East Antrim (Assembly constituency)
| East Antrim | |
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Northern Ireland Assembly Parliamentary Constituency |
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East Antrim shown within Northern Ireland
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| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1996 |
| Seats | 6 (1996–2016) 5 (2017–) |
| MLAs | |
| Districts |
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council |
| EP constituency | Northern Ireland |
Coordinates: 54°50′42″N 5°48′40″W / 54.845°N 5.811°W
East Antrim (Irish: Aontroim Thoir, Ulster Scots: East Anthrim) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly.
For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the North Antrim and South Antrim constituencies. From 1997 to 2010 it shared boundaries with the East Antrim UK Parliament constituency, this link was broken by the 2010 Westminster General Election but will be restored at the 2011 Assembly elections.
For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency).
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Successful candidates are shown in bold.
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