Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011

2007 ← 5 May 2011 → 2016

outgoing members ← → MLAs elected

All 108 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly 55 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Peter Robinson Gerry Adams Tom Elliott Party DUP Sinn Féin UUP Leader since 31 May 2008 13 November 1983 22 September 2010 Leader's seat Belfast East Belfast West Fermanagh & South Tyrone Last election 36 seats (30.1%) 28 seats (26.2%) 18 seats (14.9%) Seats won 38 29 16 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 198,436 178,224 87,531 Percentage 30% 26.9% 13.2% Swing 0.1% 0.7% 1.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Margaret Ritchie David Ford Jim Allister Party SDLP Alliance TUV Leader since 7 February 2010 6 October 2001 7 December 2007 Leader's seat South Down South Antrim North Antrim Last election 16 seats (15.2%) 7 seats (5.2%) New party Seats won 14 8 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 94,286 50,875 16,480 Percentage 14.2% 7.7% 2.5% Swing 1.0% 2.5% 2.5%   Seventh party   Leader Steven Agnew Party Green (NI) Leader since 10 January 2011 Leader's seat North Down Last election 1 seat (1.7%) Seats won 1 Seat change 0 Popular vote 6,031 Percentage 0.9% Swing 0.8%

Number of seats gained by each of the parties.

First Minister and deputy First Minister before election Peter Robinson (DUP) & Martin McGuinness (SF) First Minister and deputy First Minister after election Peter Robinson (DUP) & Martin McGuinness (SF)

Peter Robinson (DUP) &
Martin McGuinness (SF)

Peter Robinson (DUP) &
Martin McGuinness (SF)

The 2011 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly took place on Thursday, 5 May, following the dissolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly at midnight on 24 March 2011. It was the fourth election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998.

It was held on the same day as elections for Northern Ireland's 26 local councils, the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections, a number of local elections in England and the United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. As in the past, the 2011 election to the Assembly was conducted using the single transferable vote (STV) system of proportional representation. The 108 seats were contested in 18 constituencies by 218 candidates, including 15 independents and the nominees of 14 separate political parties.

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