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Belfast East (Assembly constituency)

{{Short description|Constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox constituency

| name = Belfast East

| type = Northern Ireland Assembly
Parliamentary

| year = 1973

| image = 250px

| caption = East Belfast shown within Northern Ireland

| map_size =

| members_label = MLAs

| members = {{unbulleted list

| {{Color box|{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} Andy Allen (UUP)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} David Brooks (DUP)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}|border=darkgray}} Joanne Bunting (DUP)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}|border=darkgray}} Naomi Long (APNI)

| {{Color box|{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}|border=darkgray}} Peter McReynolds (APNI)

}}

| seats = 6 (1998–2016)
5 (2017–)

| local_council_label = City council

| local_council = Belfast City Council

| blank1_name = Boundaries

| blank1_info = {{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=240}}

}}

Belfast East is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the Belfast East UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 and 2010 to 2011 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes and from 1996 to 1997 when members of the Northern Ireland Forum had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983–95 constituency boundaries, was still in session.

Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Election

! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | MLA
(party)

! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | MLA
(party)

! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | MLA
(party)

! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | MLA
(party)

! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | MLA
(party)

! scope="col" width="150" colspan = "2" | MLA
(party)

1973

! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" rowspan=16|

| rowspan=3|Oliver Napier
(Alliance Party)

! style="background-color: {{party color|Northern Ireland Labour Party}}" rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|David Bleakley
(Labour)

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

| rowspan=2|Joshua Cardwell
(UUP/UPNI)

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

| Norman Agnew
(UUP)

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

| Roy Bradford
(UUP)

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=16|

| rowspan=2|Eileen Paisley
(DUP)

1975

! style="background-color: {{party color|Unionist Party of Northern Ireland}}" |

! style="background-color: {{party color|Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party}}" |

| Reg Empey
(Vanguard)

! style="background-color: {{party color|Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party}}" |

| William Craig
(Vanguard)

1982

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

| Addie Morrow
(Alliance Party)

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=14|

| Dorothy Dunlop
(UUP)

! style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" rowspan=5|

| Jeremy Burchill
(UUP)

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=14|

| Denny Vitty
(DUP)

| rowspan=9|Peter Robinson
(DUP)

1996

| rowspan=2|John Alderdice
(Alliance Party)

| style="background-color:#FFFFFF" colspan=2| 5 seats
1996–1998

| rowspan=6|Reg Empey
(UUP)

| Jim Rodgers
(UUP)

| rowspan=2|Sammy Wilson
(DUP)

1998

! style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Unionist Party}}" rowspan=5|

| rowspan=2|David Ervine
(PUP)

| Ian Adamson
(UUP)

2003

| rowspan=3|Naomi Long
(Alliance Party)

| rowspan=2|Michael Copeland
(UUP)

| rowspan=10|Robin Newton
(DUP)

January 2007
co-option

| rowspan=3|Dawn Purvis
(PUP)

2007

! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" rowspan=5|

| rowspan=2|Wallace Browne
(DUP)

July 2010
co-option

| rowspan=7|Chris Lyttle
(Alliance Party)

2011

! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" rowspan=7|

| rowspan=2| Judith Cochrane
(Alliance Party)

| Michael Copeland
(UUP)

| rowspan=3| Sammy Douglas
(DUP)

September 2015
co-option

! rowspan=6|Andy Allen
(UUP)

2016

| rowspan=2| Naomi Long
(Alliance Party)

! rowspan=5| Joanne Bunting
(DUP)

2017

| style="background-color:#FFFFFF" colspan=2 rowspan=4| 5 seats
2017–present

July 2019
co-option

| Máire Hendron
(Alliance Party)

January 2020
co-option

! rowspan=2| Naomi Long
(Alliance Party)

2022

! Peter McReynolds
(Alliance Party)

! David Brooks
(DUP)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

= Northern Ireland Assembly =

==2022==

{{STV Election box begin2

|title = 2022 Assembly election: Belfast East – 5 seats{{cite web|url=http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/a902425a-b080-4bd9-8ec3-b26acfdc0da7/Statement-of-Person-Nominated-Belfast-East|title=Statement of Persons Nominated – Belfast East|access-date=8 April 2022}}

|numcounts = 11

|countsnote = Due to how transferred votes are rounded according to Northern Ireland electoral law, the fourth count (which in theory would have seen the transfer of surplus votes from the DUP's Joanne Bunting) saw no effective change between the totals of the remaining candidates.

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Naomi Long

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 18.95%

|count1 = 8,195

|count2 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Joanne Bunting

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 16.77%

|count1 = 7,253

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Peter McReynolds

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 13.46%

|count1 = 5,820

|count2 = 6,611

|count3 = 6,624

|count4 = 6,624

|count5 = 6,812

|count6 = 6,956

|count7 = 6,974

|count8 = 7,072

|count9 = 7,414

|count10 =  

|count11 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = David Brooks

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 15.34%

|count1 = 6,633

|count2 = 6,646

|count3 = 6,646

|count4 = 6,646

|count5 = 6,656

|count6 = 6,666

|count7 = 6,995

|count8 = 7,078

|count9 = 7,091

|count10 = 7,092

|count11 = 8,961

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Andy Allen

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 12.21%

|count1 = 5,281

|count2 = 5,315

|count3 = 5,318

|count4 = 5,318

|count5 = 5,346

|count6 = 5,374

|count7 = 5,638

|count8 = 6,691

|count9 = 6,707

|count10 = 6,718

|count11 = 7,629

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Brian Smyth

|party = Green Party Northern Ireland

|percentage = 5.32%

|count1 = 2,302

|count2 = 2,360

|count3 = 2,375

|count4 = 2,375

|count5 = 2,488

|count6 = 2,761

|count7 = 2,787

|count8 = 2,839

|count9 = 3,393

|count10 = 3,578

|count11 = 3,640

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = John Ross

|party = Traditional Unionist Voice

|percentage = 7.14%

|count1 = 3,087

|count2 = 3,091

|count3 = 3,092

|count4 = 3,092

|count5 = 3,095

|count6 = 3,108

|count7 = 3,354

|count8 = 3,416

|count9 = 3,425

|count10 = 3,426

|count11 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Mairéad O'Donnell

|party = Sinn Féin

|percentage = 3.17%

|count1 = 1,369

|count2 = 1,385

|count3 = 1,390

|count4 = 1,390

|count5 = 1,463

|count6 = 1,501

|count7 = 1,504

|count8 = 1,509

|count9 =  

|count10 =  

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}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Lauren Kerr

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 2.96%

|count1 = 1,282

|count2 = 1,298

|count3 = 1,299

|count4 = 1,299

|count5 = 1,325

|count6 = 1,340

|count7 = 1,406

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10 =  

|count11 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Karl Bennett

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 2.24%

|count1 = 970

|count2 = 973

|count3 = 974

|count4 = 974

|count5 = 976

|count6 = 992

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

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}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Hannah Kenny

|party = People Before Profit

|percentage = 1.16%

|count1 = 500

|count2 = 510

|count3 = 534

|count4 = 534

|count5 = 577

|count6 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Charlotte Carson

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|percentage = 1.12%

|count1 = 484

|count2 = 507

|count3 = 517

|count4 = 517

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

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}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Eoin MacNeill

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|percentage = 0.17%

|count1 = 72

|count2 = 76

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

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}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 11

|electorate = 70,123

|valid = 43,248 (61.67%)

|spoilt = 592

|quota = 7,209

|turnout = 43,840 (62.52%)

}}

==2017==

{{STV Election box begin2

|title = 2017 Assembly election: Belfast East – 5 seats{{cite web|title=NI Assembly Election 2017|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Election-results-and-statistics/Election-results-and-statistics-2003-onwards/Elections-2017/NI-Assembly-Election-2017-Result-Sheets|website=EONI|access-date=20 August 2021|archive-date=19 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819191400/https://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Election-results-and-statistics/Election-results-and-statistics-2003-onwards/Elections-2017/NI-Assembly-Election-2017-Result-Sheets|url-status=live}}

|numcounts = 11

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Naomi Long

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 18.64%

|count1 = 7,610

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Chris Lyttle

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 12.54%

|count1 = 5,059

|count2 = 5,760.03

|count3 = 5,780.25

|count4 = 5,885.86

|count5 = 6,032.81

|count6 = 6,072.14

|count7 = 6,367.87

|count8 = 7,268.87

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Andy Allen

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 13.07%

|count1 = 5,275

|count2 = 5,313.17

|count3 = 5,323.39

|count4 = 5,356.6

|count5 = 5,498.59

|count6 = 5,767.92

|count7 = 5,783.14

|count8 = 6,048.62

|count9 = 7,257.62

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Joanne Bunting

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 14.88%

|count1 = 6,007

|count2 = 6,016.02

|count3 = 6,021.02

|count4 = 6,026.13

|count5 = 6,057.35

|count6 = 6,217.46

|count7 = 6,228.46

|count8 = 6,275.01

|count9 = 6,759.01

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Robin Newton

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 11.72%

|count1 = 4,729

|count2 = 4,734.5

|count3 = 4,736.5

|count4 = 4,739.5

|count5 = 4,774.5

|count6 = 4,862.61

|count7 = 4,865.61

|count8 = 4,890.72

|count9 = 5,268.26

|count10 = 5,333.26

|count11 = 5,541.65

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = David Douglas

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 10.98%

|count1 = 4,431

|count2 = 4,435.18

|count3 = 4,436.18

|count4 = 4,440.18

|count5 = 4,455.4

|count6 = 4,568.4

|count7 = 4,572.4

|count8 = 4,599.73

|count9 = 4,995.25

|count10 = 5,093.25

|count11 = 5,410.84

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = John Kyle

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 6.59%

|count1 = 2,658

|count2 = 2,673.29

|count3 = 2,678.51

|count4 = 2,685.73

|count5 = 2,751.95

|count6 = 2,936.28

|count7 = 2,950.28

|count8 = 3,148.79

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Georgina Milne

|party = Green Party Northern Ireland

|percentage = 3.59%

|count1 = 1,447

|count2 = 1,474.06

|count3 = 1,500.28

|count4 = 1,539.49

|count5 = 1,763.36

|count6 = 1,801.58

|count7 = 2,080.65

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Mairéad O'Donnell

|party = Sinn Féin

|percentage = 2.91%

|count1 = 1,173

|count2 = 1,183.34

|count3 = 1,185.45

|count4 = 1,216.66

|count5 = 1,232.88

|count6 = 1,235.1

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Andrew Girvin

|party = Traditional Unionist Voice

|percentage = 2.27%

|count1 = 917

|count2 = 918.65

|count3 = 920.65

|count4 = 924.76

|count5 = 958.87

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Courtney Robinson

|party = Cross-Community Labour Alternative

|percentage = 1.10%

|count1 = 442

|count2 = 449.48

|count3 = 456.48

|count4 = 467.81

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

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|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Sheila Bodel

|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives

|percentage = 0.68%

|count1 = 275

|count2 = 276.32

|count3 = 278.43

|count4 = 280.43

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Séamas de Faoite

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|percentage = 0.62%

|count1 = 250

|count2 = 260.45

|count3 = 260.56

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Jordy McKeag

|party = Independent (politician)

|percentage = 0.21%

|count1 = 84

|count2 = 85.43

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 11

|electorate = 64,788

|valid = 40,357 (62.29%)

|spoilt = 471

|quota = 6,727

|turnout = 40,828 (63.02%)

}}

==2016==

{{STV Election box begin2

|title = 2016 Assembly election: Belfast East – 6 seats{{cite web|title=NI Assembly Election 2016|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Election-results-and-statistics/Election-results-and-statistics-2003-onwards/Elections-2016/NI-Assembly-Election-2016-Candidates-Elected-(1)|website=EONI|access-date=20 August 2021|archive-date=19 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819185638/https://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Election-results-and-statistics/Election-results-and-statistics-2003-onwards/Elections-2016/NI-Assembly-Election-2016-Candidates-Elected-(1)|url-status=live}}

|numcounts = 13

|}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Joanne Bunting

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 14.90%

|count1 = 5,538

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Naomi Long

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 14.75%

|count1 = 5,482

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Sammy Douglas

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 11.38%

|count1 = 4,230

|count2 = 4,401.52

|count3 = 4,409

|count4 = 4,411.19

|count5 = 4,436.26

|count6 = 4,456.29

|count7 = 4,572.61

|count8 = 4,574.61

|count9 = 4,756.52

|count10 = 4,978.16

|count11 = 5,045.16

|count12 = 5,461.16

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Andy Allen

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 8.20%

|count1 = 3,047

|count2 = 3,057.28

|count3 = 3,065.28

|count4 = 3,069.57

|count5 = 3,176.72

|count6 = 3,201.81

|count7 = 3,283.15

|count8 = 3,286.15

|count9 = 3,520.59

|count10 = 3,777.94

|count11 = 4,756.53

|count12 = 5,332.53

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Chris Lyttle

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 7.55%

|count1 = 2,805

|count2 = 2,805.92

|count3 = 2,858.92

|count4 = 2,975.71

|count5 = 3,033.23

|count6 = 3,109.04

|count7 = 3,127.19

|count8 = 3,231.58

|count9 = 3,252.64

|count10 = 3,279.82

|count11 = 3,318.36

|count12 = 3,500.9

|count13 = 5,685.9

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Robin Newton

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 10.42%

|count1 = 3,875

|count2 = 3,896.88

|count3 = 3,900.04

|count4 = 3,902.5

|count5 = 3,938.62

|count6 = 3,946.62

|count7 = 3,995.82

|count8 = 3,998.85

|count9 = 4,105.28

|count10 = 4,182.55

|count11 = 4,267.83

|count12 = 4,745.5

|count13 = 4,812.54

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Ross Brown

|party = Green Party Northern Ireland

|percentage = 5.87%

|count1 = 2,183

|count2 = 2,184.4

|count3 = 2,222.4

|count4 = 2,233.29

|count5 = 2,283.49

|count6 = 2,497.23

|count7 = 2,559.32

|count8 = 2,893.95

|count9 = 2,935.15

|count10 = 3,018.46

|count11 = 3,050.84

|count12 = 3,293.25

|count13 = 3,487.69

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Tim Morrow

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 6.38%

|count1 = 2,372

|count2 = 2,372.36

|count3 = 2,390.36

|count4 = 2,404.97

|count5 = 2,431.07

|count6 = 2,469.25

|count7 = 2,478.41

|count8 = 2,526.56

|count9 = 2,533.56

|count10 = 2,538.56

|count11 = 2,568.07

|count12 = 2,636.62

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = John Kyle

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 4.77%

|count1 = 1,772

|count2 = 1,776

|count3 = 1,786.04

|count4 = 1,788.65

|count5 = 1,788.71

|count6 = 1,816.77

|count7 = 1,928.95

|count8 = 1,938.95

|count9 = 2,082.3

|count10 = 2,485.62

|count11 = 2,533.87

|count12=  

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Chris McGimpsey

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 2.95%

|count1 = 1,095

|count2 = 1,098.24

|count3 = 1,102.24

|count4 = 1,104.67

|count5 = 1,165.73

|count6 = 1,178.77

|count7 = 1,211.87

|count8 = 1,214.87

|count9 = 1,305.13

|count10 = 1,346.15

|count11=  

|count12=  

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Maggie Hutton

|party = Independent (politician)

|percentage = 2.96%

|count1 = 1,099

|count2 = 1,100.48

|count3 = 1,107.48

|count4 = 1,108.26

|count5 = 1,113.26

|count6 = 1,144.39

|count7 = 1,190.57

|count8 = 1,192.6

|count9 = 1,277.76

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Andrew Girvin

|party = Traditional Unionist Voice

|percentage = 2.39%

|count1 = 887

|count2 = 889.72

|count3 = 891.72

|count4 = 891.99

|count5 = 907.03

|count6 = 911.03

|count7 = 1,037.14

|count8 = 1,037.14

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Niall Ó Donnghaile

|party = Sinn Féin

|percentage = 2.54%

|count1 = 946

|count2 = 946

|count3 = 963

|count4 = 964.71

|count5 = 966.71

|count6 = 985.77

|count7 = 988.77

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Jonny Lavery

|party = UK Independence Party

|percentage = 1.70%

|count1 = 631

|count2 = 632.52

|count3 = 634.52

|count4 = 635.15

|count5 = 694.15

|count6 = 717.19

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Courtney Robinson

|party = Cross-Community Labour Alternative

|percentage = 1.39%

|count1 = 517

|count2 = 517.2

|count3 = 546.2

|count4 = 548.57

|count5 = 556.57

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Neil Wilson

|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives

|percentage = 1.28%

|count1 = 477

|count2 = 477.36

|count3 = 482.36

|count4 = 483.5

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Amy Doherty

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|percentage = 0.38%

|count1 = 141

|count2 = 141.76

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Erskine Holmes

|party = Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee

|percentage = 0.21%

|count1 = 78

|count2 = 78

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

|count13=  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 13

|electorate = 65,740

|valid = 37,175 (56.55%)

|spoilt = 448

|quota = 5,311

|turnout = 37,623 (57.23%)

}}

==2011==

{{STV Election box begin2

|title = 2011 Assembly election: Belfast East – 6 seats{{cite web|title=NI Assembly Election 2011|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/1a44c401-6422-4e18-a0c8-e2aea541078c/ni_assembly_election_2011_-_BE|website=EONI|access-date=20 August 2021|archive-date=20 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820141738/https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/1a44c401-6422-4e18-a0c8-e2aea541078c/ni_assembly_election_2011_-_BE|url-status=live}}

|numcounts = 11

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Peter Robinson

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 28.26%

|count1 = 9,149

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Robin Newton

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 7.53%

|count1 = 2,436

|count2 = 4,800.5

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Judith Cochrane

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 13.38%

|count1 = 4,329

|count2 = 4,432

|count3 = 4,433.71

|count4 = 4,448.71

|count5 = 4,497.71

|count6 = 4,571.71

|count7 = 4,754.71

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Chris Lyttle

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 12.93%

|count1 = 4,183

|count2 = 4,307

|count3 = 4,308.5

|count4 = 4,320

|count5 = 4,330.5

|count6 = 4,419.5

|count7 = 4,530

|count8 = 4,571.5

|count9 = 4,695.5

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Sammy Douglas

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 8.25%

|count1 = 2,668

|count2 = 3,683

|count3 = 3,808.94

|count4 = 3,819.53

|count5 = 3,831.03

|count6 = 3,892.24

|count7 = 3,941.13

|count8 = 4,052.69

|count9 = 4,077.69

|count10 = 4,455.11

|count11 = 4,783.11

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Michael Copeland

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 6.78%

|count1 = 2,194

|count2 = 2,355

|count3 = 2,357.43

|count4 = 2,357.43

|count5 = 2,382.93

|count6 = 2,436.93

|count7 = 2,475.96

|count8 = 2,617.99

|count9 = 2,624.99

|count10 = 3,224.91

|count11 = 3,723.34

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Dawn Purvis

|party = Independent (politician)

|percentage = 5.26%

|count1 = 1,702

|count2 = 1,908.5

|count3 = 1,910.66

|count4 = 1,926.16

|count5 = 1,955.16

|count6 = 2,009.66

|count7 = 2,093.69

|count8 = 2,179.22

|count9 = 2,229.22

|count10 = 2,320.43

|count11 = 2,789.29

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Brian Ervine

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 4.62%

|count1 = 1,493

|count2 = 1,666.5

|count3 = 1,669.62

|count4 = 1,671.12

|count5 = 1,680.62

|count6 = 1,761.12

|count7 = 1,786.62

|count8 = 1,872.65

|count9 = 1,884.15

|count10 = 1,963.3

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Philip Robinson

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 2.92%

|count1 = 943

|count2 = 1,130

|count3 = 1,131.41

|count4 = 1,139.44

|count5 = 1,142.47

|count6 = 1,160.5

|count7 = 1,188.5

|count8 = 1,294.03

|count9 = 1,296.03

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Niall Ó Donnghaile

|party = Sinn Féin

|percentage = 3.18%

|count1 = 1,030

|count2 = 1,037

|count3 = 1,037.03

|count4 = 1,061.03

|count5 = 1,070.03

|count6 = 1,127.03

|count7 = 1,148.03

|count8 = 1,148.53

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Harry Toan

|party = Traditional Unionist Voice

|percentage = 2.20%

|count1 = 712

|count2 = 744

|count3 = 744.36

|count4 = 745.89

|count5 = 753.39

|count6 = 801.39

|count7 = 824.39

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Martin Gregg

|party = Green Party Northern Ireland

|percentage = 1.77%

|count1 = 572

|count2 = 613.5

|count3 = 614.28

|count4 = 624.31

|count5 = 649.31

|count6 = 691.31

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Ann Cooper

|party = British National Party

|percentage = 1.04%

|count1 = 337

|count2 = 354.5

|count3 = 354.86

|count4 = 357.86

|count5 = 364.86

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Magdalena Wolska

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|percentage = 0.77%

|count1 = 250

|count2 = 253

|count3 = 253.06

|count4 = 270.06

|count5 = 275.06

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Thomas Black

|party = Socialist Party (Ireland)

|percentage = 0.62%

|count1 = 201

|count2 = 205

|count3 = 205.03

|count4 = 217.03

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Kevin McNally

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|percentage = 0.32%

|count1 = 102

|count2 = 106.5

|count3 = 106.5

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Stephen Stewart

|party = Independent (politician)

|percentage = 0.14%

|count1 = 46

|count2 = 53.5

|count3 = 53.77

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 11

|electorate = 61,263

|valid = 32,347 (52.80%)

|spoilt = 481

|quota = 4,622

|turnout = 32,828 (53.59%)

}}

==2007==

{{STV Election box begin2

|title = 2007 Assembly election: Belfast East – 6 seats{{cite web|title=NI Assembly Election 2007|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Election-results-and-statistics/Election-results-and-statistics-2003-onwards/Elections-2007/Results/NI-Assembly-Election-2007-Full-Results|website=EONI|access-date=20 August 2021|archive-date=19 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819182950/https://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Election-results-and-statistics/Election-results-and-statistics-2003-onwards/Elections-2007/Results/NI-Assembly-Election-2007-Full-Results|url-status=live}}

|numcounts = 10

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Peter Robinson

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 19.02%

|count1 = 5,635

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Naomi Long

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 18.84%

|count1 = 5,583

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Reg Empey

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 13.97%

|count1 = 4,139

|count2 = 4,231.4

|count3 = 4,620.4

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Dawn Purvis

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 10.28%

|count1 = 3,045

|count2 = 3,113.88

|count3 = 3,307.63

|count4 = 3,336.13

|count5 = 3,403.11

|count6 = 3,455.86

|count7 = 3,611.83

|count8 = 3,654.32

|count9 = 3,842.92

|count10 = 4,208.17

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Wallace Browne

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 10.75%

|count1 = 3,185

|count2 = 3,416.6

|count3 = 3,453.1

|count4 = 3,462.35

|count5 = 3,488.06

|count6 = 3,541.78

|count7 = 3,607.97

|count8 = 3,608.71

|count9 = 3,709.1

|count10 = 3,734.32

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Robin Newton

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 7.88%

|count1 = 2,335

|count2 = 3,201.88

|count3 = 3,241.38

|count4 = 3,250.38

|count5 = 3,270.35

|count6 = 3,316.3

|count7 = 3,355.75

|count8 = 3,359.75

|count9 = 3,497.13

|count10 = 3,516.62

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Michael Copeland

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 5.25%

|count1 = 1,557

|count2 = 1,567.08

|count3 = 1,654.58

|count4 = 1,817.33

|count5 = 1,834.83

|count6 = 1,951.08

|count7 = 2,068.32

|count8 = 2,073.82

|count9 = 2,743.06

|count10 = 2,999.31

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Mary Muldoon

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|percentage = 2.75%

|count1 = 816

|count2 = 816.96

|count3 = 1,020.71

|count4 = 1,036.96

|count5 = 1,097.7

|count6 = 1,115.2

|count7 = 1,306.95

|count8 = 1,902.95

|count9 = 1,933.94

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Jim Rodgers

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 2.77%

|count1 = 820

|count2 = 884.08

|count3 = 971.08

|count4 = 1,078.08

|count5 = 1,104.55

|count6 = 1,191.03

|count7 = 1,280.77

|count8 = 1,284.27

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Niall Ó Donnghaile

|party = Sinn Féin

|percentage = 3.56%

|count1 = 1,055

|count2 = 1,056.44

|count3 = 1,071.94

|count4 = 1,072.44

|count5 = 1,087.69

|count6 = 1,087.69

|count7 = 1,123.94

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Steven Agnew

|party = Green Party Northern Ireland

|percentage = 2.20%

|count1 = 653

|count2 = 658.04

|count3 = 852.04

|count4 = 870.29

|count5 = 983.78

|count6 = 1,064.28

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Glyn Chambers

|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives

|percentage = 1.44%

|count1 = 427

|count2 = 429.88

|count3 = 483.13

|count4 = 494.38

|count5 = 516.13

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Thomas Black

|party = Socialist Party (Ireland)

|percentage = 0.75%

|count1 = 225

|count2 = 227.88

|count3 = 246.63

|count4 = 248.13

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Joseph Bell

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|percentage = 0.36%

|count1 = 107

|count2 = 107.96

|count3 = 118.46

|count4 = 118.96

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Rainbow George

|party = Make Politicians History

|percentage = 0.16%

|count1 = 47

|count2 = 47.24

|count3 = 51.74

|count4 = 52.99

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 10

|electorate = 49,757

|valid = 29,629 (59.55%)

|spoilt = 244

|quota = 4,233

|turnout = 29,873 (60.04%)

}}

==2003==

{{STV Election box begin2

|title = 2003 Assembly election: Belfast East – 6 seats{{cite web|title=NI Assembly Election 2003|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c03f6145-4d1d-4d93-b1fc-83a43bf11b78/NI-Assembly-Election-Results-2003|access-date=20 August 2021|archive-date=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806054849/http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c03f6145-4d1d-4d93-b1fc-83a43bf11b78/NI-Assembly-Election-Results-2003|url-status=live}}

|numcounts = 6

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Peter Robinson

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 29.89%

|count1 = 9,254

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Reg Empey

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 20.86%

|count1 = 6,459

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Robin Newton

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 4.76%

|count1 = 1,475

|count2 = 4,418.2

|count3 = 4,444.24

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = David Ervine

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 9.66%

|count1 = 2,990

|count2 = 3,211.52

|count3 = 3,377.37

|count4 = 3,509.48

|count5 = 3,660.79

|count6 = 4,263.39

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Naomi Long

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 8.96%

|count1 = 2,774

|count2 = 2,794.28

|count3 = 2,877.36

|count4 = 3,010.67

|count5 = 4,012.01

|count6 = 4,056.54

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Michael Copeland

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 7.40%

|count1 = 2,291

|count2 = 2,354.96

|count3 = 3,132.75

|count4 = 3,220.51

|count5 = 3,297.92

|count6 = 3,650.49

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Jim Rodgers

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 4.85%

|count1 = 1,502

|count2 = 1,790.6

|count3 = 2,681.85

|count4 = 2,782.65

|count5 = 2,839.37

|count6 = 3,296.48

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Harry Toan

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 4.53%

|count1 = 1,403

|count2 = 2,633.32

|count3 = 2,643.24

|count4 = 2,716.66

|count5 = 2,727.78

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Joseph O'Donnell

|party = Sinn Féin

|percentage = 3.81%

|count1 = 1,180

|count2 = 1,184.16

|count3 = 1,185.71

|count4 = 1,205.71

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Leo Van Es

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|percentage = 3.12%

|count1 = 967

|count2 = 969.6

|count3 = 986.03

|count4 = 1,035.65

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Terence Dick

|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives

|percentage = 0.75%

|count1 = 232

|count2 = 234.08

|count3 = 250.51

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Thomas Black

|party = Socialist Party

|percentage = 0.57%

|count1 = 176

|count2 = 181.2

|count3 = 183.68

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Joseph Bell

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|percentage = 0.40%

|count1 = 125

|count2 = 128.12

|count3 = 129.05

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = John McBlain

|party = Independent (politician)

|percentage = 0.23%

|count1 = 72

|count2 = 78.76

|count3 = 81.24

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Rainbow George Weiss

|party = Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket

|percentage = 0.21%

|count1 = 65

|count2 = 66.56

|count3 = 67.18

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 6

|electorate = 51,937

|valid = 30,965 (59.62%)

|spoilt = 559

|quota = 4,424

|turnout = 31,524 (60.70%)

}}

==1998==

{{STV Election box begin2

|title = 1998 Assembly election: Belfast East – 6 seats{{cite web|title=NI Assembly Election 1998|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/ec1fa344-4198-40cf-bf58-eadf3c70190d/ni_assembly_election_results_1998|website=EONI|access-date=20 August 2021|archive-date=20 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320180639/http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/ec1fa344-4198-40cf-bf58-eadf3c70190d/ni_assembly_election_results_1998|url-status=live}}

|numcounts = 15

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Peter Robinson

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 28.34%

|count1 = 11,219

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

|count13=  

|count14=  

|count15=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = John Alderdice

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 15.52%

|count1 = 6,144

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

|count12=  

|count13=  

|count14=  

|count15=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = David Ervine

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 12.92%

|count1 = 5,114

|count2 = 5,299

|count3 = 5,338.13

|count4 = 5,356.76

|count5 = 5,378.03

|count6 = 5,599.45

|count7 = 5,693.45

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

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|count12=  

|count13=  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Reg Empey

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 13.03%

|count1 = 5,158

|count2 = 5,288

|count3 = 5,324.54

|count4 = 5,327.82

|count5 = 5,369.38

|count6 = 5,371.88

|count7 = 5,421.9

|count8 = 5,497.4

|count9 = 5,590.95

|count10 = 5,592.65

|count11 = 5,625.79

|count12 = 6,108.79

|count13=  

|count14=  

|count15=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Sammy Wilson

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 1.60%

|count1 = 633

|count2 = 4,486

|count3 = 4,487.68

|count4 = 4,487.68

|count5 = 4,506.68

|count6 = 4,519.75

|count7 = 4,530.03

|count8 = 4,617.17

|count9 = 4,637.74

|count10 = 4,640.74

|count11 = 5,532.24

|count12 = 5,711.24

|count13=  

|count14=  

|count15=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Ian Adamson

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 8.71%

|count1 = 3,447

|count2 = 3,510

|count3 = 3,530.3

|count4 = 3,534.3

|count5 = 3,581.87

|count6 = 3,585.94

|count7 = 3,631.78

|count8 = 3,681.85

|count9 = 3,746.69

|count10 = 3,748.69

|count11 = 3,774.4

|count12 = 4,180.79

|count13 = 4,567.79

|count14 = 4,635.84

|count15 = 5,414.76

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Richard Good

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 2.53%

|count1 = 1,000

|count2 = 1,009.5

|count3 = 1,290.48

|count4 = 1,309.18

|count5 = 1,324.74

|count6 = 1,331.09

|count7 = 1,416.68

|count8 = 1,439.88

|count9 = 1,756.68

|count10 = 1,814.1

|count11 = 1,824.31

|count12 = 1,865.12

|count13 = 1,888.12

|count14 = 2,864.33

|count15 = 2,974.96

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Denny Vitty

|party = UK Unionist Party

|percentage = 3.44%

|count1 = 1,362

|count2 = 1,674

|count3 = 1,675.05

|count4 = 1,675.05

|count5 = 1,704.05

|count6 = 1,708.55

|count7 = 1,722.9

|count8 = 1,755.9

|count9 = 1,772.97

|count10 = 1,772.97

|count11 = 1,880.47

|count12 = 2,000.32

|count13 = 2,023.32

|count14 = 2,026.46

|count15=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Peter Jones

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|percentage = 2.59%

|count1 = 1,025

|count2 = 1,026.5

|count3 = 1,034.9

|count4 = 1,055.04

|count5 = 1,055.18

|count6 = 1,057.18

|count7 = 1,066.53

|count8 = 1,069.1

|count9 = 1,225.2

|count10 = 1,588.76

|count11 = 1,589.76

|count12 = 1,593.26

|count13 = 1,594.26

|count14=  

|count15=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Jim Rodgers

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 2.56%

|count1 = 1,015

|count2 = 1,189.5

|count3 = 1,194.54

|count4 = 1,195.54

|count5 = 1,212.18

|count6 = 1,221.18

|count7 = 1,238.46

|count8 = 1,285.38

|count9 = 1,313.45

|count10 = 1,315.52

|count11 = 1,349.16

|count12=  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = John Norris

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 0.94%

|count1 = 373

|count2 = 1,096.5

|count3 = 1,097.13

|count4 = 1,098.13

|count5 = 1,103.13

|count6 = 1,106.63

|count7 = 1,110.77

|count8 = 1,161.34

|count9 = 1,171.41

|count10 = 1,172.41

|count11=  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Joseph O'Donnell

|party = Sinn Féin

|percentage = 2.32%

|count1 = 917

|count2 = 917

|count3 = 918.19

|count4 = 929.4

|count5 = 929.47

|count6 = 929.47

|count7 = 936.54

|count8 = 937.54

|count9 = 951.68

|count10=  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Pearl Sagar

|party = Northern Ireland Women's Coalition

|percentage = 1.80%

|count1 = 711

|count2 = 723

|count3 = 734.83

|count4 = 744.97

|count5 = 752.11

|count6 = 763.18

|count7 = 800.37

|count8 = 822.01

|count9 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Robert Girvan

|party = Ulster Democratic Party

|percentage = 1.30%

|count1 = 516

|count2 = 565.5

|count3 = 567.04

|count4 = 568.04

|count5 = 569.61

|count6 = 578.68

|count7 = 590.39

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = David Bleakley

|party = Labour Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 0.93%

|count1 = 369

|count2 = 377

|count3 = 389.6

|count4 = 399.72

|count5 = 408.29

|count6 = 409.29

|count7 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Dawn Purvis

|party = Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 0.68%

|count1 = 271

|count2 = 286.5

|count3 = 287.41

|count4 = 289.48

|count5 = 289.55

|count6 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Lesley Donaldson

|party = Northern Ireland Conservatives

|percentage = 0.51%

|count1 = 203

|count2 = 221.5

|count3 = 224.37

|count4 = 226.87

|count5 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Joseph Bell

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|percentage = 0.20%

|count1 = 79

|count2 = 87.5

|count3 = 82.09

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = David Collins

|party = Natural Law Party

|percentage = 0.06%

|count1 = 22

|count2 = 22

|count3 = 22.49

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = John Lawrence

|party = Independent (politician)

|percentage = 0.04%

|count1 = 15

|count2 = 15

|count3 = 15.42

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

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{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 15

|electorate = 60,562

|valid = 39,593 (65.38%)

|spoilt = 763

|quota = 5,657

|turnout = 40,356 (66.64%)

}}

=1996 forum=

Successful candidates are shown in bold.[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/96eb.htm 1996 Candidates – East Belfast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110230345/http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/96eb.htm |date=10 November 2016 }}, Northern Ireland Elections

class="wikitable"
style="background:#CCCCCC;"

! colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" | Party

! valign="top" | Candidate(s)

! valign="top" | Votes

! valign="top" | Percentage

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| align="right" |Peter Robinson
Sammy Wilson
Robin Newton
Irene Lewis
Wallace Browne

| align="right" |11,270

| align="right" |29.4

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

| align="right" |Reg Empey
Jim Rodgers
Ian Adamson
Alan Crowe

| align="right" |8,608

| align="right" |22.5

{{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}

| align="right" |John Alderdice
Peter Osborne
Danny Dow
Mervyn Jones
Maureen McConnell

| align="right" |7,130

| align="right" |18.6

{{Party name with colour|Progressive Unionist Party}}

| align="right" |David Ervine
Patricia Laverty
Rosemary Reynolds
John McQuillen
Alec Gordon

| align="right" |3,802

| align="right" |9.9

{{Party name with colour|UK Unionist Party}}

| align="right" |Alan Field
Maureen Ann McCartney

| align="right" |2,496

| align="right" |6.5

{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}

| align="right" |Peter Prendiville
Brian Heading

| align="right" |1,299

| align="right" |3.4

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Democratic Party}}

| align="right" |Robert Girvan
Jacqueline Upton
Ronald Stitt
Samuel Walkingshaw
Joseph McMaster

| align="right" |1,156

| align="right" |3.1

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| align="right" |Michael McVeigh
Brid Duffy
Anna Doherty

| align="right" |862

| align="right" |2.2

{{Party name with colour|Northern Ireland Women's Coalition}}

| align="right" |Felicity Huston
Pearl Sagar
Annie Quinn
Kate Campbell
Karen Snoddy

| align="right" |405

| align="right" |1.1

{{Party name with colour|Northern Ireland Conservatives}}

| align="right" |Ian Donaldson
Dorothy Dunlop

| align="right" |291

| align="right" |0.8

{{Party name with colour|Labour coalition}}

| align="right" |Gail Haslett
Thomas Black
Barbara Hawites
David Bell
Maeve O'Leary

| align="right" |199

| align="right" |0.5

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Partnership}}

| align="right" |David Bleakley
Edwin Sloan

| align="right" |197

| align="right" |0.5

{{Party name with colour|Green Party Northern Ireland}}

| align="right" |Similda Osoba
April McCarthy

| align="right" |161

| align="right" |0.4

{{Party name with colour|Workers' Party (Ireland)}}

| align="right" |Joe Bell
Marie Mooney

| align="right" |149

| align="right" |0.4

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Independence Movement}}

| align="right" |Gavin Boyd
Mark Black
David McClinton

| align="right" |114

| align="right" |0.3

{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} DUP

| align="right" |Jean Toad
David Kerr

| align="right" |93

| align="right" |0.2

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Left (Ireland)}}

| align="right" |Michael Craig
June Campion

| align="right" |45

| align="right" |0.1

{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of Ireland}}

| align="right" |Andrew Gibb
Sarah Stewart

| align="right" |38

| align="right" |0.1

{{Party name with colour|Natural Law Party}}

| align="right" |Robert Johnstone
Richard Johnson
Ian Long

| align="right" |13

| align="right" |0.0

{{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}} Chambers

| align="right" |Ian Arbuthnot
Alan Hay

| align="right" |11

| align="right" |0.0

=1982=

{{STV Election box begin2

|title = 1982 Assembly election: Belfast East – 6 seats{{cite web|title=NI Assembly Election 1982|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/5e4fb91e-efd0-4f27-b6a5-92e88c2206b2/ni_assembly_election_results_1982|website=EONI|access-date=20 August 2021|archive-date=19 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819160230/https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/5e4fb91e-efd0-4f27-b6a5-92e88c2206b2/ni_assembly_election_results_1982|url-status=live}}

|numcounts = 10

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Peter Robinson

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 38.86%

|count1 = 15,319

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Jeremy Burchill

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 18.63%

|count1 = 7,345

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Oliver Napier

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 15.32%

|count1 = 6,037

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Denny Vitty

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 0.60%

|count1 = 235

|count2 = 7,583.32

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Dorothy Dunlop

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 4.30%

|count1 = 1,696

|count2 = 2,066.44

|count3 = 2,087.4

|count4 = 3,270.75

|count5 = 3,309.37

|count6 = 3,323.35

|count7 = 3,346.83

|count8 = 3,511.98

|count9 = 4,565.11

|count10 = 5,981.11

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Addie Morrow

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 7.52%

|count1 = 2,966

|count2 = 3,057.35

|count3 = 3,061.67

|count4 = 3,088.12

|count5 = 3,093.21

|count6 = 3,401.85

|count7 = 3,739.59

|count8 = 3,793.79

|count9 = 4,490.85

|count10 = 4,881.17

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Sammy Wilson

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 1.01%

|count1 = 397

|count2 = 1,239.31

|count3 = 3,024.43

|count4 = 3,044.44

|count5 = 3,060.98

|count6 = 3,065.3

|count7 = 3,081.24

|count8 = 3,258.78

|count9 = 3,399.61

|count10 = 4,169.51

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = William Craig

|party = Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 5.77%

|count1 = 2,274

|count2 = 2,805.72

|count3 = 2,825.56

|count4 = 2,964.48

|count5 = 2,988.59

|count6 = 2,999.87

|count7 = 3,025.07

|count8 = 3,189.56

|count9 = 3,360.66

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = William Johnstone

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 2.47%

|count1 = 973

|count2 = 1,126.09

|count3 = 1,135.85

|count4 = 1,377.35

|count5 = 1,394.14

|count6 = 1,397.56

|count7 = 1,407.69

|count8 = 1,520.35

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Peter Prendiville

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|percentage = 2.20%

|count1 = 868

|count2 = 873.04

|count3 = 874.8

|count4 = 875.49

|count5 = 875.49

|count6 = 881.25

|count7 = 1,089.72

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Reg Empey

|party = United Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 1.28%

|count1 = 503

|count2 = 648.53

|count3 = 655.09

|count4 = 691.43

|count5 = 769.25

|count6 = 772.07

|count7 = 777.45

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Francis Cullen

|party = Workers' Party (Ireland)

|percentage = 1.73%

|count1 = 681

|count2 = 696.12

|count3 = 696.76

|count4 = 704.12

|count5 = 706.75

|count6 = 711.85

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Ben Horan

|party = United Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 0.31%

|count1 = 123

|count2 = 184.74

|count3 = 187.3

|count4 = 198.8

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 10

|electorate = 74,273

|valid = 39,417 (53.07%)

|spoilt = 1,275

|quota = 5,632

|turnout = 40,692 (54.79%)

}}

  • Craig stood as Vanguard, although the party itself had been disbanded four years before.

=1975 Constitutional Convention=

{{STV Election box begin2

|title = 1975 Constitutional Convention: Belfast East – 6 seats{{cite web|title=NI Convention Election 1975|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/b760cf3f-1f17-4de7-9596-229fde33f4bb/ni_convention_election_results_1975-3|website=EONI|access-date=20 August 2021|archive-date=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806055815/http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/b760cf3f-1f17-4de7-9596-229fde33f4bb/ni_convention_election_results_1975-3|url-status=live}}

|numcounts = 11

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = William Craig

|party = Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 23.84%

|count1 = 11,958

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Oliver Napier

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 12.64%

|count1 = 6,341

|count2 = 6,393

|count3 = 6,449

|count4 = 6,469.4

|count5 = 6,537.4

|count6 = 7,450.4

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Reg Empey

|party = Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 9.28%

|count1 = 4,657

|count2 = 6,825.4

|count3 = 6,844

|count4 = 6,978.2

|count5 = 7,063.8

|count6 = 7,121.2

|count7 = 7,121.2

|count8 = 8,297.2

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Joshua Cardwell

|party = Unionist Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 6.06%

|count1 = 3,039

|count2 = 3,164.6

|count3 = 3,180

|count4 = 3,220.8

|count5 = 3,366.8

|count6 = 3,586.2

|count7 = 3,605.6

|count8 = 3,718

|count9 = 3,756.22

|count10 = 6,209.52

|count11 = 7,475.52

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Eileen Paisley

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 7.19%

|count1 = 3,606

|count2 = 4,893.6

|count3 = 4,916.6

|count4 = 5,073

|count5 = 5,179.6

|count6 = 5,214.4

|count7 = 5,214.4

|count8 = 6,157.8

|count9 = 6,653.68

|count10 = 6,729.86

|count11 = 7,354.86

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = David Bleakley

|party = Northern Ireland Labour Party

|percentage = 7.97%

|count1 = 3,998

|count2 = 4,059.6

|count3 = 4,417

|count4 = 4,473.2

|count5 = 4,548.4

|count6 = 5,556.2

|count7 = 5,714.2

|count8 = 5,864

|count9 = 5,885.56

|count10 = 6,257.76

|count11 = 6,924.54

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Peter Robinson

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 7.84%

|count1 = 3,933

|count2 = 4,165

|count3 = 4,173.8

|count4 = 4,209.8

|count5 = 4,253

|count6 = 4,283.2

|count7 = 4,283.6

|count8 = 4,672.6

|count9 = 5,156.72

|count10 = 5,201.88

|count11 = 5,792.52

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Roy Bradford

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 5.15%

|count1 = 2,583

|count2 = 2,828.6

|count3 = 2,839

|count4 = 2,873.6

|count5 = 2,991.4

|count6 = 3,092

|count7 = 3,096.8

|count8 = 3,362.4

|count9 = 3,431.98

|count10 = 3,756.46

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Norman Agnew

|party = Unionist Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 5.71%

|count1 = 2,863

|count2 = 2,913.4

|count3 = 2,918.2

|count4 = 2,929.6

|count5 = 3,011.8

|count6 = 3,262.4

|count7 = 3,287.6

|count8 = 3,370.8

|count9 = 3,387.46

|count10=  

|count11=  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = David McNarry

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 5.20%

|count1 = 2,609

|count2 = 2,941.8

|count3 = 2,944.6

|count4 = 2,978.6

|count5 = 3,065.8

|count6 = 3,093.6

|count7 = 3,094

|count8 =  

|count9 =  

|count10=  

|count11=  

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Kate Condy

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 2.96%

|count1 = 1,485

|count2 = 1,500.2

|count3 = 1,508

|count4 = 1,511

|count5 = 1,539

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Alban Maginness

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|percentage = 2.54%

|count1 = 1,274

|count2 = 1,278.4

|count3 = 1,286.4

|count4 = 1,287.2

|count5 = 1,293.2

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Walter McFarland

|party = Independent Unionist

|percentage = 1.55%

|count1 = 775

|count2 = 885.4

|count3 = 860.8

|count4 = 887.2

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = William Elliot

|party = Independent Unionist

|percentage = 1.01%

|count1 = 509

|count2 = 591.8

|count3 = 606

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Sandy Scott

|party = Labour Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 1.06%

|count1 = 530

|count2 = 543.6

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|numcounts = 11

|electorate = 78,340

|valid = 50,160 (64.03%)

|spoilt = 973

|quota = 7,166

|turnout = 51,133 (65.27%)

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=1973=

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|title = 1973 Assembly election: Belfast East – 6 seats{{cite web|title=NI Assembly Election 1973|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/e47aed4a-34c2-41f8-bb9f-a566558b5726/ni_assembly_election_results_1973|website=EONI|access-date=20 August 2021|archive-date=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806060028/http://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/e47aed4a-34c2-41f8-bb9f-a566558b5726/ni_assembly_election_results_1973|url-status=live}}

|numcounts = 18

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Roy Bradford

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 23.22%

|count1 = 13,187

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Joshua Cardwell

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 8.81%

|count1 = 5,001

|count2 = 6,635

|count3 = 6,643.38

|count4 = 6,649.38

|count5 = 6,672.9

|count6 = 6,754.4

|count7 = 6,871.78

|count8 = 7,002.74

|count9 = 7,035.68

|count10 = 7,063.44

|count11 = 7,072.2

|count12 = 7,571.96

|count13 = 8,177.96

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Eileen Paisley

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|percentage = 9.72%

|count1 = 5,518

|count2 = 5,613

|count3 = 5,618.76

|count4 = 5,628.52

|count5 = 5,717.66

|count6 = 5,737.08

|count7 = 5,780.17

|count8 = 6,127.42

|count9 = 6,142.56

|count10 = 6,393.08

|count11 = 6,396.08

|count12 = 7,069.44

|count13 = 7,170.7

|count14 = 7,172.47

|count15 = 8,907.47

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Norman Agnew

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 6.37%

|count1 = 3,615

|count2 = 4,562.34

|count3 = 4,565.24

|count4 = 4,568.10

|count5 = 4,571.48

|count6 = 4,635.72

|count7 = 4,763.72

|count8 = 4,832.42

|count9 = 4,860.84

|count10 = 4,878.22

|count11 = 4,922.6

|count12 = 5,096.66

|count13 = 5,733.94

|count14 = 5,758.25

|count15 = 5,842.24

|count16 = 7,197.91

|count17 = 7,229.23

|count18 = 8,027.29

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Oliver Napier

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 8.70%

|count1 = 4,941

|count2 = 5,086.92

|count3 = 5,089.68

|count4 = 5,103.2

|count5 = 5,103.2

|count6 = 5,112.24

|count7 = 5,121.76

|count8 = 5,129.9

|count9 = 6,213.42

|count10 = 6,219.8

|count11 = 7,049.8

|count12 = 7,074.56

|count13 = 7,169.92

|count14 = 7,171.57

|count15 = 7,197.47

|count16 = 7,336.93

|count17 = 7,341.79

|count18 = 7,418.97

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = David Bleakley

|party = Northern Ireland Labour Party

|percentage = 7.79%

|count1 = 4,425

|count2 = 4,710.76

|count3 = 4,743.76

|count4 = 4,866.52

|count5 = 4,874.52

|count6 = 4,899.7

|count7 = 4,932.88

|count8 = 4,953.78

|count9 = 5,043.34

|count10 = 5,053.1

|count11 = 5,878.1

|count12 = 5,993.14

|count13 = 6,108.02

|count14 = 6,111.1

|count15 = 6,155.14

|count16 = 6,368.65

|count17 = 6,389.17

|count18 = 6,690.47

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Walter McFarland

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 4.57%

|count1 = 2,597

|count2 = 3,000.94

|count3 = 3,002.32

|count4 = 3,005.46

|count5 = 3,015.84

|count6 = 3,120.52

|count7 = 3,432.38

|count8 = 3,499.12

|count9 = 3,526.44

|count10 = 3,541.2

|count11 = 3,548.58

|count12 = 3,662.52

|count13 = 4,085.54

|count14 = 4,102.48

|count15 = 4,271.55

|count16 = 5,435.29

|count17 = 5,469.31

|count18 = 6,436.15

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Jim Rodgers

|party = Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 3.43%

|count1 = 1,947

|count2 = 1,972.46

|count3 = 1,974.46

|count4 = 1,975.46

|count5 = 2,068.6

|count6 = 2,070.36

|count7 = 2,076.12

|count8 = 2,152.02

|count9 = 2,154.02

|count10 = 3,133.2

|count11 = 3,134.2

|count12 = 3,509.86

|count13 = 3,550.38

|count14 = 3,550.82

|count15 = 4,492.23

|count16 = 4,683.96

|count17 = 5,386.4

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = David McNarry

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 3.14%

|count1 = 1,784

|count2 = 2,145.76

|count3 = 2,145.76

|count4 = 2,148.14

|count5 = 2,155.14

|count6 = 2,306.02

|count7 = 2,504.64

|count8 = 2,544.68

|count9 = 2,558.96

|count10 = 2,580.1

|count11 = 2,583.48

|count12 = 2,642.62

|count13 = 3,182.4

|count14 = 3,199.23

|count15 = 3,237.89

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Tommy Herron

|party = Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 4.37%

|count1 = 2,480

|count2 = 2,519.9

|count3 = 2,524.9

|count4 = 2,526.9

|count5 = 2,561.28

|count6 = 2,564.8

|count7 = 2,577.94

|count8 = 2,665.88

|count9 = 2,672.26

|count10 = 2,719.26

|count11 = 2,722.26

|count12 = 3,122.34

|count13 = 3,146.76

|count14 = 3,147.2

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Walter Scott

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 3.18%

|count1 = 1,806

|count2 = 2,326.98

|count3 = 2,328.98

|count4 = 2,329.98

|count5 = 2,341.36

|count6 = 2,395.98

|count7 = 2,512.24

|count8 = 2,539.66

|count9 = 2,556.22

|count10 = 2,568.98

|count11 = 2,568.98

|count12 = 2,614.12

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = William Annon

|party = Independent Unionist

|percentage = 3.86%

|count1 = 2,192

|count2 = 2,248.62

|count3 = 2,252.62

|count4 = 2,254.62

|count5 = 2,293.76

|count6 = 2,298.14

|count7 = 2,306.52

|count8 = 2,455.56

|count9 = 2,465.62

|count10 = 2,517.46

|count11 = 2,528.46

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Owen Adams

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|percentage = 3.26%

|count1 = 1,849

|count2 = 1,850.9

|count3 = 1,856.9

|count4 = 1,857.9

|count5 = 1,858.9

|count6 = 1,858.9

|count7 = 1,858.9

|count8 = 1,859.9

|count9 = 1,865.9

|count10 = 1,865.9

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Thomas Smith

|party = Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party

|percentage = 2.35%

|count1 = 1,332

|count2 = 1,343.4

|count3 = 1,343.4

|count4 = 1,343.4

|count5 = 1,384.78

|count6 = 1,385.78

|count7 = 1,390.78

|count8 = 1,444.16

|count9 = 1,445.16

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Kate Condy

|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

|percentage = 2.21%

|count1 = 1,256

|count2 = 1,297.04

|count3 = 1,302.8

|count4 = 1,310.94

|count5 = 1,318.32

|count6 = 1,329.74

|count7 = 1,341.26

|count8 = 1,346.02

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Michael Brooks

|party = Independent Unionist

|percentage = 1.73%

|count1 = 983

|count2 = 1,063.56

|count3 = 1,064.56

|count4 = 1,065.56

|count5 = 1,082.56

|count6 = 1,086.94

|count7 = 1,096.7

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = John McKeown

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 1.46%

|count1 = 831

|count2 = 973.88

|count3 = 973.88

|count4 = 974.26

|count5 = 975.26

|count6 = 1,014.6

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Elsie Logan

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|percentage = 0.69%

|count1 = 394

|count2 = 573.36

|count3 = 575.36

|count4 = 575.36

|count5 = 579.36

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Lindsay Mason

|party = Ulster Constitution Party

|percentage = 0.36%

|count1 = 202

|count2 = 205.04

|count3 = 205.42

|count4 = 206.42

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Samuel Smyth

|party = Independent Unionist

|percentage = 0.33%

|count1 = 189

|count2 = 192.8

|count3 = 193.8

|count4 = 194.8

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = John Coulthard

|party = Northern Ireland Labour Party

|percentage = 0.23%

|count1 = 129

|count2 = 136.22

|count3 = 180.6

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = William Gunning

|party = Northern Ireland Labour Party

|percentage = 0.19%

|count1 = 107

|count2 = 110.42

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{{STV Election box candidate2

|candidate = Sarah Hughes

|party = Independent (politician)

|percentage = 0.03%

|count1 = 19

|count2 = 19.38

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{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 18

|electorate = 80,421

|valid = 56,784 (70.61%)

|spoilt = 917

|quota = 8,113

|turnout = 57,701 (71.75%)

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