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Assembly Election Results - Norn Iron

category national | politics / elections | news report author Thursday March 08, 2007 19:16author by asdf Report this post to the editors

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%

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   one should add...     anon    Thu Mar 08, 2007 19:26 
   -     soc    Thu Mar 08, 2007 20:08 
   McGlinchey     Joe    Thu Mar 08, 2007 20:15 
   dissidents     a.c    Thu Mar 08, 2007 20:19 
   Nationalist vote     John    Thu Mar 08, 2007 21:00 
   Apathy     Brian Johnston    Thu Mar 08, 2007 21:07 
   Alliance ?     Paraic    Thu Mar 08, 2007 21:15 
   Actually...     RedRealist    Thu Mar 08, 2007 21:21 
   vote     A Non    Thu Mar 08, 2007 21:54 
 10   What delusion     Red Cultist    Thu Mar 08, 2007 21:54 
 11   Red Cultist     Doire Boy    Thu Mar 08, 2007 22:59 
 12   "leaving the Trots take the field"     Paul    Thu Mar 08, 2007 23:15 
 13   The Explanation of McCann's 200 drop in votes     Paraic    Thu Mar 08, 2007 23:16 
 14   'Mine is bigger than yours' reversed     FG    Thu Mar 08, 2007 23:24 
 15   come, come     anon    Thu Mar 08, 2007 23:35 
 16   Sigh...     RedRealist    Fri Mar 09, 2007 00:05 
 17   My 2% is more than your 1.5%, so there!     Karl (spinning in his grave) Marx    Fri Mar 09, 2007 00:21 
 18   National Socialism??     RedRealist    Fri Mar 09, 2007 00:43 
 19   Sectarian Votes?     asdf    Fri Mar 09, 2007 00:48 
 20   Whoops     asdf    Fri Mar 09, 2007 00:50 
 21   More wittering     Karl (spinning in his grave) Marx    Fri Mar 09, 2007 00:51 
 22   Black and White     anti-apartheid Norn Iron style    Fri Mar 09, 2007 00:57 
 23   James Connolly sectarian?     Karl (spinning in his grave) Marx    Fri Mar 09, 2007 01:00 
 24   Demographics     Terry    Fri Mar 09, 2007 01:13 
 25   Same auld scéal     Cinicí    Fri Mar 09, 2007 01:16 
 26   James Connolly     Terry    Fri Mar 09, 2007 01:59 
 27   come on     joe    Fri Mar 09, 2007 02:57 
 28   oh yesss     mic    Fri Mar 09, 2007 03:07 
 29   /     mic    Fri Mar 09, 2007 03:15 
 30   dare you you loser     ...PBP..............wbelfast    Fri Mar 09, 2007 05:57 
 31   Were not sectarian like those bloody Prods ?     Mike    Fri Mar 09, 2007 07:07 
 32   Demographics.     John    Fri Mar 09, 2007 09:44 
 33   The SP     historian    Fri Mar 09, 2007 09:48 
 34   Mc Cann vote actually an increase since 2004?     Derry Hair    Fri Mar 09, 2007 09:57 
 35   where is the Irish socialist republic of equals?     1916    Fri Mar 09, 2007 09:59 
 36   Abstentionist     Paraic    Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:02 
 37   class politics and the headcount     BK    Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:42 
 38   BK     pat c    Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:12 
 39   Grim as usual     Mark P    Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:27 
 40   Partisan BBC coverage     Marlboro man    Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:34 
 41   Ah - The existing We Won't Pay Campaign     Curious    Fri Mar 09, 2007 13:01 
 42   Mark p??     soc    Fri Mar 09, 2007 13:23 
 43   SEA in Foyle     Barney    Fri Mar 09, 2007 13:26 
 44   im confused     dawkins    Fri Mar 09, 2007 13:26 
 45   mcanns vote     elect    Fri Mar 09, 2007 13:29 
 46   transfers     BK    Fri Mar 09, 2007 13:36 
 47   BK     pat c    Fri Mar 09, 2007 13:51 
 48   irsp point of view ?     bretonnotfrench    Fri Mar 09, 2007 14:20 
 49   Serious question for Mark P     Wee man    Fri Mar 09, 2007 14:27 
 50   Even i see a new Republican alliance in the making     Smart arsed Belfast sceptic    Fri Mar 09, 2007 14:37 
 51   East Belfast counts     EB watch    Fri Mar 09, 2007 14:42 
 52   more...     BK    Fri Mar 09, 2007 14:45 
 53   West Belfast     And there's more    Fri Mar 09, 2007 15:03 
 54   How sweet     Mark P    Fri Mar 09, 2007 15:15 
 55   mark- come on     swpper    Fri Mar 09, 2007 15:37 
 56   and more     anarcho    Fri Mar 09, 2007 15:44 
 57   gorge rising     Neutral outside who just happens to know all about the SWP    Fri Mar 09, 2007 16:07 
 58   ???     Cliftonville boy    Fri Mar 09, 2007 16:24 
 59   !!!     Springfield Mucker    Fri Mar 09, 2007 16:35 
 60   lies     mic    Fri Mar 09, 2007 16:36 
 61   the people have spoken     partyofone    Fri Mar 09, 2007 17:13 
 62   Discuss the election     PL    Fri Mar 09, 2007 17:49 
 63   SP - on crime     2p worth    Fri Mar 09, 2007 18:29 
 64   Really     Really    Fri Mar 09, 2007 18:45 
 65   McCanns vote decrease     Barry    Fri Mar 09, 2007 19:20 
 66   water charges and elections     My group is better than your group    Fri Mar 09, 2007 19:35 
 67   Bizarre     non payer    Fri Mar 09, 2007 20:31 
 68   is it the way forward     ok so answer the question    Fri Mar 09, 2007 21:28 
 69   truly bizarre     non-payer (personal capacity)    Fri Mar 09, 2007 22:30 
 70   Love PR     L1919    Sat Mar 10, 2007 00:04 
 71   building from here     BK    Sat Mar 10, 2007 00:15 
 72   E.McCann     Seamy    Sat Mar 10, 2007 00:28 
 73   Northern Elections Disaster     Billy Bob    Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:59 
 74   Less Haste, Billy Bob.     Paraic    Sat Mar 10, 2007 13:30 
 75   Billy Bob for Fuehrer!     Daf    Sat Mar 10, 2007 13:55 
 76   Call a ceasefire and start building for the future     Patrick Henry    Sat Mar 10, 2007 14:08 
 77   Socialist Republcan alternative     ThH    Sat Mar 10, 2007 14:40 
 78   Revenge is Sweet !     Smoke-filled backroom boy    Sat Mar 10, 2007 14:43 
 79   Question for all non pacifists     Lenny    Sat Mar 10, 2007 15:28 
 80   McCann's the Man - SWP is his albatross.     Paraic    Sat Mar 10, 2007 15:55 
 81   McCann's the Man !     Par    Sat Mar 10, 2007 16:20 
 82   beautiful imagery Padraic! (last comment)     vogelfanger    Sat Mar 10, 2007 16:24 
 83   Disaster?     BIG IAN    Sat Mar 10, 2007 16:29 
 84   All Raytheon 9 part of DAWC     DAWC member    Sat Mar 10, 2007 16:35 
 85   Donegal North East     Gary Don    Sat Mar 10, 2007 16:51 
 86   Sorry     Paraic    Sat Mar 10, 2007 18:32 
 87   Forgetting the obvious     Ex-Siptu member    Sat Mar 10, 2007 18:42 
 88   Eamonn McCann, Socialist Anti-War takes on the Donegal Mafia     Paraic    Sat Mar 10, 2007 18:48 
 89   Donegal North East     Gary Don    Sat Mar 10, 2007 19:08 
 90   How do you know ?     Paraic    Sat Mar 10, 2007 19:31 
 91   My two cents     Doire Boy    Sat Mar 10, 2007 19:34 
 92   Paraic     Pushkin    Sat Mar 10, 2007 20:04 
 93   Cold Comfort     Paraic    Sat Mar 10, 2007 20:20 
 94   Paraic     Pushkin    Sat Mar 10, 2007 20:33 
 95   A Foppish Anglo     Paraic    Sat Mar 10, 2007 20:38 
 96   Mary will simply love you, Pushkin !     Paraic    Sat Mar 10, 2007 20:48 
 97   Paraic     Pushkin    Sun Mar 11, 2007 15:21 
 98   GP gaining     jolly green giant    Sun Mar 11, 2007 15:24 
 99   Preferred Fianna Fáil Option     Bertie watcher    Sun Mar 11, 2007 15:44 
 100   JGG     Pushkin    Sun Mar 11, 2007 15:45 
 101   Bit of reality please     GSOH    Tue Mar 13, 2007 08:56 
 102   McKenna     observer    Tue Mar 13, 2007 09:11 
 103   beg to differ     anon    Tue Mar 13, 2007 09:23 
 104   Ohhhhhh you fiend!     Red Jed    Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:52 


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