Map by Conal Kelly

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

Count 2: Of McLaughlin's 6313 votes, 2478 transferred to McClelland and 2398 to Burns, thus 4876 (77.2%) to the SDLP; 351 (5.6%) to Whitcroft (Green); 197 (3.1%) to Ford (Alliance); 80 (1.3%) to Delaney (Workers Party); 13 to Kinahan, 8 to Burnside and also 8 to Nicholl, thus 29 (0.5%) to the UUP; 20 (0.3%) to O'Brien (Conservative); 5 to Clarke and 2 to Lucas, thus 7 (0.1%) to the DUP; and 2 (0.03%) to McCartney (UKUP) with 751 (11.9%) non-transferable.

Count 3: Of McCrea's 6023 votes, 3082 transferred to Lucas and 2163 to Clarke, thus 5245 (87.1%) to his DUP running-mates; 343 to Burnside, 80 to Kinahan and 58 to Nicholl, thus 481 (8.0%) to the UUP; 128 (2.1%) to Ford (Alliance); 102 (1.7%) to McCartney (UKUP); 15 (0.2%) to Whitcroft (Green); 7 to Burns and 4 to McClelland, thus 11 (0.2%) to the SDLP; 4 (0.1%) to O'Brien (Conservative); and 1 (0.02%) to Delaney (WP) with 36 (0.6%) non-transferable.

Count 8: Of the 1792 votes transferred from Kinahan to Burnside (both UUP), 456 transferred on to Clarke and 423 to Lucas, thus 879 (49.1%) to the DUP; and 262 (14.6%) to Burns (SDLP) with 651 (36.3%) non-transferable.

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, 20 March 2010.