Election to the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly

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2007Election to the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly2016
(Share of votes in%)
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
30.0
26.9
14.2
13.2
7.7
2.5
0.9
0.8
3.8
Gains and losses
compared to 2007
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-0.1
+0.7
-1.0
-1.7
+2.5
+2.5
-0.8
+0.7
-1.3
Distribution of seats
        
A total of 108 seats

In the election for the Northern Ireland Assembly 2011 on May 5, 2011, the Northern Ireland Assembly , the Northern Irish House of Representatives, was newly elected. Local elections were held on the same day in Northern Ireland and a referendum across the UK to change the electoral law . In the rest of the UK, the general election in Scotland and the National Assembly election for Wales took place in 2011 . The Northern Ireland election ended with slight gains in Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin seats , while the more moderate Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and SDLP lost seats. The non-denominational Alliance Party of Northern Ireland won a seat as did the Traditional Unionist Voice . The latter was represented for the first time as the new unionist party in the Northern Irish parliament.

prehistory

After the last election in 2007, the Northern Ireland Assembly remained functional for the first time throughout the legislature. In the previous legislative periods after 1998 and 2003, she was suspended prematurely due to incapacity for work due to insoluble disputes. The election campaign before the upcoming 2011 election turned out to be relatively unspectacular. The positions of the most important parties are summarized below in keywords:

  • Democratic Unionist Party (DUP): Strengthening the unionist idea, strengthening the economy, improving the health system and education, tightening the penalties for criminals
  • Sinn Féin : work for a united Ireland , implementation of an all-Irish economic plan, further decentralization ( devolution ) with transfer of rights from Westminster to Northern Ireland, alignment with the Republic of Ireland
  • Ulster Unionist Party (UUP): adequate funding of the welfare system, efforts to transform Northern Ireland into an attractive economic zone, streamlining of government and administration
  • Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP): Creation of new jobs, more investment in health, education and the environment
  • Alliance Party of Northern Ireland : Ending denominational segregation to build a common future, business-friendly, sustainable policies, modernizing administration, reducing bureaucracy and waste, promoting renewable energies, attracting investors with cultural and natural resources
  • Green Party in Northern Ireland (GPNI): Thermal insulation of 500,000 homes in Northern Ireland to create jobs, cut energy costs and reduce CO 2 emissions, promote the feed-in of renewable energy, promote public transport
  • Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV): Ending the “forced coalition” of different political directions in the Northern Irish regional government, so that the government is again facing an opposition, blocking of Sinn Féin at every level of government work, creation of jobs, improvement of health care

Suffrage

The election was based on a preference voting system (single transferable vote) . Six MPs were elected in each of the 18 North Irish constituencies for Parliament in Westminster . The entire parliament thus consisted of 108 members.

Overall result

Number of parliamentary seats won in the 18 constituencies by party
6 MPs were elected in each of the 18 constituencies. The colors of the boxes represent the party affiliation.

A total of 661,753 valid votes were cast and the turnout was 54.5%.

Political party Seats Seats +/- be right % +/-%
Democratic Unionist Party 38   2 198,436 30.0 −0.1
Sinn Féin 29   1 178,224 26.9 +0.8
Ulster Unionist Party 16   2 87,531 13.2 −1.7
Social Democratic and Labor Party 14th   2 94.286 14.2 −1.0
Alliance Party 8th   1 50,875 7.7 +2.5
Traditional Unionist Voice 1 0 16,480 2.5 0
Green Party in Northern Ireland 1 0 6,031 0.9 −0.8
People Before Profit Alliance 0 0 5,438 0.8 +0.7
UK Independence Party 0 0 4.152 0.6 +0.4
Progressive Unionist Party 0   1 1,493 0.2 −0.3
British National Party 0 0 1,252 0.2 0
Workers Party 0 0 1,155 0.2 0
Socialist Party 0 0 819 0.1 0
Procapitalism 0 0 29 0.0 0
Independent 1 0 3,003 n / A n / A

First preference votes by constituency

The following table shows the results in the 18 constituencies. Several MPs were elected in each constituency. The strongest party is shown in color.

Constituency DUP Sinn Féin UUP SDLP Alliance Other total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number
Belfast East 14,253 44.1 1,030 3.2 3.137 9.7 250 0.8 8,512 26.3 5,165 16.0 32,347
Belfast North 12,412 37.1 10,671 31.9 2,758 8.2 4.025 12.0 2,096 6.3 1,508 4.5 33,470
Belfast South 7,845 24.3 4.038 12.5 4,382 13.6 7,718 23.9 6,390 19.8 1,935 6.0 32,308
Belfast West 2,587 7.5 22,902 66.1 1,471 4.2 4,567 13.2 365 1.1 2,753 7.9 34,645
East Antrim 13,398 46.2 2,369 8.2 4,893 16.9 1,333 4.6 4,509 15.5 2,521 8.7 29,023
East Londonderry 12,807 36.9 7,320 21.1 2,930 8.4 5,189 14.9 1,905 5.5 4,571 13.2 34,722
Fermanagh and South Tyrone 11,720 24.4 19,338 40.3 9,262 19.3 4,606 9.6 845 1.8 2,228 4.6 47,999
Foyle 7.154 18.4 13,200 34.0 0 0.0 13,699 35.3 334 0.9 4,460 11.5 38,847
Lagan Valley 18,854 53.1 1,203 3.4 7,253 20.4 2.165 6.1 4,389 12.4 1,623 4.6 35,487
Mid Ulster 7.127 16.7 21,033 49.2 4,409 10.3 6,279 14.7 398 0.9 3,492 8.2 42,738
Newry and Armagh 6.101 13.1 18,995 40.8 8,718 18.7 10,948 23.5 734 1.6 1,018 2.2 46,514
North Antrim 19.195 47.6 6.152 15.3 4,707 11.7 3,682 9.1 1,848 4.6 4,729 11.7 40,313
North Down 12,412 44.2 293 1.0 2,928 10.4 768 2.7 5,231 18.6 6,466 23.0 28,098
South Antrim 12,317 38.3 4,662 14.5 5,730 17.8 3,406 10.6 4,554 14.2 1,495 4.6 32.164
South Down 5,200 12.5 12,887 30.9 4,409 10.6 14,927 35.8 864 2.1 3,439 8.2 41,726
Strangford 14,469 48.8 902 3.0 6,046 20.4 2,525 8.5 4,284 14.4 1,442 4.9 29,668
Upper spell 11,499 27.1 11,528 27.2 10,426 24.6 4,846 11.4 2,765 6.5 1,298 3.1 42,362
West Tyrone 9,086 23.1 19,699 50.1 4,072 10.4 3,353 8.5 852 2.2 2,241 5.7 39,303
total 198,436 30.0 178,222 26.9 87,531 13.2 94.286 14.2 50,875 7.7 52,384 7.9 661.734

government

The subsequently formed Northern Irish government was composed according to the proportional seat shares of the parties.

Northern Ireland Regional Government 2011
Office Surname Political party
First Minister Peter Robinson DUP
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness Sinn Féin
Agriculture and Rural Development Michelle O'Neill Sinn Féin
Culture, art and leisure Carál Ní Chuilín Sinn Féin
Education, training John O'Dowd Sinn Féin
Work and training Stephen Farry Alliance
Business, trade and investment Arlene Foster DUP
environment Alex Attwood SDLP
Finance and Human Resources Sammy Wilson DUP
Health, social services, public safety Edwin Poots DUP
Judiciary David Ford Alliance
Regional development Danny Kennedy UUP
Social Development Nelson McCausland DUP

Individual evidence

  1. a b Northern Ireland elections. BBC News, May 11, 2011, accessed May 30, 2015 .
  2. ^ NI assembly election issues guide: Overview. BBC News, April 8, 2011, accessed May 30, 2015 .
  3. ^ Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Northern Ireland Assembly, accessed March 7, 2015 .
  4. ^ Elections 2011. The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland, accessed May 30, 2015 .