Assembly Election Results - Norn Iron
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Thursday March 08, 2007 19:16
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Still a sectarian Headcount
Despite, predictions to the contrary, elections in the wee north continue to be pretty much a sectarian headcount. The predictions of an SDLP revival, on one side, and a grassroots republican revolt, on the other, both turned out to be wishful thinking as Sinn Fein and the DUP continued their growth among the respective sides of the sectarian divide. The prediction of an increased turnout (which was repeated right until the end of counting) also turned out to be a figment.
With all constituencies having declared, the following are the states of the parties.
| Party | Votes | Percent | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | 207,721 | 30.1% | +4.4% |
| SF | 180,573 | 26.2% | +2.6% |
| SDLP | 105,064 | 15.2% | -1.8% |
| UUP | 103,145 | 14.9% | -7.7% |
| Alliance | 36,139 | 5.2% | +1.6% |
| Greens | 11,985 | 1.7% | +1.4% |
| UK Unionists | 10,552 | 1.5% | +0.7% |
| PUP | 3,822 | 0.6% | -0.6% |
| Conservatives | 3,457 | 0.5% | +0.3% |
| Others | 27,732 | 4.0% | +0.4% |
| Turnout | 696,538 | 63.5% | -0.5% |
The results for those independents who were identified as "dissident" Republicans and the leftist parties are given below. They are, obviously, still extremely marginal, with only a couple of candidates managing to take over 2% of the vote in any constituency.
| "Dissident" Republicans | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| East Londonderry | Michael McGonigle | RSF | 393 | 1.2% |
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone | Gerry McGeough | Ind | 814 | 1.8% |
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone | Michael McManus | RSF | 431 | 0.9% |
| Foyle | Peggy O'Hara | Ind. | 1,789 | 4.4% |
| Mid-Ulster | Brendan McLaughlin | RSF | 437 | 1.0% |
| Newry & Armagh | Davy Hyland | Ind | 2188 | 4.4% |
| North Antrim | Paul McGlinchey | Ind | 383 | 0.9% |
| South Down | Martin Cunningham | Ind | 434 | 0.9% |
| Upper Bann | Barry Toman | RSF | 386 | 0.9% |
| West Belfast | Geraldine Taylor | RSF | 427 | 1.3% |
| West Tyrone | Joe O'Neill | RSF | 448 | 1.1% |
| Total | 8,130 | 1.1% | ||
| Lefties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| East Belfast | Tommy Black | SP | 225 | 0.8% |
| East Belfast | Joe Bell | WP | 107 | 0.4% |
| Foyle | Eamonn McCann | SEA/SWP | 2,045 | 5.0% |
| Lagan Valley | John Magee | WP | 83 | 0.2% |
| North Belfast | John Lavery | WP | 139 | 0.5% |
| South Antrim | Marcella Delaney | WP | 89 | 0.2% |
| South Belfast | Jim Barbour | SP | 248 | 0.8% |
| South Belfast | Paddy Lynn | WP | 123 | 0.4% |
| West Belfast | Sean Mitchell | PBP/SWP | 774 | 2.3% |
| West Belfast | John Lowry | WP | 434 | 1.3% |
| Total | 4,267 | 0.6% | ||