Voters cast their ballots on Thursday, but counting is set to go on well into Saturday due to the electoral system used
Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill and Mary Lou McDonald arrive at Belfast City Hall as results come inSinn Fein is celebrating early success in council elections in Northern Ireland - while the Democratic Unionist Party says unionism will need to"look at where it's going" if poor results and turnout continue.
Northern Ireland elects its councillors using the single transferable vote system - meaning people rank their candidates in order of preference, and after someone passes the bar for election, the rest of the ballots cast for them are redistributed to second choice, and then third choice, and so on.While these were elections for council seats, as with most local votes they were likely influenced by national issues.
, which changed the way the post-Brexit agreement worked, the DUP still refused to enter power-sharing.Everything you need to know about the Northern Ireland local elections She added:"We are very pleased with that. We ran a very positive campaign and we are very pleased that the response to that has just been so positive by way of returns.
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