2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election

2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election

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All 108 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly
Turnout	62.3% 0.7%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ian Paisley Gerry Adams Reg Empey Party DUP Sinn Féin UUP Leader since 30 September 1971 13 November 1983 24 June 2005 Leader's seat North Antrim Belfast West Belfast East Last election 30 seats, 27.8% 24 seats, 23.5% 27 seats, 22.7% Seats won 36 28 18 Seat change 6 4 9 Popular vote 207,721 180,573 103,145 Percentage 30.1% 26.2% 14.9% Swing 4.4% 2.7% 7.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Mark Durkan David Ford John Barry Party SDLP Alliance Green (NI) Leader since 10 November 2001 6 October 2001 January 2003 Leader's seat Foyle South Antrim Did not stand Last election 18 seats, 16.7% 6 seats, 3.7% 0 seat, 0.4% Seats won 16 7 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 105,164 36,139 11,985 Percentage 15.2% 5.2% 1.7% Swing 1.8% 1.5% 1.3%   Seventh party   Leader Dawn Purvis Party PUP Leader since 2007 Leader's seat Belfast East Last election 1 seat, 1.2% Seats won 1 Seat change Popular vote 3,822 Percentage 0.6% Swing 0.6%
Seats won by each party and combined first preference vote share of the largest party. Break down of each party and sectarian camp's seats in constituencies Election results. Voters elect 6 assembly members from the 18 constituencies.
First Minister before election Suspended First Minister after election Ian Paisley DUP

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The 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on Wednesday, 7 March 2007. It was the third election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. The election saw endorsement of the St Andrews Agreement and the two largest parties, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin, along with the Alliance Party, increase their support, with falls in support for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP).

The 2007 election was held using STV and 18 multi-seat districts, each electing 6 members.