Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 2011

On 5 May 2011, 108 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly were elected, the first time that a devolved government in Northern Ireland had sought re-election since 1968.

The results

108 members were elected to the Assembly; each of the existing 18 parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland elected 6 members of the new body by the Single Transferable Vote. See spreadsheet archive.

Democratic Unionist Party	198,436	30.0%	-0.10%	38 seats	+2
Sinn Fein	178,224	26.9%	+0.80%	29 seats	+1
Social Democratic & Labour Party	94,286	14.2%	-1.00%	14 seats	-2
Ulster Unionist Party	87,531	13.2%	-1.70%	16 seats	-2
Alliance Party	50,875	7.7%	+2.50%	8 seats	+1
Traditional Unionist Voice	16,480	2.5%	+0.00%	1 seats	+1
Green Party	6,031	0.9%	-0.80%	1 seats	+0
People Before Profit Alliance	5,438	0.8%	+0.70%
UK Independence Party	4,152	0.6%	+0.40%
David McClarty (E Londonderry)	3,003	0.5%
Alan McFarland (N Down)	1,879	0.3%
Alan Chambers (N Down)	1,765	0.3%
Dawn Purvis (E Belfast)	1,702	0.3%
Progressive Unionist Party	1,493	0.2%	-0.30%		-1
Paul McFadden (Foyle)	1,280	0.2%
British National Party	1,252	0.2%			+0
Raymond McCord (N Belfast)	1,176	0.2%	+/-0.0%
Workers Party	1,155	0.2%	+/-0.0%		+0
Paddy McGowan (W Tyrone)	1,145	0.2%
Eugene McMenamin (W Tyrone)	1,096	0.2%
Pat Cox (Fermanagh S Tyrone)	997	0.2%
Hugh McCloy (Mid Ulster)	933	0.1%
Socialist Party	819	0.1%	+/-0.0%
Gary McCann (Mid Ulster)	241	0.04%
Brian Pelan (W Belfast)	122	0.02%
James Malone (Newry and Armagh)	90	0.01%
Terry Doherty (Foyle)	60	0.01%
Stephen Stewart (E Belfast)	46	0.01%
Procapitalism	29	0.004%	+0.001%

The basis for comparison in the above table is the change in vote for candidates with the same party label from 2007. Thus I have not calculated a figure for McFarland, Purvis or McMenamin, who were independent candidates in 2011 but ran under a party designation in 2007. McCord ran as an independent both times, so a comparison is possible, and has been calculated. I have also calculated a change for the People Before Profit Alliance based on the vote of the Socialist Environmental Alliance in 2007, as it is basically the same organisation.

Constituency List

East Belfast 3 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 PUP
North Belfast 3 DUP, 2 SF, 1 SDLP
South Belfast 2 SDLP, 1 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 SF, 1 Alliance
West Belfast 5 SF, 1 SDLP
East Antrim 3 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 SF
North Antrim 3 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 SF, 1 TUV
South Antrim 3 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 SF, 1 Alliance
North Down 3 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 Green
South Down 2 SDLP, 2 SF, 1 DUP, 1 UUP
Fermanagh and South Tyrone 3 SF, 2 DUP, 1 UUP
Foyle 3 SDLP, 2 SF, 1 DUP
Lagan Valley 4 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance
East Londonderry 3 DUP, 1 SF, 1 Ind, 1 SDLP
Mid Ulster 3 SF, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP
Newry and Armagh 3 SF, 1 SDLP, 1 DUP, 1 UUP
Strangford 3 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 Alliance
West Tyrone 3 SF, 1 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 SDLP
Upper Bann 2 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 SF, 1 SDLP

Analysis

The closest results were:

Phil Flanagan (SF) defeated Tommy Gallagher (SDLP) by 62 in Fermanagh-South Tyrone.
Gerardine Mulvenna (Alliance) was excluded due to a 68-vote difference with Rodney McCune (UUP) on count 8 in East Antrim; had the situation been reversed, she would likely have got enough of McCune�s transfers to defeat Oliver McMullan (SF) who won the final seat by 499 votes.
Steven Agnew (Green) defeated Anne Wilson (Alliance) by 99 in North Down
Jimmy Spratt (DUP) defeated Ruth Patterson (also DUP) by 118 in South Belfast
David McNarry (UUP) defeats Walker (DUP) by 169 in Strangford
Derek Hussey (UUP) defeated Allan Bresland (DUP) by 274 in West Tyrone.

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, 13 March 2010.

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