2014 Northern Ireland local elections

2014 Northern Ireland local elections

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All 462 council seats
Turnout	51.3%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Peter Robinson Martin McGuinness Mike Nesbitt Party DUP Sinn Féin UUP Seats won 130 105 88 Seat change 15 10 11 Popular vote 144,928 151,137 101,385 Percentage 23.1% 24.1% 16.1% Swing 4.1% 0.7% 0.9%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Alasdair McDonnell David Ford Jim Allister Party SDLP Alliance TUV Seats won 66 32 13 Seat change 1 2 10 Popular vote 85,237 41,769 28,310 Percentage 13.6% 6.7% 4.5% Swing 1.4% 0.7% 2.5%
Party with the most votes, by council and electoral area Party with the most seats, by council

Local elections were held in Northern Ireland on Thursday 22 May 2014, contesting 462 seats in all, as part of the wider local elections across the United Kingdom. The election took place on the same day as the European Parliament election.^[1] 1,243,649 people aged 18 and over were eligible to vote, and 51.3% of the electorate turned out.^[2]