Sinn Féin was the party with the most votes, with 29% of the vote, the DUP with 21.3% and the Alianza party with 13.5%. Sinn Féin would get 26 seats and DUP 24.
Euskaraz irakurri: Garaipen historikoa lortu du Sinn Feinek Ipar Irelandn, unionists 100 urteko nagusitasunarekin amaituz
waiting for the the final results of the elections held in Northern Ireland on Thursday, everything points to the republican party Sinn Féin is the first forceending with 100 years of union rule One hundred years after the division of the island into two jurisdictionsthe impact this change could have in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is significant, as Sinn Féin de the governments of Belfast and Dublin.
The Republican party is by far the most voted party in this election. Sinn Fein has achieved 29% of the first choice votes (1.1 points more than in the 2017 elections), the trade union party DUP achieved 21.3% (6.7 points less than in 2017) and the Alliance Partyqualified as “neutral” 13.5% (4.5 points more than in 2017).
At 7 p.m., 81 of the 90 seats in the Assembly had been distributed. Sinn Féin would get 26; the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 24, the Alliance Party 17, the Unionist Party of the UUP 9; the Social Democratic Workers’ Party (SDLP), 6; and the independents, 3.
The participation was 63.61%. Five years ago, the turnout was 64.8%.
Is the unification of Ireland possible?
The leader of Sinn Féin in the north, Michelle O’Neill -daughter of a former member of the IRA- will after these elections her candidacy for the position of Chief Executive Minister shared power with the trade unionists, a position never before occupied by a nationalist politician.
To the south, another woman, the president of Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald -which replaced the historic Gerry Adams- led Sinn Féin to become the most voted party in the 2020 general election in the Republic of Ireland. McDonald won 24.5% of the vote, ahead of the hegemonic Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, but found no support among the minority parties to become prime minister. Now the results from the north give McDonald another push to try again in the next election.
Anyway, while the unification of the island remains one of the aspirations of the formation, social issues such as health, education, housing or the economy in general are currently the pillars of Sinn Féin’s policy.
Unionist boycott
Now we will have to see what role the union members play. since the good friday dealboth sensitivities are required to handle shared governmentsbut after these results, the unionists threaten to boycott the formation of a power-sharing government if progress is not made on the post-Brexit status from Northern Ireland.
The DUP still defends leaving the EU, but wants changes in the controversial protocol designed by London and Brussels to assess goods coming in from Britain while avoiding a hard border between the two Ireland, key to the peace process.
For her part, Michelle O’Neill, if elected, has promised a… inclusive leadershipwhich celebrates diversity, which guarantees rights and equality for those historically excluded, discriminated against or ignored”.
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