Next Northern Ireland Assembly election information
Upcoming elections for Northern Ireland
Next Northern Ireland Assembly election
← 2022
No later than 6 May 2027
← outgoing members
All 90 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly
Leader
Michelle O'Neill[n 1]
Gavin Robinson[n 2]
Naomi Long
Party
Sinn Féin
DUP
Alliance
Leader since
23 January 2017[n 3]
29 March 2024
26 October 2016
Leader's seat
Mid Ulster
MP (not an MLA)[n 4]
Belfast East
Last election
27 seats, 29.0%
25 seats, 21.3%
17 seats, 13.5%
Leader
Doug Beattie
Colum Eastwood
Jim Allister
Party
Ulster Unionist
SDLP
TUV
Leader since
27 May 2021
14 November 2015
7 December 2007
Leader's seat
Upper Bann
MP (not an MLA)[n 5]
North Antrim
Last election
9 seats, 11.2%
8 seats, 9.1%
1 seat, 7.6%
Leader
Eamonn McCann[n 6]
Party
People Before Profit
Last election
1 seat, 1.1%
Incumbent First Minister and deputy First Minister
Michelle O'Neill (SF) & Emma Little-Pengelly (DUP)
A Northern Ireland Assembly election will be held to elect 90 members to the Northern Ireland Assembly by 6 May 2027.
After the Northern Ireland Assembly election on 5 May 2022, the DUP (the largest unionist party in the legislature) declined to agree on the appointment of Speaker to the Assembly, preventing the formation of an Executive. Chris Heaton-Harris, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, confirmed a legal obligation to call an election if no Executive was formed by a 27 October 2022 deadline.[2] No Executive was formed by this deadline,[3] but the deadline was extended by legislation in the Westminster Parliament.[4][5] A deadline of 18 January 2024 was then proposed.[6][7] On 31 January 2024 the DUP and UK Government announced a deal had been struck to revive the Executive,[8] and on 3 February 2024 the Assembly swore in Sinn Fein First Minister Michelle O'Neill and DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly.[9]
This election will be the eighth since the assembly was established in 1998. Seven parties have MLAs in the seventh assembly: Sinn Féin led by Michelle O'Neill, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) led by Gavin Robinson,[10] Alliance led by Naomi Long, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) led by Doug Beattie, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) led by Colum Eastwood, Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) led by Jim Allister, in addition to People Before Profit (PBP), who have a collective leadership.
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^"Stormont election: Further delay suggested as NI Protocol talks continue". BBC News. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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^Pogatchnik, Shawn (9 February 2023). "UK concedes reality of Northern Ireland deadlock, shifts election 'deadline' to 2024". POLITICO. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^Elizabeth Piper and Sarah Young (1 February 2024). "UK unveils DUP deal to restore Northern Ireland government". Reuters.
^Amanda Ferguson and Natalie Thomas (4 February 2024). "Northern Ireland appoints Irish nationalist as First Minister in historic shift". Reuters.
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