Election 2022 Live Blog: Counting well underway in the Northern ireland Assembly Elections
239 candidates are contesting 90 seats accross 18 constituencies
There are 5 seats to fill in each constituency with counting expected to continue into Saturday in some areas.
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Last updated: Friday, 06 May, 2022, 14:49
Show new updatesELECTION 2022: East Antrim – UUP veteran Roy Beggs struggling for survival
Arriving at the election count at Titanic Exhibition Centre, she said: “It certainly looks like it has been a positive election for us but there is a long way to go
Alliance leader Naomi Long said it looks like it has been a positive election for her party
Edwin Poots has told the News Letter that he is confident of holding the seat for the DUP won last time around by the late Christopher Stalford.
Sinn Fein vice-president Michelle O’Neill has refused to predict whether her party will finish top in the Assembly election
The former UUP leader just admitted to the News Letter that he will probably be in a battle for the fifth Strangford seat:
DUP South Down activists predict the final breakdown will be 2 Sinn Fein, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance and Diane Forsythe Forsythe taking the sole unionist seat in the constituency.
An Ulster Unionist spokesperson has said the party is confident that leader Doug Beattie will win a seat in Upper Bann.
They pointed out that with him sitting on more than 6,000 votes reports of his demise were exaggerated.
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