Election in North of Ireland- gains for DUP and Sinn Fein

Below you can see some of the results for the election in the North of Ireland, and the predictions of Irish Republican News....

So far, Sinn Fein have been positive about their gains, and are announcing their eagerness to work alongside the DUP and Ian Paisley. This could be a long few weeks leading up to March the 26th deadline as Paisley reacted yesterday saying that 'there would be no power-sharing unless Sinn Fein "repents" and "turn from their evil ways", while Gerry Adams reacted to the election by saying that ' those who voted did so to see Northern Ireland's institutions working'. It shall be an interesting few weeks for politicians of the North, that is certain!

So far, 72 of the 108 seats have been filled.

The breakdown is as follows:

First preference result: Final seats prediction:

DUP: 30.1% (25.7% in 2003) 33-38 seats (30 seats in 2003)

SF: 26.2% (23.5% in 2003) 27-29 seats (24 seats in 2003)

SDLP: 15.2% (17.0% in 2003) 14-18 seats (18 seats in 2003)

UUP: 14.9% (22.7% in 2003) 14-18 seats (27 seats in 2003)

All.: 5.2% (3.7% in 2003) 5-7 seats (6 seats in 2003)

Ind: 3.2% (2.8% in 2003) 0-2 seats (1 seats in 2003)

Green: 1.7% (0.3% in 2003) 0-1 seats (0 seats in 2003)

UKUP: 1.5% (0.8% in 2003) 0-1 seats (1 seats in 2003)

PUP: 0.6% (1.2% in 2003) 1 seats (1 seats in 2003)

Update of final result:

Final result:

DUP 36 (+6)

SF 28 (+4)

UUP 18 (-9)

SDLP 16 (-2)

All. 7 (+1)

Gre. 1 (+1)

PUP 1

Ind. 1