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2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election

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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election

| country =

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election

| previous_mps = 4th Northern Ireland Assembly

| previous_year = 2011

| elected_members = 5th Northern Ireland Assembly

| next_election = 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election

| next_year = 2017

| seats_for_election = All 108 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly

| majority_seats =

| election_date = 5 May 2016

| turnout = 54.9%{{cite web|url=http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/39be8705-9327-4987-8ea6-888072d7d90d/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Election-2016-Turnout.pdf|title=Electoral Office for Northern Ireland: Turnout Statistics|access-date=8 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510073902/http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/39be8705-9327-4987-8ea6-888072d7d90d/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Election-2016-Turnout.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2017}} ({{decrease}}0.8%)

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Arlene Foster election infobox.jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 5}}

| leader1 = Arlene Foster

| party1 = Democratic Unionist Party

| leader_since1 = 17 December 2015

| leaders_seat1 = Fermanagh and South Tyrone

| last_election1 = 38 seats, 30.0%

| seats1 = 38

| seat_change1 = {{steady}}

| popular_vote1 = 202,567

| percentage1 = 29.2%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}0.8%

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Martin McGuinness, July 2016 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 125|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|}}

| leader2 = Martin McGuinness{{efn|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".}}

| party2 = Sinn Féin

| leader_since2 = 8 May 2007

| leaders_seat2 = Foyle

| last_election2 = 29 seats, 26.9%

| seats2 = 28

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}1

| popular_vote2 = 166,785

| percentage2 = 24.0%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}2.9%

| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Mike Nesbitt.png|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader3 = {{nowrap|Mike Nesbitt}}

| leader_since3 = 31 March 2012

| party3 = Ulster Unionist Party

| leaders_seat3 = Strangford

| last_election3 = 16 seats, 13.2%

| seats3 = 16

| seat_change3 = {{steady}}

| popular_vote3 = 87,302

| percentage3 = 12.6%

| swing3 = {{decrease}}0.6%

| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Colum Eastwood MLA.JPG|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader4 = Colum Eastwood

| leader_since4 = 14 November 2015

| party4 = Social Democratic and Labour Party

| leaders_seat4 = Foyle

| last_election4 = 14 seats, 14.2%

| seats4 = 12

| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}2

| popular_vote4 = 83,364

| percentage4 = 12.0%

| swing4 = {{decrease}}2.2%

| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image = DavidFordAlliance.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader5 = David Ford

| leader_since5 = 6 October 2001

| party5 = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

| leaders_seat5 = South Antrim

| last_election5 = 8 seats, 7.7%

| seats5 = 8

| seat_change5 = {{steady}}

| popular_vote5 = 48,447

| percentage5 = 7.0%

| swing5 = {{decrease}}0.7%

| image6 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Steven Agnew MLA 2016.png|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader6 = Steven Agnew

| leader_since6 = 10 January 2011

| party6 = Green Party in Northern Ireland

| leaders_seat6 = North Down

| last_election6 = 1 seat, 0.9%

| seats6 = 2

| seat_change6 = {{increase}}1

| popular_vote6 = 18,718

| percentage6 = 2.7%

| swing6 = {{increase}}1.8%

| image7 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Eamonn McCann, Foyle MLA 2016.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader7 = Eamonn McCann{{cite web|url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Registrations/PP773|title=View Registration - The Electoral Commission|access-date=2016-05-07|archive-date=2016-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604075423/http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Registrations/PP773|url-status=live}}

| leader_since7 = N/A

| party7 = People Before Profit Alliance

| leaders_seat7 = Foyle

| last_election7 = 0 seats, 0.8%

| seats7 = 2

| seat_change7 = {{increase}}2

| popular_vote7 = 13,761

| percentage7 = 2.0%

| swing7 = {{increase}}1.2%

| image8 = {{CSS image crop|Image = JimAllister (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader8 = Jim Allister

| leader_since8 = 7 December 2007

| party8 = Traditional Unionist Voice

| leaders_seat8 = North Antrim

| last_election8 = 1 seat, 2.4%

| seats8 = 1

| seat_change8 = {{steady}}

| popular_vote8 = 23,776

| percentage8 = 3.4%

| swing8 = {{increase}}1.0%

| map= {{Switcher

| 350px

| Seats won by each party and combined first preference vote share of the largest party.

| 350px

| Break down of each party and community's seats in constituencies

}}

| map_caption= Election results. Voters elect 6 assembly members from the 18 constituencies.

| title = First Minister and
deputy First Minister

| posttitle = First Minister and
deputy First Minister
after election

| before_election = Arlene Foster (DUP) &
Martin McGuinness (SF)

| after_election = Arlene Foster (DUP) &
Martin McGuinness (SF)

}}

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).{{cite web |url=http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/782cb1ef-aa18-4b34-a4a4-9b697a385e32/NI-Assembly-Election-2016-Eligible-Electorate-by-Constituency_3.pdf |title=Electoral Office for Northern Ireland: Eligible Electorate |access-date=8 May 2016 |archive-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510073850/http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/782cb1ef-aa18-4b34-a4a4-9b697a385e32/NI-Assembly-Election-2016-Eligible-Electorate-by-Constituency_3.pdf |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/39be8705-9327-4987-8ea6-888072d7d90d/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Election-2016-Turnout.pdf|title=Electoral Office for Northern Ireland: Turnout Statistics|access-date=8 May 2016|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510073902/http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/39be8705-9327-4987-8ea6-888072d7d90d/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Election-2016-Turnout.pdf|url-status=live}}

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

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.agendani.com/the-new-northern-ireland-bill|title=The new Northern Ireland Bill|work=AgendaNi|access-date=7 May 2016|date=2013-09-02|archive-date=2016-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418203211/http://www.agendani.com/the-new-northern-ireland-bill/|url-status=live}} The Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections were postponed for a year to 2016 to avoid this clash.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-welcomes-elections-agreement|title=Government welcomes elections agreement - Press releases|website=GOV.UK|date=3 May 2011|access-date=7 May 2016|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310221252/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-welcomes-elections-agreement|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite news|title=Northern Ireland Assembly elections put back to 2016|publisher=BBC News Online|date=10 May 2013|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22480728|access-date=11 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609182806/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22480728|archive-date=9 June 2013}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/13/contents/enacted/data.htm|title=Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014|website=Legislation.gov.uk|access-date=7 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101132/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/13/contents/enacted/data.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

End of dual mandate

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. 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).{{cite web|url=http://www.agendani.com/the-new-northern-ireland-bill|title=The new Northern Ireland Bill|website=AgendaNi.com|date=2 September 2013|access-date=7 May 2016|archive-date=18 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418203211/http://www.agendani.com/the-new-northern-ireland-bill/|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-35718796|title=Gregory Campbell to stand down as MLA ahead of double-jobbing ban|author=Gareth Gordon|publisher=BBC News Online|date=3 March 2016|access-date=27 March 2016|archive-date=18 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318104342/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-35718796|url-status=live}}

Earlier dissolution

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=

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.{{Cite web |date=8 February 2022 |title=Northern Ireland Act 1998 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/32 |access-date=7 June 2024 |website=legislation.gov.uk}}

=Failure to elect the First or deputy First Ministers=

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").{{cite web |title=Northern Ireland Act 1998 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/16A |website=legislation.gov.uk |access-date=25 November 2020 |archive-date=21 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921141524/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/16A |url-status=live }}

=New Executive Departments=

It was proposed{{cite web|title=Departments Bill 70/11-16|url=http://niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/legislation/bills/executive-bills/session-2015-2016/departments/departments-bill---as-introduced.pdf|publisher=Northern Ireland Assembly|access-date=31 January 2016|archive-date=19 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619071052/http://niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/legislation/bills/executive-bills/session-2015-2016/departments/departments-bill---as-introduced.pdf|url-status=live}} 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

Nominations opened on 30 March 2016 for the assembly election.{{cite web|title=Northern Ireland Assembly Election May 2016|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/194109/Candidate-Guide-Northern-Ireland-Assembly-May-2016.pdf|website=Electoralcommission.org.uk|access-date=31 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207005602/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/194109/Candidate-Guide-Northern-Ireland-Assembly-May-2016.pdf|archive-date=7 February 2016}} A full list of candidates is available.{{cite web|url=http://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Election-results-and-statistics/Election-results-and-statistics-2003-onwards/Elections-2016/NI-Assembly-Election-2016-Statements-of-Persons-No|title=The Electoral Office of Northern Ireland|website=EONI.org.uk|access-date=7 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503082414/http://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Election-results-and-statistics/Election-results-and-statistics-2003-onwards/Elections-2016/NI-Assembly-Election-2016-Statements-of-Persons-No|archive-date=3 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2016-northern-ireland-36036500|title=Northern Ireland election 2016: Candidates|work=BBC News|date=13 April 2016|access-date=7 May 2016|archive-date=2 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502163243/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2016-northern-ireland-36036500|url-status=live}}

The table below lists all of the nominated candidates.

{{plainlist|

  • * 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)

}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"

! rowspan="2" |Constituency

!DUP

!SF

!SDLP

!UUP

!Alliance

!TUV

!Green

!PBP

!UKIP

!NI Cons

! rowspan="2" width="10%"|Independent

! rowspan="2" width="10%"|Others

style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Sinn Féin}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Traditional Unionist Voice}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Green Party Northern Ireland}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|People Before Profit}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|United Kingdom Independence Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Northern Ireland Conservatives}};" |

Belfast East

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Joanne Bunting (E)
Sammy Douglas* (E)
Robin Newton* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Niall Ó Donnghaile

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Amy Doherty

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"|
Andy Allen* (E)
Chris McGimpsey

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"|
Naomi Long (E)
Chris Lyttle* (E)
Tim Morrow

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| Andrew Girvin

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Ross Brown

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"| Jonny Lavery

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"| Neil Wilson

|Maggie Hutton

|Courtney Robinson (Lab Alt)
Erskine Holmes (NI Lab)
John Kyle (PUP)

Belfast North

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Paula Bradley* (E)
William Humphrey* (E)
Nelson McCausland* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Gerry Kelly* (E)
Carál Ní Chuilín* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Nichola Mallon (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Lesley Carroll

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Nuala McAllister

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| John Miller

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Mal O'Hara

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|Fiona Ferguson

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"| Ken Boyle

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|Fra Hughes
Tom Burns

|Abdo Thabeth (NI Lab)
Geoff Dowey
Billy Hutchinson (PUP)
Gemma Weir (WP)

Belfast South

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Emma Little-Pengelly* (E)
Christopher Stalford (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Máirtín Ó Muilleoir* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Claire Hanna* (E)
Fearghal McKinney

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Rodney McCune

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Paula Bradshaw (E)
Duncan Morrow

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| John Hiddleston

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Clare Bailey (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"| Bob Stoker

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Ben Manton

|Ruth Patterson

|Seán Burns (Lab Alt)
Brigitte Anton (NI Lab)
Ian Shanks (PUP)
William Dickson
Lily Kerr (WP)

Belfast West

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Frank McCoubrey

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Alex Maskey* (E)
Pat Sheehan* (E)
Fra McCann* (E)
Jennifer McCann* (E)
Rosie McCorley

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Alex Attwood* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Gareth Martin

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Jemima Higgins

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Ellen Murray

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|Gerry Carroll (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|

|Conor Campbell (WP)

East Antrim

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| David Hilditch* (E)
Gordon Lyons* (E)
Alastair Ross* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Oliver McMullan* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Margaret Anne McKillop

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"|
Roy Beggs Jr* (E)
John Stewart
Maureen Morrow

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Stewart Dickson* (E)
Danny Donnelly

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| Ruth Wilson

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Dawn Patterson

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"| Noel Jordan

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|

|Conor Sheridan (Lab Alt)
Jim McCaw (PUP)

East Londonderry

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Maurice Bradley (E)
George Robinson* (E)
Adrian McQuillan* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Caoimhe Archibald (E)
Cathal Ó hOisín

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Gerry Mullan (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| William McCandless
Aaron Callan

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Yvonne Boyle

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| Jordan Armstrong

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Amber Hamill

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"| Steven Parkhill

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|David Harding
Stuart Canning

|Claire Sugden* (E)
Victor Christie

|Russell Watton (PUP)

Fermanagh and
South Tyrone

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"|
Arlene Foster* (E)
Maurice Morrow* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Michelle Gildernew (E)
Seán Lynch* (E)
John Feely
Phil Flanagan

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Richie McPhillips (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Rosemary Barton (E)
Alastair Patterson

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Kerri Blyberg

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| Donald Crawford

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Tanya Jones

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|

|Damien Harris (NI Lab)

Foyle

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Gary Middleton* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Raymond McCartney* (E)
Martin McGuinness** (E)
Maeve McLaughlin

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Mark H. Durkan* (E)
Colum Eastwood* (E)
Gerard Diver

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Julia Kee

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Chris McCaw

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Mary Hassan

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|Eamonn McCann (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Alan Dunlop

|Anne McCloskey
Maurice Devenney
Kathleen Bradley

|John Lindsay (CISTA)

Lagan Valley

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Paul Givan* (E)
{{nowrap|Edwin Poots* (E)}}
Brenda Hale* (E)
Jonathan Craig

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Jacqui McGeough

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Pat Catney

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Robbie Butler (E)
Jenny Palmer (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Trevor Lunn* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| Lyle Rea

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Dan Barrios-O'Neill

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"| Brian Higginson

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Jack Irwin

|Jonny Orr

|Frazer McCammond
Peter Dynes (NI Lab)

Mid Ulster

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Keith Buchanan (E)
Ian McCrea

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Ian Milne* (E)
Michelle O'Neill* (E)
Linda Dillon (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Patsy McGlone* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Sandra Overend* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Néidín Hendron

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| Hannah Loughrin

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Stefan Taylor

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"| Alan Day

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|

|Hugh Scullion (WP)

Newry and Armagh

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| William Irwin* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Megan Fearon* (E)
Cathal Boylan* (E)
Conor Murphy* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Justin McNulty (E)
Karen McKevitt

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Danny Kennedy* (E)
Sam Nicholson

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Craig Weir

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Michael Watters

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"| Alan Love

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|Paul Berry
Martin McAllister

|Emmet Crossan (CISTA)

North Antrim

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Paul Frew* (E)
Mervyn Storey* (E)
Phillip Logan (E)
David McIlveen

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Daithí McKay* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Connor Duncan

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Robin Swann* (E)
Andrew Wright

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Stephen McFarland

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| Jim Allister* (E)
Timothy Gaston

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Jennifer Breslin

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"| Donna Anderson

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|James Simpson

|

|Kathryn Johnston (NI Lab)

North Down

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Alex Easton* (E)
Gordon Dunne* (E)
Peter Weir* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Therese McCartney

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Conal Browne

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Alan Chambers (E)
Carl McClean
Chris Eisenstadt

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Stephen Farry* (E)
Andrew Muir

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| John Brennan

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Steven Agnew* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"| Bill Piper

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Frank Shivers

|Brian Wilson

|Maria Lourenco (NI Lab)

South Antrim

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Paul Girvan* (E)
Pam Cameron* (E)
Trevor Clarke* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Declan Kearney (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Roisin Lynch

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Steve Aiken (E)
Paul Michael
Adrian Cochrane-Watson

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| David Ford* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| Richard Cairns

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Helen Farley

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"| Robert Hill

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Mark Young

|David McMaster

|

South Down

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Jim Wells* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Chris Hazzard* (E)
Caitríona Ruane* (E)
Michael Gray-Sloan

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Sinéad Bradley (E)
Colin McGrath (E)
Seán Rogers

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Harold McKee (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Patrick Brown

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| Henry Reilly

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| John Hardy

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|John McCallister

|

Strangford

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Michelle McIlveen* (E)
Jonathan Bell* (E)
Simon Hamilton* (E)
Harry Harvey

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Dermot Kennedy

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Joe Boyle

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Mike Nesbitt* (E)
Philip Smith (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Kellie Armstrong (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| Stephen Cooper

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Georgia Grainger

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"| Stephen Crosby

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Bill McKendry

|Jimmy Menagh
Rab McCartney

|

Upper Bann

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Carla Lockhart (E)
Sydney Anderson* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Catherine Seeley (E)
John O'Dowd* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Dolores Kelly

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Jo-Anne Dobson* (E)
Doug Beattie (E)
Kyle Savage

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Harry Hamilton

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"| Roy Ferguson

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Simon Lee

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"| David Jones

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Ian Nickels

|Steven McCarroll

|Martin Kelly (CISTA)
Emma Hutchinson (NI Lab)
Sophie Long (PUP)

West Tyrone

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Democratic Unionist Party}}"| Thomas Buchanan* (E)
Allan Bresland

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Sinn Féin}}"| Barry McElduff* (E)
Michaela Boyle* (E)
Declan McAleer* (E)
Grace McDermott

|style:"background;{{Party shading/SDLP}}"| Daniel McCrossan* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Ulster Unionist Party}}"| Ross Hussey* (E)

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Alliance Party}}"| Stephen Donnelly

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Traditional Unionist Voice}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Green Party of Northern Ireland}}"| Ciaran McClean

|style:"background;{{Party shading/People Before Profit}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/UKIP}}"|

|style:"background;{{Party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}"|Roger Lomas

|Josephine Deehan
Sorcha McAnespy
Patsy Kelly
Corey French
Susan-Anne White

|Laura McAnea (AWP)
Barry Brown (CISTA)

! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Sinn Féin}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Traditional Unionist Voice}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Green Party Northern Ireland}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|People Before Profit}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|United Kingdom Independence Party}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Northern Ireland Conservatives}};" |

Members not seeking re-election

=Alliance=

  • Judith Cochrane (Belfast East){{cite web|url=http://sluggerotoole.com/2015/10/08/an-alliance-for-the-future|title=An Alliance For The Future?|work=Slugger O'Toole|access-date=7 May 2016|date=2015-10-08|archive-date=2016-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506023451/http://sluggerotoole.com/2015/10/08/an-alliance-for-the-future/|url-status=live}}
  • Anna Lo (Belfast South){{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-27616319|title=Anna Lo to quit NI politics over disillusionment|publisher=BBC News Online|access-date=7 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703192941/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-27616319|archive-date=3 July 2016}}
  • Kieran McCarthy (Strangford){{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/alliance-mla-kieran-mccarthy-to-stand-down-from-assembly-31583963.html|title=Alliance MLA Kieran McCarthy to stand down from Assembly|newspaper=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-date=11 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311065718/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/alliance-mla-kieran-mccarthy-to-stand-down-from-assembly-31583963.html|url-status=live}}

=DUP=

  • Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry)
  • Stephen Moutray (Upper Bann){{cite web|url=http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/northern-ireland-news/dup-man-moutray-to-step-down-from-the-assembly-1-7103773|title=DUP man Moutray to step down from the Assembly - Belfast Newsletter|website=Newsletter.co.uk|date=7 December 2015|access-date=14 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613042311/http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/northern-ireland-news/dup-man-moutray-to-step-down-from-the-assembly-1-7103773|archive-date=13 June 2016}}
  • Peter Robinson (Belfast East){{cite news|last1=Clarke|first1=Liam|title=DUP's Peter Robinson: I'm standing down within weeks|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/dups-peter-robinson-im-standing-down-within-weeks-34214782.html|access-date=14 May 2016|work=The Belfast Telegraph|date=19 November 2015|archive-date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119225902/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/dups-peter-robinson-im-standing-down-within-weeks-34214782.html|url-status=live}}

=[[NI21]]=

  • Basil McCrea (Lagan Valley){{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/im-finished-with-politics-says-basil-mccrea-bombshell-announcementsounds-death-knell-for-ni21-34540319.html|title=I'm finished with politics, says Basil McCrea – bombshell announcementsounds death knell for NI21|newspaper=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-date=21 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421222406/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/im-finished-with-politics-says-basil-mccrea-bombshell-announcementsounds-death-knell-for-ni21-34540319.html|url-status=live}}

=SDLP=

  • Dominic Bradley (Newry and Armagh){{cite web|url=http://www.u.tv/News/2015/10/19/SDLPs-Dominic-Bradley-to-retire-as-MLA-next-year-47227|title=SDLP's Dominic Bradley to retire as MLA next year|date=19 October 2015|work=UTV|access-date=23 October 2015|archive-date=21 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021034354/http://www.u.tv/News/2015/10/19/SDLPs-Dominic-Bradley-to-retire-as-MLA-next-year-47227|url-status=live}}
  • John Dallat (East Londonderry){{cite news|url=http://www.derryjournal.com/news/race-for-dallat-s-east-derry-seat-1-6890429|title=Race for Dallat's east Derry seat|newspaper=Derry Journal|access-date=7 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192923/http://www.derryjournal.com/news/race-for-dallat-s-east-derry-seat-1-6890429|archive-date=4 March 2016}}
  • Alban Maginness (Belfast North){{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-35230400|title=SDLP's Alban Maginness: I will not contest assembly election in May|publisher=BBC News Online|access-date=7 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124025025/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-35230400|archive-date=24 January 2016}}

=Sinn Féin=

  • Bronwyn McGahan (Fermanagh and South Tyrone){{cite web|url=http://www.irishnews.com/news/2015/12/15/news/flanagan-fails-sinn-fe-in-reselection-test-354178|title=Phil Flanagan fails Sinn Féin reselection test|work=The Irish News|date=15 December 2015|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202616/http://www.irishnews.com/news/2015/12/15/news/flanagan-fails-sinn-fe-in-reselection-test-354178/|url-status=live}}
  • Mitchel McLaughlin (South Antrim){{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/speaker-mitchel-mclaughlin-to-stand-down-from-assembly-34186056.html|title=Speaker Mitchel McLaughlin to stand down from Assembly|newspaper=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310002251/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/speaker-mitchel-mclaughlin-to-stand-down-from-assembly-34186056.html|url-status=live}}

=UUP=

  • Leslie Cree (North Down){{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/veteran-independent-councillor-alan-chambers-joins-uup-34277509.html|title=Veteran independent councillor Alan Chambers joins UUP|newspaper=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|access-date=2015-12-11|archive-date=2015-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222092625/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/veteran-independent-councillor-alan-chambers-joins-uup-34277509.html|url-status=live}}
  • Sam Gardiner (Upper Bann){{cite news|url=http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local-news/sam-gardiner-misses-out-on-uup-selection-for-assembly-election-1-6962538|title=Sam Gardiner misses out on UUP selection for Assembly election|newspaper=Portadown Times|date=17 September 2015|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-date=4 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504052530/http://www.portadowntimes.co.uk/news/local-news/sam-gardiner-misses-out-on-uup-selection-for-assembly-election-1-6962538|url-status=live}}
  • Michael McGimpsey (Belfast South){{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-35433783|title=Michael McGimpsey to stand down from Northern Ireland Assembly|publisher=BBC News Online|access-date=7 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219205547/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-35433783|archive-date=19 February 2016}}

=UKIP=

  • David McNarry (Strangford){{cite web|url=http://sluggerotoole.com/2015/11/22/euref-leave-campaigns-at-the-ukip-northern-ireland-conference-ukipni15/|title=#EURef Leave campaigns at the UKIP Northern Ireland conference #UKIPNI15|work=Slugger O'Toole|access-date=7 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423203955/http://sluggerotoole.com/2015/11/22/euref-leave-campaigns-at-the-ukip-northern-ireland-conference-ukipni15/|archive-date=23 April 2016|date=2015-11-22}}

Results

File:Northern_Ireland_Assembly_Election_2016_-_Results_by_Constituency.svg

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

{{Election results

|seattype1=Assembly

|seattype2=+/–

|seattype3=Executive

|seattype4=+/–

|image=leftright

|party1=Democratic Unionist Party|votes1=202567|sw1=-0.8|st1t1=38|st2t1=|st3t1=5|st4t1=+1

|party2=Sinn Féin|votes2=166785|sw2=-2.9|st1t2=28|st2t2=-1|st3t2=4|st4t2=+1

|party3=Ulster Unionist Party|votes3=87302|sw3=-0.6|st1t3=16|st2t3=|st3t3=|st4t3=-1

|party4=Social Democratic and Labour Party|votes4=83368|sw4=-2.2|st1t4=12|st2t4=-2|st3t4=|st4t4=-1

|party5=Alliance Party of Northern Ireland|votes5=48447|sw5=-0.7|st1t5=8|st2t5=|st3t5=|st4t5=-1

|party6=Traditional Unionist Voice|votes6=23776|sw6=+1.0|st1t6=1|st2t6=|st3t6=|st4t6=

|party7=Green Party in Northern Ireland|votes7=18718|sw7=+1.8|st1t7=2|st2t7=+1|st3t7=|st4t7=

|party8=People Before Profit Alliance|votes8=13761|sw8=+1.2|st1t8=2|st2t8=+2|st3t8=|st4t8=

|party9=United Kingdom Independence Party|votes9=10109|sw9=+0.8|st1t9=|st2t9=|st3t9=|st4t9=

|party10=Progressive Unionist Party|votes10=5955|sw10=+0.3|st1t10=|st2t10=|st3t10=|st4t10=

|party11=Northern Ireland Conservatives|votes11=2554|sw11= New|st1t11=|st2t11=|st3t11=|st4t11=

|party12=Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol|votes12=2510|sw12= New|st1t12=|st2t12=|st3t12=|st4t12=

|party13=Cross-Community Labour Alternative|votes13=1939|sw13= New|st1t13=|st2t13=|st3t13=|st4t13=

|party14=Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee|votes14=1577|sw14= New|st1t14=|st2t14=|st3t14=|st4t14=

|party15=Workers' Party (Ireland)|votes15=1565|sw15= New|st1t15=|st2t15=|st3t15=|st4t15=

|party16=South Belfast Unionists|votes16=351|sw16= New|st1t16=|st2t16=|st3t16=|st4t16=

|party17=Animal Welfare Party|votes17=224|sw17= New|st1t17=|st2t17=|st3t17=|st4t17=

|party18=Democracy First|votes18=124|sw18= New|st1t18=|st2t18=|st3t18=|st4t18=

|party19=Northern Ireland First|votes19=32|sw19= New|st1t19=|st2t19=|st3t19=|st4t19=

|party20=Independent|votes20=22650|sw20=+0.9|st1t20=1|st2t20=|st3t20=1|st4t20=+1

|invalid=9430

|electorate=1281595

|turnout=

|source=[http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/globalassets/documents/raise/publications/2016-2021/2016/general/14616.pdf Election Report: Northern Ireland Assembly Election 5 May 2016]

}}

=Distribution of seats by constituency=

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.)

class="wikitable sortable"
No.

! style="background-color:#f0f0f0;"| 2015 MP

! style="background-color:#f0f0f0;"|Constituency

! style="background-color:#f0f0f0;"|Candi-
dates

! style="background-color:#f0f0f0;"|Total
seats

! style="background-color:#660000; color:#fff;"|PBP

! style="background-color:#8dc63f;"|Green

! style="background-color:#008800; color:#fff;"|Sinn
Féin

! style="background-color:#99ff66;"|SDLP

! style="background-color:#f6cb2f;"|Alli-
ance

! style="background-color:#9999ff;"|UUP

! style="background-color:#d46a4c;"|DUP

! style="background-color:#0095b6;"| TUV

! style="background-color:#dddddd;"|Ind.

! style="background-color:#f0f0f0;" class="unsortable"|Seat
gained
by

! style="background-color:#f0f0f0;" class="unsortable"|Seat
formerly
held by

style="text-align:center;"

| 1

| {{party color cell|Democratic Unionist Party}}DUP

| style="text-align:left;"|North Antrim|

|6|
|1|
|1style="background:#d46a4c;"|31|
style="text-align:center;"

| 2

| {{party color cell|Democratic Unionist Party}}DUP

| style="text-align:left;"| East Antrim|

|6|
|1|
|11style="background:#d46a4c;"|3|
style="text-align:center;"

| 3

| {{party color cell|Ulster Unionist Party}}UUP

| style="text-align:left;"| South Antrim|

|6|
|1|
|11style="background:#d46a4c;"|3|
style="text-align:center;"

| 4

| {{party color cell|Democratic Unionist Party}}DUP

| style="text-align:left;"| Belfast North|

|6|
|21|
| style="background:#d46a4c;"|3|
style="text-align:center;"

| 5

| {{party color cell|Sinn Féin}}{{color|white|SF}}

| style="text-align:left;"|Belfast West|

|61|
| style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|41|
| style="background:#660000; color:#fff;"|PBPstyle="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|SF
style="text-align:center;"

| 6

| {{party color cell|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}SDLP

| style="text-align:left;"|Belfast South|

|6|
|1111|
|2|
style="padding:0;" |
Green

DUP

| style="padding:0;" |

SDLP

UUP
style="text-align:center;"

| 7

| {{party color cell|Democratic Unionist Party}}DUP

| style="text-align:left;"|Belfast East|

|6|
|21style="background:#d46a4c;"|3|
style="text-align:center;"

| 8

| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}Ind.

| style="text-align:left;"| North Down|

|6|
|1|
|11style="background:#d46a4c;"|3|
style="text-align:center;"

| 9

| {{party color cell|Democratic Unionist Party}}DUP

| style="text-align:left;"|Strangford|

|6|
|12style="background:#d46a4c;"|3|
style="text-align:center;"

| 10

| {{party color cell|Democratic Unionist Party}}DUP

| style="text-align:left;"| Lagan Valley|

|6|
12style="background:#d46a4c;"|3|
| style="background:#9999ff;"|UUPstyle="background:#d46a4c;"|DUP
style="text-align:center;"

| 11

| {{party color cell|Democratic Unionist Party}}DUP

| style="text-align:left;"| Upper Bann|

|6|
|2|
|22|
| style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|SFstyle="background:#99ff66;"|SDLP
style="text-align:center;"

| 12

| {{party color cell|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}SDLP

| style="text-align:left;"| South Down|

|6|
|22|
|11|
style="text-align:center;"

| 13

| {{party color cell|Sinn Féin}}{{color|white|SF}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Newry and Armagh|

|6|
| style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|31|
|11|
style="text-align:center;"

| 14

| {{party color cell|Ulster Unionist Party}}UUP

| style="text-align:left;"| Fermanagh & South Tyrone|

|6|
|21|
|12|
| style="background:#99ff66;"|SDLPstyle="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|SF
style="text-align:center;"

| 15

| {{party color cell|Sinn Féin}}{{color|white|SF}}

| style="text-align:left;"| West Tyrone|

|6|
| style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|31|
|11|
style="text-align:center;"

| 16

| {{party color cell|Sinn Féin}}{{color|white|SF}}

| style="text-align:left;"| Mid Ulster|

|6|
| style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|31|
|11|
style="text-align:center;"

| 17

| {{party color cell|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}SDLP

| style="text-align:left;"| Foyle|

|61|
|22|
|1|
| style="background:#660000; color:#fff;"|PBPstyle="background:#99ff66;"|SDLP
style="text-align:center;"

| 18

| {{party color cell|Democratic Unionist Party}}DUP

| style="text-align:left;"| East Londonderry|

|6|
|11|
| style="background:#d46a4c"|3|
|1|
class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"

|18

{{sort|ZZA|Total}}|
|1082228128163811
class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center;"| align="left"|{{sort|ZZB|Change since dissolution}}|
| style="background:mintcream;"|+2style="background:mintcream;"|+1style="background:lavenderblush;"|–1style="background:lavenderblush;"|–2|
| style="background:mintcream;"|+3|
| style="background:lavenderblush;"|–1style="background:lavenderblush;"|–1style="background:lavenderblush;"|–1
class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"| align="left"|{{sort|ZZC|Assembly at dissolution}}|
|108|
|1291481338121 UKIP1 NI21
class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center;"| align="left"|{{sort|ZZD|Change during Assembly term}}|
| style="background:lavenderblush;"|–3|
| style="background:mintcream;"|+1style="background:mintcream;"|+1style="background:mintcream;"|+1
class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"| align="left"|{{sort|ZZE|Elected on 5 May 2011}}218108|
|129148163811|
|
class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"| align="left"|{{sort|ZZE|Elected on 7 March 2007}}256108|
|1281671836|
|11 Prog. U.
class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"| align="left"|{{sort|ZZG|Elected on 23 November 2003}}108|
|241862730|
|11 Prog. U.1 UKUP
class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#eee;"| align="left"|{{sort|ZZI|Elected on 25 June 1998}}108|
|182462820|
|42 Prog. U.5 UKUP, 2 NIWC

=Share of first-preference votes=

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.]

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
No.

! style="text-align:center; background-color:#f0f0f0;"|2015
MP

! style="text-align:center; background-color:#f0f0f0;"|MP's %
of 2015
vote

! style="text-align:center; background-color:#f0f0f0;"|Constituency

! style="background-color:#660000; color:#fff;"|PBP

! style="background-color:#8dc63f;"|Green

! style="background-color:#008800; color:#fff;"|Sinn
Féin

! style="background-color:#99ff66;"|SDLP

! style="background-color:#f6cb2f;"|Alli-
ance

! style="background-color:#9999ff;"|UUP

! style="background-color:#d46a4c;"|DUP

! style="background-color:#0095b6;"| TUV

! style="background-color:#dddddd;"|Ind.

! style="background-color:#dddddd;"|Others.

! style="text-align:center; background-color:#f0f0f0;"|Total
votes

! style="text-align:center; background-color:#f0f0f0;"|Eligible
elector-
ate

! style="text-align:center; background-color:#f0f0f0;"|Turn-
out
%

1style="background:#d46a4c;"|DUPstyle="background:#d46a4c;"|43.2%align=left|North Antrim1.3style="background:#88ff88;"|12.97.53.2style="background:#eeeeff;"|10.7style="background:#d46a4c;"|43.1style="background:#00bbdd;"|17.93.3|
|52.3%
2style="background:#d46a4c;"|DUPstyle="background:#d46a4c;"|36.1%align=left|East Antrim2.1style="background:#ccffcc;"|8.13.8style="background:#ffffaa;"|14.6style="background:#9999ff;"|20.2style="background:#d46a4c;"|36.15.19.9|
|50.5%
3style="background:#9999ff;"|UUPstyle="background:#9999ff;"|32.7%align=left|South Antrim1.7style="background:#88ff88;"|13.2style="background:#eeffcc;"|9.68.9style="background:#9999ff;"|22.2style="background:#d46a4c;"|37.53.81.41.7|
|50.4%
4style="background:#d46a4c;"|DUPstyle="background:#d46a4c;"|47.0%align=left|Belfast North3.52.2style="background:#00cc00;"|26.5style="background:#ccffaa;"|10.6style="background:#ffffee;"|7.05.4style="background:#d46a4c;"|35.01.80.97.1|
|51.6%
5style="background:#008800; text-align:center; color:#fff;"|SFstyle="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|54.2%align=left| Belfast Weststyle="background:#aa0000; color:#fff;"|22.90.9style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|54.5style="background:#eeffcc;"|7.30.81.8style="background:#ffccaa;"|10.41.5|
|56.7%
6style="background:#88ff55;"|SDLPstyle="background:#88ff55;"|24.5%align=left|Belfast South9.6style="background:#ccffcc;"|14.2style="background:#bbff66;"|20.0style="background:#ffffaa;"|16.46.7style="background:#d46a4c;"|22.01.31.38.5|
|53.6%
7style="background:#d46a4c;"|DUPstyle="background:#d46a4c;"|49.3%align=left|Belfast Eaststyle="background:#ddffcc;"|5.92.50.4style="background:gold;"|28.7style="background:#ccccff;"|11.1style="background:#d46a4c;"|36.72.43.09.4|
|56.5%
8style="background:#dddddd;"|Ind.style="background:#dddddd; "|49.2%align=left|North Downstyle="background:#ddffcc;"|12.71.01.3style="background:gold;"|16.8style="background:#ccccff;"|15.5style="background:#d46a4c;"|41.71.94.44.7|
|49.0%
9style="background:#d46a4c;"|DUPstyle="background:#d46a4c;"|44.4%align=left|Strangford2.82.0style="background:#eeffcc;"|8.3style="background:#ffffaa;"|10.7style="background:#9999ff;"|19.5style="background:#d46a4c;"|43.04.35.93.4|
|49.7%
10style="background:#d46a4c;"|DUPstyle="background:#d46a4c;"|47.9%align=left|Lagan Valley2.92.7style="background:#eeffcc;"|7.5style="background:#ffffaa;"|9.5style="background:#9999ff;"|21.2style="background:#d46a4c;"|47.23.32.13.6|
|52.7%
11style="background:#d46a4c;"|DUPstyle="background:#d46a4c;"|32.7%align=left|Upper Bann1.1style="background:#00cc00;"|24.9style="background:#eeffcc;"|9.53.1style="background:#ccccff;"|21.6style="background:#d46a4c;"|31.12.60.16.0|
|53.6%
12style="background:#88ff55;"|SDLPstyle="background:#88ff55;"|42.3%align=left|South Down2.0style="background:#00cc00;"|31.1style="background:#88ff55;"|31.45.4style="background:#eeeeff;"|8.5style="background:#ffccaa;"|12.36.62.8|
|53.1%
13style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|SFstyle="background:#008800; color:#fff"|41.1%align=left|Newry & Armagh0.7style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|40.9style="background:#bbff66;"|18.21.0style="background:#eeeeff;"|14.1style="background:#ffccaa;"|16.75.52.9|
|58.4%
14style="background:#9999ff;"|UUPstyle="background:#9999ff;"|46.4%align=left|Fermanagh & S. Tyrone1.9style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|40.0style="background:#eeffcc;"|8.51.1style="background:#ccccff;"|12.8style="background:darksalmon;"|32.72.50.6|
|63.5%
15style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|SFstyle="background:#008800; color:#fff"|43.5%align=left|West Tyrone1.2style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|42.0style="background:#eeffcc;"|11.01.3style="background:#ccccff;"|11.4style="background:darksalmon;"|22.08.92.1|
|59.1%
16style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|SFstyle="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|48.7%align=left|Mid Ulster0.9style="background:#008800; color:#fff;"|46.7style="background:#ccffaa;"|15.21.2style="background:#eeeeff;"|11.9style="background:darksalmon;"|18.14.61.4|
|57.9%
17style="background:#88ff55;"|SDLPstyle="background:#88ff55;"|47.9%align=left|Foylestyle="background:#ffdddd;"|10.50.4style="background:#00cc00;"|28.5style="background:#88ff55;"|30.00.63.6style="background:#ffccaa;"|11.913.90.8|
|55.3%
18style="background:#d46a4c;"|DUPstyle="background:#d46a4c;"|42.2%align=left|East Londonderry1.3style="background:#00cc00;"|21.8style="background:#ccffaa;"|9.53.7style="background:#eeeeff;"|8.3style="background:#d46a4c;"|36.83.59.75.4|
|50.1%
style="background:#ddd;" class="sortbottom"

| 18

style="text-align:left; background:#ddd;"|{{sort|ZZA|Northern Ireland}}2.02.724.012.07.012.629.23.43.93.3style="background:#d5d5d5;"|703,7441,281,595style="background:#ddd;"|54.9%
class="sortbottom" style="background:#fff;"|align="left"|{{sort|ZZB|Change since 2011}}style="background:mintcream;"|+1.2style="background:mintcream;"|+1.8style="background:snow;"| –2.9style="background:snow;"| –2.2style="background:snow;"| –0.7style="background:snow;"| –0.6style="background:snow;"|–0.8style="background:mintcream;"|+1.0style="background:mintcream;"|+1.7style="background:mintcream;"|+1.0style="background:mintcream;"|+42,008style="background:mintcream;"|+71,586style="background:snow;"| –0.7%
class="sortbottom" style="background:#eaeaea;"|align="left"|{{sort|ZZC|Election of May 2011}}0.926.914.27.713.230.02.52.22.3661,7361,210,00955.6%
class="sortbottom" style="background:#eaeaea;"|align="left"|{{sort|ZZC|Election of March 2007}}1.726.215.25.214.930.1-3.82.8690,3131,107,90462.9%
class="sortbottom" style="background:#eaeaea;"|align="left"|{{sort|ZZE|Election of Nov. 2003}}0.423.517.03.722.725.7-5.62.8692,0261,097,52663.1%
class="sortbottom" style="background:#eaeaea;"|align="left"|{{sort|ZZG|Election of June 1998}}0.117.622.06.521.318.1-10.93.5823,5651,178,55669.9%

Incumbents defeated

=Sinn Féin=

=Democratic Unionist Party=

=Ulster Unionist Party=

=Social Democratic and Labour Party=

=Independent=

Opinion Polling

=Graphical summary=

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| y2Title=SF

| y3Title=SDLP

| y4Title=UUP

| y5Title=Alliance

| y6Title=TUV

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| y3= 13.9, 19, 13.8, 13.3, 13.9, 10.8, 11.2, 11.9, 12.0,

| y4= 12.9, 13, 10.8, 14.75, 16.0, 15.0, 14.5, 15.6, 12.6,

| y5= 7.7, 10, 10.2, 6.9, 8.6, 7.6, 8.2, 8.1, 7.0,

| y6= 2.4, 0, 2.2, 8.3, 2.3, 3.2, 3.5, 4.1, 3.4,

| y7= 0.9, 0, 1.3, 1.3, 1.0, 2.4, 2.6, 2.6, 2.7,

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! rowspan="2" |Pollster

! rowspan="2" |Client

! rowspan="2" |Date(s)
conducted

! rowspan="2" |Sample size

! style="width:50px;" class="unsortable"|DUP (U)

! style="width:50px;" class="unsortable"|SF (N)

! style="width:50px;" class="unsortable"|SDLP (N)

! style="width:50px;" class="unsortable"|UUP (U)

! style="width:50px;" class="unsortable"|Alliance (O)

! style="width:50px;" class="unsortable"|TUV (U)

! style="width:50px;" class="unsortable"|Green (O)

! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" width:75px|Others

! rowspan="2" |Lead

data-sort-type="number" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}};"|

! data-sort-type="number" style="background:{{party color|Sinn Féin}};"|

! data-sort-type="number" style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}};"|

! data-sort-type="number" style="background:{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}};"|

! data-sort-type="number" style="background:{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}};"|

! data-sort-type="number" style="background:{{party color|Traditional Unionist Voice}};"|

! data-sort-type="number" style="background:{{party color|Green Party Northern Ireland}};"|

[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/debateni/bill-white/northern-ireland-assembly-elections-the-latest-party-poll-results-and-seat-predictor-34611011.html Lucid Talk]

|Belfast Telegraph

|{{opdrts|30|1|Apr|2016|year}}

|970

|style="background:#F5DDD6;"|26.5%

|25.8%

|11.9%

|15.6%

|8.1%

|4.1%

|2.6%

|5.4%

|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}};color:#FFFFFF;"|0.7%

[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/debateni/bill-white/northern-ireland-assembly-elections-which-party-are-people-voting-for-34498554.html Lucid Talk]

|Belfast Telegraph

|{{opdrts|8|12|Feb|2016|year}}

|2,886

|style="background:#F5DDD6;"|26.6%

|24.6%

|11.2%

|14.5%

|8.2%

|3.5%

|2.6%

|8.8%

|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}};color:#FFFFFF;"|2.0%

[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/debateni/bill-white/who-will-northern-ireland-vote-for-at-2016-assembly-elections-34240423.html Lucid Talk]

|Belfast Telegraph

|{{opdrts|19|21|Oct|2015|year}}

|2,517

|style="background:#F5DDD6;"|25.8%

|25.4%

|10.8%

|15.0%

|7.6%

|3.2%

|2.4%

|9.8%

|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}};color:#FFFFFF;"|0.4%

style="border-right-style:hidden;"|

|style="border-right-style:hidden;"|

|style="border-right-style:hidden;" {{opdrts

7|May|2015|year}}

|colspan="10" |2015 United Kingdom general election

style="border-right-style:hidden;"|

|style="border-right-style:hidden;"|

|style="border-right-style:hidden;" {{opdrts

22|May|2014|year}}

|colspan="10" |2014 Northern Ireland local elections

style="border-right-style:hidden;"|

|style="border-right-style:hidden;"|

|style="border-right-style:hidden;" {{opdrts

22|May|2014|year}}

|colspan="10" |2014 European Parliament election

[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/poll-alliance-on-the-rise-as-unionists-lose-ground-in-voting-intentions-survey-29584151.html Lucid Talk]

|Belfast Telegraph

|{{opdrts

17|Sep|2013|year}}

|N/A

|style="background:#F5DDD6;"|29.3%

|26.1%

|13.8%

|10.8%

|10.2%

|2.2%

|1.3%

|6.3%

|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}};color:#FFFFFF;"|3.2%

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214309/http://www.ipsos-mori.com/Assets/Docs/Polls/northern-ireland-bbc-spotlight-tables-2013.pdf Ipsos-MORI]

|BBC

|{{opdrts|17|26|Jan|2013|year}}

|1,046

|style="background:#F5DDD6;"|24%

|23%

|19%

|13%

|10%

|—

|—

|11%

|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}};color:#FFFFFF;"|1%

colspan="2" |2011 Assembly Election

|{{opdrts

5|May|2011|year}}

|N/A

|style="background:#F5DDD6;"|29.3%

|26.3%

|13.9%

|12.9%

|7.7%

|2.4%

|0.9%

|6.6%

|style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}};color:#FFFFFF;"|3.0%

Footnotes

{{Notelist}}

References

{{Reflist|30em}}

Manifestos

  • [https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/politics/docs/apni/apni_2016-04-19_nia-man.pdf Manifesto 2016], Alliance
  • [https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/politics/docs/dup/dup_2016-04-04_nia-man.pdf Our Plan for Northern Ireland], Democratic Unionist Party
  • [https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/politics/docs/green/gp_2016-04-21_nia-man.pdf A Zero Waste Strategy for Northern Ireland], Green Party Northern Ireland
  • [https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/politics/docs/sf/sf_2016-04-27_nia-man.pdf Better With Sinn Féin], Sinn Féin
  • [https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/politics/docs/sdlp/sdlp_2016-04-11_nia-man.pdf Build a Better Future], Social Democratic and Labour Party
  • [https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/politics/docs/tuv/tuv_2016-04-13_nia-man.pdf Straight Talking Principled Politics], Traditional Unionist Voice
  • [https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/politics/docs/uup/uup_2016-04-14_nia-man.pdf Northern Ireland Assembly Manifesto 2016], Democratic Unionist Party
  • [https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/politics/docs/ukip/ukip_2016-04-06_nia-man.pdf It's Time For Real Change], UK Independence Party
  • [https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/politics/docs/wp/wp_2016-04-22_nia-man.pdf Standing Against Austerity], Workers' Party

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