DUP and Sinn Fein neck-and- neck in first preference votes [results breakdown]
Posted By: March 04, 2017
Jonny Bell. Belfast Telegraph. Saturday, March 4, 2017
DUP party chairman Lord Morrow (left) with DUP leader Arlene Foster at Omagh count center
as he failed to be re-elected in Northern Ireland’s Assembly election. Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Fewer than 1,200 first preference votes separated the DUP and Sinn Fein in the election.
The DUP got 225,413 votes – 28.1% of the vote down 1.1% on last year. While Sinn Fein polled 224,245 votes up 3.9% to 27.9%.
The UUP were next with 103,314 votes, representing 12.9% a marginal increase of 0.3%. The SDLP polled 95,958, 11.9% of the vote, a drop of 0.1%
Alliance enjoyed a 2.1% increase to 9.1% of the vote with 72,717 votes.
Other parties
TUV: 20,523, 2.6% share down 0.9%
Green: 18,527, 2.3% share down 0.4%
People before Profit: 14,100, 1.8% share, down 0.2% Independents: 14,407, 1.8% share, down 4.5%
PUP: 5,590, 0.7%, down 0.2%
Conservatives: 2,399, 0.3% down 0.1%
Others: 6,122, 0.8% down 1.6%
