Map by Conal Kelly

See also results of all Fermanagh/South Tyrone elections 1993-2010 and full counts from 1998 and 2003. Spreadsheet for 2007 here.

		Count 1	Surplus Foster		Surplus Gildernew		Surplus Elliott		Exclude McCartney
Arlene Foster	DUP	7138	-503	6635		6635		6635		6635
Michelle Gildernew	Sinn Féin	7026		7026	-391	6635		6635		6635
Tom Elliott	UUP	6603	77.42	6680.42		6680.42	-45.42	6635		6635
Tommy Gallagher	SDLP	4440	1.54	4441.54	22.10	4463.64	0.64	4464.28	2.04	4466.32
Maurice Morrow	DUP	4700	398.23	5098.23	0.35	5098.58	21.60	5120.18	183.85	5304.03
Gerry McHugh	Sinn Féin	5103	0.00	5103.00	174.10	5277.10	0.00	5277.10	1.15	5278.25
Sean Lynch	Sinn Féin	4704	0.42	4704.42	115.50	4819.92	0.04	4819.96	2.00	4821.96
Kenneth Donaldson	UUP	2531	13.09	2544.09	0.35	2544.44	19.08	2563.52	112.94	2676.46
Vincent Currie	SDLP	2043	0.56	2043.56	21.70	2065.26	0.08	2065.34	4.12	2069.46
Gerry McGeough	Independent	814	0.00	814.00	10.80	824.80	0.00	824.80	2.00	826.80
Allan Leonard	Alliance	521	0.49	521.49	1.30	522.79	0.04	522.83	13.11	535.94
Michael McManus		431	0.21	431.21	1.15	432.36	0.04	432.40	0.00	432.40
Robert McCartney	UKUP	388	5.39	393.39	0.25	393.64	1.36	395.00	-395.00
	Non-transferable		5.65	5.65	43.40	49.05	2.54	51.59	73.79	125.38

Count 2: Of Foster's 7138 votes, 5689 (79.7%) transferred to her party colleague Morrow (DUP); 1106 to Elliott and 187 to Donaldson, thus 1293 (18.1%) to the UUP; 77 (1.1%) to McCartney (UKUP); 22 to Gallagher and 8 to Currie, thus 30 (0.4%) to the SDLP; 7 (0.1%) to Leonard (Alliance); 6 to Lynch and none to McHugh, thus 6 (0.1%) to SF; 3 (0.04%) to McManus; and none at all to McGeough (Ind) with 33 (0.5%) non-transferable.

Count 3: Of Gildernew's 7026 votes, 3482 transferred to McHugh and 2310 to Lynch, thus 5792 (82.4%) staying with SF; 442 went to Galagher and 434 to Currie, thus 876 (12.5%) to the SDLP; 216 (3.1%) to McGeough; 26 (0.4%) to Leonard (Alliance); 23 (0.3%) to McManus; 7 (0.1%) to Morrow (DUP); also 7 (0.1%) to Donaldson (UUP); and 5 (0.1%) to McCartney (UKUP) with 74 (1.1%) non-transferable.

Count 4: Of the 1106 votes transferred to Elliott from Foster, 540 (48.8%) transferred on to Morrow (DUP); 477 (43.1%) to Donaldson (UUP); 34 (3.1%) to McCartney (UKUP); 16 to Gallagher and 2 to Curries, thus 18 (1.6%) to the SDLP; 1 to Lynch and none to McHugh, thus 1 (0.1%) to SF; also 1 (0.1%) to Leonard (Alliance); also 1 (0.1%) to McManus; and none to McGeough with 34 (3.1%) non-transferable.

		Count 5	Exclude McGeough, Leonard and McManus		Exclude Currie		Exclude Donaldson
Foster	DUP	6635		6635		6635		6635
Gildernew	SF	6635		6635		6635		6635
Elliott	UUP	6635		6635		6635		6635
Gallagher	SDLP	4466.32	303.02	4769.34	1870.66	6640.00		6640.00
Morrow	DUP	5304.03	29.23	5333.26	12.31	5345.57	1668.00	7013.57
McHugh	SF	5278.25	387.55	5665.80	81.45	5747.25	29.39	5776.64
Lynch	SF	4821.96	244.95	5066.91	72.25	5139.16	49.22	5188.38
Donaldson	UUP	2676.46	147.18	2823.64	63.37	2887.01	-2887.01
Currie	SDLP	2069.46	191.30	2260.76	-2260.76
McGeough	Independent	826.80	-826.80
Leonard	Alliance	535.94	-535.94
McManus		432.40	-432.40
		125.38	491.91	617.29	160.72	778.01	1140.40	1918.41

See also: Jim Riley's analysis of votes and seats in the 1998 Assembly election | The constituencies | Single Transferable Vote | The political parties | Useful books and links

Full 2007 results for each seat: East Belfast | North Belfast | South Belfast | West Belfast | East Antrim | North Antrim | South Antrim | North Down | South Down | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Foyle | Lagan Valley | East Londonderry | Mid Ulster | Newry and Armagh | Strangford | West Tyrone | Upper Bann

Other sites based at ARK: ORB (Online Research Bank) | CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) | Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey

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Nicholas Whyte, 23 December 2003.