The Irish reunification party looks set to win after Thursday’s elections. The vote count is expected to last until late Friday or early Saturday.
Euskaraz irakurri: Sinn Fein, Ipar Irish garaipen historikoa eskuratzeko bidean
The nationalist Sinn Féin party is heading for the first force of the British province of Northern Ireland, ending 100 years of Unionist rule. It would be a historic turn of events that, if fulfilled, would open up the previously remote possibility of a united ireland
As the slow vote count in Thursday’s election progresses due to the complex electoral system, the former political wing of the IRA emerges as the winner.
The vote count is expected to last until late Friday or early Saturday. So far, early studies indicate that possible victory of the nationalist partywhich would thus become the first Irish political group to win a large majority of seats in Regional Assembly elections since the state’s creation in 1921.
For now, a Sinn Féin victory would not change the status of the region, as the required referendum to leave the UK falls under the purview of the British government and could take years.
“I feel very positive, I think we’ve had a very positive campaign,” said the region’s leader, Michelle O’Neill, who, if she wins, will hold the post of Prime Minister, a position never passed by. a nationalist politician.
According to latest polls Published this week, Sinn Féin would get about 26% of the first preference votes, for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which still holds a majority, to which it attributes 19%.
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Source: EITB
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