North Belfast - SF 2, SDLP 1, DUP 2, UUP 1 No change. UUP holding on despite strong DUP challenge. SF now outpoll SDLP 2:1 and pressure will increase.

East Belfast - DUP 3, UUP 1, Alliance 1, PUP 1 DUP gain from UUP in home of leader Reg Empey. Great result for Alliance deputy leader Naomi Long, who came within 52 votes of beating DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson to top the poll.

New PUP leader Dawn Purvis, remarkably, held David Ervine's seat.

Foyle - SDLP 3, SF 2, DUP 1 SF vote slightly down due to good performance from independent republican Peggy O'Hara (76), whose son Patsy died on hunger strike. With 37%, this is SDLP's best constituency.

East Derry - DUP 3, UUP 1, SF 1, SDLP 1 DUP win seat from UUP. SF vote climbing here and party will be eyeing SDLP seat next time.

South Down - SDLP 2, SF 2, UUP 1, DUP 1 UUP lucky to hold on. SF snapping at SDLP heels here and unionist and Alliance/Green votes will be needed to guarantee the SDLP retains its seat in the next Westminster election.

North Down - DUP 2, UUP 2, Greens 1, Alliance 1 Greens gain their "rst Assembly seat.

UK Unionist leader Bob McCartney pays the price for standing in six constituencies and loses his seat, ending his political career. DUP vote up 11% but party would have liked a third seat.

South Antrim - DUP 2, UUP 1, SF 1, Alliance 1, SDLP 1 UUP loses a seat, SF gains one.

Cliffhanger here with DUP narrowly missing out to SDLP for "nal seat. SF's Mitchel McLaughlin topping the poll, delivering a seat his party had long wanted and resurrecting a political career many thought over.

North Antrim - DUP 3, UUP 1, SDLP 1, SF 1 The SDLP's Declan O'Loan, whose wife Nuala is the North's police ombudsman, just held on and stopped the DUP taking a fourth seat.

DUP vote continues to grow in Ian Paisley's constituency.

East Antrim - DUP 3, UUP 2, Alliance 1 DUP vote up 11%. Courageous SDLP Larne mayor Danny O'Connor, whose home has been attacked by loyalists many times, misses out, leaving nationalists unrepresented here.

Mid-Ulster - SF 3, SDLP 1, UUP 1, DUP 1 Another strong SF performance led by Martin McGuinness. DUP vote fell slightly in this constituency, bucking the overall trend.

Upper Bann - DUP 2, UUP 2, SF 1, SDLP 1 SF unlucky not to take two seats here.

Outpolled the UUP but unionist transfers brought that party a second seat.

Newry and Armagh - SF 3, SDLP 1, DUP 1, UUP 1 SF comfortably held its three seats here. Despite SDLP high hopes for Sharon Haughey, the party's vote actually fell 5%. Best independent republican performance in the North from Davy Hyland. Ex-DUP Assembly member Paul Berry, caught with a gay masseur, ran as an indepedent. He polled strongly but lost his seat.

Strangford - DUP 4, UUP 1, Alliance 1 DUP win a UUP seat in this constituency where Iris Robinson dominates. SDLP dreams of a seat ruined as party vote didn't increase enough.

Fermanagh and South Tyrone - SF 2, DUP 2, SDLP 1, UUP 1 Slight growth in SF vote but party will be disappointed that former Long Kesh OC Se�n Lynch didn't take a third seat. Strong DUP performance, with Arlene Foster topping the poll.

West Tyrone - SF 3, DUP 2, Ind 1 Omagh hospital candidate Dr Kieran Deeny lucky to hold on. UUP loses seat to DUP. SF vote up 6%, winning a new seat. SDLP loses one due to total disorganisation - running three candidates and having none elected.

Lagan Valley - DUP 3, SF 1, UUP 1, Alliance 1 SF comfortably took SDLP seat. DUP vote up 28%, the same percentage the UUP vote fell. Jeffrey Donaldson's defection has cost that party dearly.

Suzanne Breen