It means the Stormont parliament will have its first ever Marxist representatives in the Assembly. Gerry Carroll romped home in the Sinn Féin heartland of West Belfast. Two of the biggest shocks came with the election of two leftwing People Before Profit candidates in Derry and West Belfast. 15:20This report just in from our Ireland correspondent:With the Democratic Unionists on 34 seats and Sinn Féin on 20 the two main parties in Northern Ireland are set to still dominate the Stormont parliament after the Northern Ireland Assembly elections. Counting is under way again for the remaining seats to be filled from the vote on Thursday.

Source: The Guardian May 07, 2016 02:18 UTC