Decrease0.8%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
MLA Arlene Foster.jpg
Martin McGuinness in Jan 2017 (headshot).jpg
Mike Nesbitt.png
Leader Arlene Foster Martin McGuinness [a] Mike Nesbitt
Party DUP Sinn Féin UUP
Leader since 17 December 2015 8 May 2007 31 March 2012
Leader's seat Fermanagh and South Tyrone Foyle Strangford
Last election 38 seats, 30.0% 29 seats, 26.9% 16 seats, 13.2%
Seats won 38 28 16
Seat change Steady Decrease1 Steady
Popular vote 202,567 166,785 87,302
Percentage 29.2% 24.0% 12.6%
Swing Decrease0.8% Decrease2.9% Decrease0.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Colum Eastwood MLA.JPG
DavidFordAlliance.jpg
Steven Agnew MLA 2016.png
Leader Colum Eastwood David Ford Steven Agnew
Party SDLP Alliance Green (NI)
Leader since 14 November 2015 6 October 2001 10 January 2011
Leader's seat Foyle South Antrim North Down
Last election 14 seats, 14.2% 8 seats, 7.7% 1 seat, 0.9%
Seats won 12 8 2
Seat change Decrease2 Steady Increase1
Popular vote 83,364 48,447 18,718
Percentage 12.0% 7.0% 2.7%
Swing Decrease2.2% Decrease0.7% Increase1.8%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Eamonn_McCann.jpg
JimAllister (cropped).jpg
Leader Eamonn McCann[2] Jim Allister
Party People Before Profit TUV
Leader since N/A 7 December 2007
Leader's seat Foyle North Antrim
Last election 0 seats, 0.8% 1 seat, 2.4%
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase2 Steady
Popular vote 13,761 23,776
Percentage 2.0% 3.4%
Swing Increase1.2% Increase1.0%
Election results. Voters elect 6 assembly members from the 18 constituencies.
First Minister and
deputy First Minister before election

Arlene Foster (DUP) &
Martin McGuinness (SF)

 First Minister and
deputy First Minister
after election

Arlene Foster (DUP) &
Martin McGuinness (SF)

As in the 2007 and 2011 elections, the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin won the most seats, with the DUP winning 38 and Sinn Féin winning 28 of the available 108 seats. The Ulster Unionist Party won 16 seats, the Social Democratic and Labour Party 12 and the Alliance 8, while two seats were won by the Green Party and People Before Profit. The Traditional Unionist Voice and an independent candidate each won one seat.

Change of date

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Under the Northern Ireland Act 1998, elections to the Assembly were originally for a four-year term; thus there would have been an election due in May 2015, four years after the 2011 election. Following the introduction of the UK Fixed Term Parliaments Act, this date would have clashed with the 2015 UK general election.[5] The Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections were postponed for a year to 2016 to avoid this clash.[6]

In May 2013, Theresa Villiers, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, announced the next Assembly election would be postponed to May 2016, and would be held at fixed intervals of five years thereafter.[7] Section 7 of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 specifies that elections will be held on the first Thursday in May on the fifth (rather than fourth, as previously) calendar year following that in which its predecessor was elected.[8]

End of dual mandate

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The Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 also ends the practice of dual mandate, prohibiting someone being elected to the assembly who is also a member of the House of Commons or Dáil Éireann.[8] At the time the Act was passed, there were three such dual-members: the DUP's Sammy Wilson (MP for East Antrim and MLA for East Antrim) and Gregory Campbell (MP for East Londonderry and MLA for East Londonderry) and the SDLP's Alasdair McDonnell (MP for Belfast South and MLA for Belfast South).[9] Wilson and McDonnell resigned from the Assembly after being re-elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 election. Campbell, who was also re-elected as an MP, is retiring from the Assembly at this election.[10]

Earlier dissolution

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There are several circumstances in which the Assembly could be dissolved before the date scheduled by virtue of section 31(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Dissolution motion

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Under section 32 of the 1998 Act, the Assembly can be dissolved if a resolution to such an effect is passed by the Assembly, with support of a two-thirds majority or more members.[11]

Failure to elect the First or deputy First Ministers

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The Act provides that if the Assembly fails to elect either the First Minister or deputy First Minister within six weeks, an election is called. Since the enactment of the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006, the First Minister has been nominated by the largest party of the largest community designation, and the deputy First Minister has been nominated by the largest party in the second largest community designation ("Nationalist", "Unionist" or "Other").[12]

New Executive Departments

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It was proposed[13] that after the May 2016 Election there be a reduction in the number of ministries and departments. The amendments were:

° The Department of Education remains the same.

Candidates

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Nominations opened on 30 March 2016 for the assembly election.[14] A full list of candidates is available.[15][16] The table below lists all of the nominated candidates.

  • * indicates an incumbent MLA
  • ** indicates the candidate was the incumbent MLA for a different constituency
  • Leaders of parties represented in the assembly at dissolution are shown in bold text
  • Elected candidates are marked with an (E)
Constituency DUP SF SDLP UUP Alliance TUV Green PBP UKIP NI Cons Independent Others
Belfast East Joanne Bunting (E)
Sammy Douglas* (E)
Robin Newton* (E) 		Niall Ó Donnghaile Amy Doherty
Andy Allen* (E)
Chris McGimpsey
Naomi Long (E)
Chris Lyttle* (E)
Tim Morrow 		Andrew Girvin Ross Brown Jonny Lavery Neil Wilson Maggie Hutton Courtney Robinson (Lab Alt)
Erskine Holmes (NI Lab)
John Kyle (PUP)
Belfast North Paula Bradley* (E)
William Humphrey* (E)
Nelson McCausland* (E) 		Gerry Kelly* (E)
Carál Ní Chuilín* (E) 		Nichola Mallon (E) Lesley Carroll Nuala McAllister John Miller Mal O'Hara Fiona Ferguson Ken Boyle Fra Hughes
Tom Burns 		Abdo Thabeth (NI Lab)
Geoff Dowey
Billy Hutchinson (PUP)
Gemma Weir (WP)
Belfast South Emma Little-Pengelly* (E)
Christopher Stalford (E) 		Máirtín Ó Muilleoir* (E) Claire Hanna* (E)
Fearghal McKinney 		Rodney McCune Paula Bradshaw (E)
Duncan Morrow 		John Hiddleston Clare Bailey (E) Bob Stoker Ben Manton Ruth Patterson Seán Burns (Lab Alt)
Brigitte Anton (NI Lab)
Ian Shanks (PUP)
William Dickson
Lily Kerr (WP)
Belfast West Frank McCoubrey Alex Maskey* (E)
Pat Sheehan* (E)
Fra McCann* (E)
Jennifer McCann* (E)
Rosie McCorley 		Alex Attwood* (E) Gareth Martin Jemima Higgins Ellen Murray Gerry Carroll (E) Conor Campbell (WP)
East Antrim David Hilditch* (E)
Gordon Lyons* (E)
Alastair Ross* (E) 		Oliver McMullan* (E) Margaret Anne McKillop
Roy Beggs Jr* (E)
John Stewart
Maureen Morrow 		Stewart Dickson* (E)
Danny Donnelly 		Ruth Wilson Dawn Patterson Noel Jordan Conor Sheridan (Lab Alt)
Jim McCaw (PUP)
East Londonderry Maurice Bradley (E)
George Robinson* (E)
Adrian McQuillan* (E) 		Caoimhe Archibald (E)
Cathal Ó hOisín 		Gerry Mullan (E) William McCandless
Aaron Callan 		Yvonne Boyle Jordan Armstrong Amber Hamill Steven Parkhill David Harding
Stuart Canning 		Claire Sugden* (E)
Victor Christie 		Russell Watton (PUP)
Fermanagh and
South Tyrone
Arlene Foster* (E)
Maurice Morrow* (E) 		Michelle Gildernew (E)
Seán Lynch* (E)
John Feely
Phil Flanagan 		Richie McPhillips (E) Rosemary Barton (E)
Alastair Patterson 		Kerri Blyberg Donald Crawford Tanya Jones Damien Harris (NI Lab)
Foyle Gary Middleton* (E) Raymond McCartney* (E)
Martin McGuinness** (E)
Maeve McLaughlin 		Mark H. Durkan* (E)
Colum Eastwood* (E)
Gerard Diver 		Julia Kee Chris McCaw Mary Hassan Eamonn McCann (E) Alan Dunlop Anne McCloskey
Maurice Devenney
Kathleen Bradley 		John Lindsay (CISTA)
Lagan Valley Paul Givan* (E)
Edwin Poots* (E)
Brenda Hale* (E)
Jonathan Craig 		Jacqui McGeough Pat Catney Robbie Butler (E)
Jenny Palmer (E) 		Trevor Lunn* (E) Lyle Rea Dan Barrios-O'Neill Brian Higginson Jack Irwin Jonny Orr Frazer McCammond
Peter Dynes (NI Lab)
Mid Ulster Keith Buchanan (E)
Ian McCrea 		Ian Milne* (E)
Michelle O'Neill* (E)
Linda Dillon (E) 		Patsy McGlone* (E) Sandra Overend* (E) Néidín Hendron Hannah Loughrin Stefan Taylor Alan Day Hugh Scullion (WP)
Newry and Armagh William Irwin* (E) Megan Fearon* (E)
Cathal Boylan* (E)
Conor Murphy* (E) 		Justin McNulty (E)
Karen McKevitt 		Danny Kennedy* (E)
Sam Nicholson 		Craig Weir Michael Watters Alan Love Paul Berry
Martin McAllister 		Emmet Crossan (CISTA)
North Antrim Paul Frew* (E)
Mervyn Storey* (E)
Phillip Logan (E)
David McIlveen 		Daithí McKay* (E) Connor Duncan Robin Swann* (E)
Andrew Wright 		Stephen McFarland Jim Allister* (E)
Timothy Gaston 		Jennifer Breslin Donna Anderson James Simpson Kathryn Johnston (NI Lab)
North Down Alex Easton* (E)
Gordon Dunne* (E)
Peter Weir* (E) 		Therese McCartney Conal Browne Alan Chambers (E)
Carl McClean
Chris Eisenstadt 		Stephen Farry* (E)
Andrew Muir 		John Brennan Steven Agnew* (E) Bill Piper Frank Shivers Brian Wilson Maria Lourenco (NI Lab)
South Antrim Paul Girvan* (E)
Pam Cameron* (E)
Trevor Clarke* (E) 		Declan Kearney (E) Roisin Lynch Steve Aiken (E)
Paul Michael
Adrian Cochrane-Watson 		David Ford* (E) Richard Cairns Helen Farley Robert Hill Mark Young David McMaster
South Down Jim Wells* (E) Chris Hazzard* (E)
Caitríona Ruane* (E)
Michael Gray-Sloan 		Sinéad Bradley (E)
Colin McGrath (E)
Seán Rogers 		Harold McKee (E) Patrick Brown Henry Reilly John Hardy John McCallister
Strangford Michelle McIlveen* (E)
Jonathan Bell* (E)
Simon Hamilton* (E)
Harry Harvey 		Dermot Kennedy Joe Boyle Mike Nesbitt* (E)
Philip Smith (E) 		Kellie Armstrong (E) Stephen Cooper Georgia Grainger Stephen Crosby Bill McKendry Jimmy Menagh
Rab McCartney
Upper Bann Carla Lockhart (E)
Sydney Anderson* (E) 		Catherine Seeley (E)
John O'Dowd* (E) 		Dolores Kelly Jo-Anne Dobson* (E)
Doug Beattie (E)
Kyle Savage 		Harry Hamilton Roy Ferguson Simon Lee David Jones Ian Nickels Steven McCarroll Martin Kelly (CISTA)
Emma Hutchinson (NI Lab)
Sophie Long (PUP)
West Tyrone Thomas Buchanan* (E)
Allan Bresland 		Barry McElduff* (E)
Michaela Boyle* (E)
Declan McAleer* (E)
Grace McDermott 		Daniel McCrossan* (E) Ross Hussey* (E) Stephen Donnelly Ciaran McClean Roger Lomas Josephine Deehan
Sorcha McAnespy
Patsy Kelly
Corey French
Susan-Anne White 		Laura McAnea (AWP)
Barry Brown (CISTA)

Members not seeking re-election

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Alliance

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DUP

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NI21

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SDLP

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Sinn Féin

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UUP

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UKIP

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Results

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Result by constituencies

The 2016 election was held using STV and 18 multi-seat districts, each electing 6 members.

 
 
PartyVotes%+/–Seats
Assembly+/–Executive+/–
Democratic Unionist Party202,56729.18-0.838–5+1
Sinn Féin166,78524.02-2.928-14+1
Ulster Unionist Party87,30212.57-0.616––-1
Social Democratic and Labour Party83,36812.01-2.212-2–-1
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland48,4476.98-0.78––-1
Traditional Unionist Voice23,7763.42+1.01–––
Green Party in Northern Ireland18,7182.70+1.82+1––
People Before Profit Alliance13,7611.98+1.22+2––
United Kingdom Independence Party10,1091.46+0.8––––
Progressive Unionist Party5,9550.86+0.3––––
Northern Ireland Conservatives2,5540.37New––––
Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol2,5100.36New––––
Cross-Community Labour Alternative1,9390.28New––––
Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee1,5770.23New––––
Workers' Party (Ireland)1,5650.23New––––
South Belfast Unionists3510.05New––––
Animal Welfare Party2240.03New––––
Democracy First1240.02New––––
Northern Ireland First320.00New––––
Independent22,6503.26+0.91–1+1
Total694,314100.00–1080100
Valid votes694,31498.66
Invalid/blank votes9,4301.34
Total votes703,744100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,281,59554.91
Source: Election Report: Northern Ireland Assembly Election 5 May 2016

Distribution of seats by constituency

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Party affiliation of the six Assembly members returned by each constituency. The first column indicates the party of the Member of the House of Commons (MP) returned by the corresponding parliamentary constituency in the general election of 7 May 2015 (under the "first past the post" method).

(The constituencies are arranged here in rough geographical order around Lough Neagh from Antrim to Londonderry. To see them in alphabetical order, click the small square icon after "Constituency"; to restore this geographical order, click the icon after "No." at the left.)

No. 2015 MP Constituency Candi-
dates
 Total
seats
PBP
 Green
 Sinn
Féin
 SDLP
 Alli-
ance
 UUP
 DUP
 TUV
 Ind.
 Seat
gained
by 		Seat
formerly
held by
1 DUP North Antrim - 6 - - 1 - - 1 3 1 - - -
2 DUP East Antrim - 6 - - 1 - 1 1 3 - - - -
3 UUP South Antrim - 6 - - 1 - 1 1 3 - - - -
4 DUP Belfast North - 6 - - 2 1 - - 3 - - - -
5 SF Belfast West - 6 1 - 4 1 - - - - - PBP SF
6 SDLP Belfast South - 6 - 1 1 1 1 - 2 - -
Green
DUP
SDLP
UUP
7 DUP Belfast East - 6 - - - - 2 1 3 - - - -
8 Ind. North Down - 6 - 1 - - 1 1 3 - - - -
9 DUP Strangford - 6 - - - - 1 2 3 - - - -
10 DUP Lagan Valley - 6 - - - - 1 2 3 - - UUP DUP
11 DUP Upper Bann - 6 - - 2 - - 2 2 - - SF SDLP
12 SDLP South Down - 6 - - 2 2 - 1 1 - - - -
13 SF Newry and Armagh - 6 - - 3 1 - 1 1 - - - -
14 UUP Fermanagh & South Tyrone - 6 - - 2 1 - 1 2 - - SDLP SF
15 SF West Tyrone - 6 - - 3 1 - 1 1 - - - -
16 SF Mid Ulster - 6 - - 3 1 - 1 1 - - - -
17 SDLP Foyle - 6 1 - 2 2 - - 1 - - PBP SDLP
18 DUP East Londonderry - 6 - - 1 1 - - 3 - 1 - -
18 Total - 108 2 2 28 12 8 16 38 1 1
  Change since dissolution - - +2 +1 –1 –2 - +3 - - –1 –1 –1
  Assembly at dissolution - 108 - 1 29 14 8 13 38 1 2 1 UKIP 1 NI21
  Change during Assembly term - - - - - - - –3 - - +1 +1 +1
  Elected on 5 May 2011 218 108 - 1 29 14 8 16 38 1 1 -
  Elected on 7 March 2007 256 108 - 1 28 16 7 18 36 - 1 1 Prog. U.
  Elected on 23 November 2003 108 - - 24 18 6 27 30 - 1 1 Prog. U. 1 UKUP
  Elected on 25 June 1998 108 - - 18 24 6 28 20 - 4 2 Prog. U. 5 UKUP, 2 NIWC

Share of first-preference votes

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Percentage of each constituency's first-preference votes. Four highest percentages in each constituency shaded; absolute majorities underlined. The constituencies are arranged in the geographic order described for the table above; click the icon next to "Constituency" to see them in alphabetical order.

  • [The totals given here are the sum of all valid ballots cast in each constituency, and the percentages are based on such totals. The turnout percentages in the last column, however, are based upon all ballots cast, which also include anything from twenty to a thousand invalid ballots in each constituency. The total valid ballots' percentage of the eligible electorate can correspondingly differ by 0.1% to 2% from the turnout percentage.]
No. 2015
MP
 MP's %
of 2015
vote 		Constituency PBP
 Green
 Sinn
Féin
 SDLP
 Alli-
ance
 UUP
 DUP
 TUV
 Ind.
 Others.
 Total
votes
 Eligible
elector-
ate 		Turn-
out
 %
1 DUP 43.2% North Antrim 1.3 12.9 7.5 3.2 10.7 43.1 17.9 3.3 - - 52.3%
2 DUP 36.1% East Antrim 2.1 8.1 3.8 14.6 20.2 36.1 5.1 9.9 - - 50.5%
3 UUP 32.7% South Antrim 1.7 13.2 9.6 8.9 22.2 37.5 3.8 1.4 1.7 - - 50.4%
4 DUP 47.0% Belfast North 3.5 2.2 26.5 10.6 7.0 5.4 35.0 1.8 0.9 7.1 - - 51.6%
5 SF 54.2% Belfast West 22.9 0.9 54.5 7.3 0.8 1.8 10.4 1.5 - - 56.7%
6 SDLP 24.5% Belfast South 9.6 14.2 20.0 16.4 6.7 22.0 1.3 1.3 8.5 - - 53.6%
7 DUP 49.3% Belfast East 5.9 2.5 0.4 28.7 11.1 36.7 2.4 3.0 9.4 - - 56.5%
8 Ind. 49.2% North Down 12.7 1.0 1.3 16.8 15.5 41.7 1.9 4.4 4.7 - - 49.0%
9 DUP 44.4% Strangford 2.8 2.0 8.3 10.7 19.5 43.0 4.3 5.9 3.4 - - 49.7%
10 DUP 47.9% Lagan Valley 2.9 2.7 7.5 9.5 21.2 47.2 3.3 2.1 3.6 - - 52.7%
11 DUP 32.7% Upper Bann 1.1 24.9 9.5 3.1 21.6 31.1 2.6 0.1 6.0 - - 53.6%
12 SDLP 42.3% South Down 2.0 31.1 31.4 5.4 8.5 12.3 6.6 2.8 - - 53.1%
13 SF 41.1% Newry & Armagh 0.7 40.9 18.2 1.0 14.1 16.7 5.5 2.9 - - 58.4%
14 UUP 46.4% Fermanagh & S. Tyrone 1.9 40.0 8.5 1.1 12.8 32.7 2.5 0.6 - - 63.5%
15 SF 43.5% West Tyrone 1.2 42.0 11.0 1.3 11.4 22.0 8.9 2.1 - - 59.1%
16 SF 48.7% Mid Ulster 0.9 46.7 15.2 1.2 11.9 18.1 4.6 1.4 - - 57.9%
17 SDLP 47.9% Foyle 10.5 0.4 28.5 30.0 0.6 3.6 11.9 13.9 0.8 - - 55.3%
18 DUP 42.2% East Londonderry 1.3 21.8 9.5 3.7 8.3 36.8 3.5 9.7 5.4 - - 50.1%
18 Northern Ireland 2.0 2.7 24.0 12.0 7.0 12.6 29.2 3.4 3.9 3.3 703,744 1,281,595 54.9%
Change since 2011 +1.2 +1.8 –2.9 –2.2 –0.7 –0.6 –0.8 +1.0 +1.7 +1.0 +42,008 +71,586 –0.7%
Election of May 2011 0.9 26.9 14.2 7.7 13.2 30.0 2.5 2.2 2.3 661,736 1,210,009 55.6%
Election of March 2007 1.7 26.2 15.2 5.2 14.9 30.1 - 3.8 2.8 690,313 1,107,904 62.9%
Election of Nov. 2003 0.4 23.5 17.0 3.7 22.7 25.7 - 5.6 2.8 692,026 1,097,526 63.1%
Election of June 1998 0.1 17.6 22.0 6.5 21.3 18.1 - 10.9 3.5 823,565 1,178,556 69.9%

Incumbents defeated

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Sinn Féin

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Democratic Unionist Party

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Ulster Unionist Party

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Social Democratic and Labour Party

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Independent

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Opinion Polling

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Graphical summary

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Pollster Client Date(s)
conducted 		Sample size DUP (U) SF (N) SDLP (N) UUP (U) Alliance (O) TUV (U) Green (O) Others Lead
Lucid Talk Belfast Telegraph 30 Mar – 1 Apr 2016 970 26.5% 25.8% 11.9% 15.6% 8.1% 4.1% 2.6% 5.4% 0.7%
Lucid Talk Belfast Telegraph 8–12 Feb 2016 2,886 26.6% 24.6% 11.2% 14.5% 8.2% 3.5% 2.6% 8.8% 2.0%
Lucid Talk Belfast Telegraph 19–21 Oct 2015 2,517 25.8% 25.4% 10.8% 15.0% 7.6% 3.2% 2.4% 9.8% 0.4%
7 May 2015 2015 United Kingdom general election
22 May 2014 2014 Northern Ireland local elections
22 May 2014 2014 European Parliament election
Lucid Talk Belfast Telegraph 17 Sep 2013 N/A 29.3% 26.1% 13.8% 10.8% 10.2% 2.2% 1.3% 6.3% 3.2%
Ipsos-MORI BBC 17–26 Jan 2013 1,046 24% 23% 19% 13% 10% — — 11% 1%
2011 Assembly Election 5 May 2011 N/A 29.3% 26.3% 13.9% 12.9% 7.7% 2.4% 0.9% 6.6% 3.0%

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Sinn Féin's president at the time was Gerry Adams; however he already held a seat in the Republic of Ireland. McGuinness was Sinn Féin's "party leader in the North".

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Manifestos

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