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General election 2017: A detailed look at the result in Northern Ireland

20th June 201717th July 2017 Ray Russell elections and electorial registration

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Westminster general election of 8 June 2017 resulted in a ‘hung parliament’, with the Conservatives as the largest party

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Democracy and Government

Transferred votes in the March 2017 Assembly Election

16th March 20175th July 2017 Robert Barry elections and electorial registration

Reading Time: 2 minutes Transferred votes are an extremely important part of the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system. In the 2017 Assembly Election, only

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Democracy and Government

Election 2016: An analysis of results and transfers

12th October 20166th July 2017 Ray Russell elections and electorial registration

Reading Time: 5 minutes Yesterday, we published a post which examined the 2016 Assembly election results in terms of candidates and voter turnout. This

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Democracy and Government

Election 2016: Candidates and voter turnout

11th October 20166th July 2017 Ray Russell elections and electorial registration

Reading Time: 5 minutes The fifth Assembly election since the return of devolution in 1998 took place on 5 May 2016. The DUP consolidated

Democracy and Government

Could responsibility for Assembly elections be devolved?

18th May 201627th March 2018 Ray McCaffrey elections and electorial registration, Electoral law

Reading Time: 4 minutes On 5 May voters went to the polls to elect 108 Members to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Elections in Northern

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