2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election

2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election

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All 108 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly
Turnout	54.9%[1] (0.8%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Arlene Foster Martin McGuinness [a] Mike Nesbitt Party DUP Sinn Féin UUP Leader since 17 December 2015 8 May 2007 31 March 2012 Leader's seat Fermanagh and South Tyrone Foyle Strangford Last election 38 seats, 30.0% 29 seats, 26.9% 16 seats, 13.2% Seats won 38 28 16 Seat change 1 Popular vote 202,567 166,785 87,302 Percentage 29.2% 24.0% 12.6% Swing 0.8% 2.9% 0.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Colum Eastwood David Ford Steven Agnew Party SDLP Alliance Green (NI) Leader since 14 November 2015 6 October 2001 10 January 2011 Leader's seat Foyle South Antrim North Down Last election 14 seats, 14.2% 8 seats, 7.7% 1 seat, 0.9% Seats won 12 8 2 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 83,364 48,447 18,718 Percentage 12.0% 7.0% 2.7% Swing 2.2% 0.7% 1.8%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Eamonn McCann[2] Jim Allister Party People Before Profit TUV Leader since N/A 7 December 2007 Leader's seat Foyle North Antrim Last election 0 seats, 0.8% 1 seat, 2.4% Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 Popular vote 13,761 23,776 Percentage 2.0% 3.4% Swing 1.2% 1.0%
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 and deputy First Minister before election Arlene Foster (DUP) & Martin McGuinness (SF) First Minister and deputy First Minister after election Arlene Foster (DUP) & Martin McGuinness (SF)

The 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2016. It was the fifth election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. 1,281,595 individuals were registered to vote in the election (representing an increase of 5.9% compared to the previous Assembly election).^[3] Turnout in the 2016 Assembly election was 703,744 (54.9%), a decline of less than one percentage point from the previous Assembly Election in 2011, but down 15 percentage points from the first election to the Assembly held in 1998.^[4]

As in the 2007 and 2011 elections, the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin won the most seats, with the DUP winning 38 and Sinn Féin winning 28 of the available 108 seats. The Ulster Unionist Party won 16 seats, the Social Democratic and Labour Party 12 and the Alliance 8, while two seats were won by the Green Party and People Before Profit. The Traditional Unionist Voice and an independent candidate each won one seat.

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