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 NORTHERN IRELAND / UK

King: Charles III. · First Minister: Paul Givan (DUP) · Governing parties: DUP, SF, UUP, SDLP, APNI
Legislative elections: Northern Ireland Assembly, 5-year term, 90 seats, STV:

Party 2022 2017
Sinn Féin (SF)
   
United Ireland
Democratic socialism 
29,0% 27 27,9% 27
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
 
Unionism
National conservatism
Social conservatism
21,3% 25 28,1% 28
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
 
Liberalism
  
13,5% 17 9,1% 8
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
 
Unionism
Conservatism
11,2% 9 12,9% 10
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
 
United Ireland
Social democracy 
9,1% 8 11,9% 12
Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
 
Unionism
National conservatism
Social conservatism
7,6% 1 2,6% 1
Green Party in Northern Ireland (GPNI)
 
Green politics
  
1,9% - 2,3% 2
Aontú (AON)
Unity 
United Ireland
Social conservatism  
1,5% - - -
People Before Profit (PBP)
[2017: PBPA]  
Socialism
Trotskyism
United Ireland
1,1% 1 1,8% 1
Independents  - 2 1,8%  1
Others 3,7% - 1,6%  -
Total - 90 - 90
Turnout 63,6% 64,8%

 © 2022 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: BBC (http://www.bbc.com).

Archive: Legislative elections, 1998-2017 ( For full coverage, 1945-present, click here):

1998 2003 2007 2011 2016 2017
DUP % 18,0 25,6 30,1 30,0 29,2 28,1
  S. 20 30 36 38 38 28
SF % 17,7 23,5 26,2 26,9 24,0 27,9
  S. 18 24 28 29 28 27
UUP % 21,3 22,7 14,9 13,2 12,6 12,9
  S. 28 27 18 16 16 10
SDLP % 22,0 17,0 15,2 14,2 12,0 11,9
  S. 24 18 16 14 12 12
APNI % 6,5 3,7 5,2 7,7 7,0 9,1
  S. 6 6 7 8 8 8
TUV % - - - 2,5 3,4 2,6
  S. - - - 1 1 1
GPNI % 0,1 0,4 1,7 0,9 2,7 2,3
  S. - - 1 - 2 2
PBPA % - - 0,1 0,8 2,0 1,8
  S. - - - - 2 1
PUP % 2,6 1,2 0,6 0,2 0,9 0,7
  S. 2 1 1 - - -
UKUP % 4,5 0,8 1,5 - - -
  S. 5 1 - - - -
NIWC % 1,6 0,8 - - - -
  S. 2 - - - - -
Others % 5,7 4,3 4,5 3,6 6,2 2,7
  S. 3 1 1 1 1 1
Total S. 108 108 108 108 108 90
Turnout % 69,9 63,1 63,5 54,5 54,2 64,8

Abbreviations: DUP: Democratic Unionist Party; SF: Sinn Fein; UUP: Ulster Unionist Party; SDLP: Social Democratic and Labour Party; APNI: Alliance Party of Northern Ireland; TUV: Traditional Unionist Voice; GPNI: Green Party in Northern Ireland; PBPA: People Before Profit Alliance; PUP: Progressive Unionist Party; UKUP: United Kingdom Unionist Party; NIWC: Northern Ireland Women's Coalition. © 2022 Wolfram Nordsieck.