Sinn Fein Wins The Largest Number Of Seats In Northern Ireland Assembly

SKY News: Sinn Fein becomes biggest party in Northern Ireland after historic win

Voters flocked to the polls to elect 90 new members of the Legislative Assembly, with Sinn Fein winning a lion's share of the seats. But in a system reliant on power-sharing with the unionists, the DUP has already indicated it could boycott the government.

Sinn Fein has become the first nationalist party to win the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly in its 101-year history.

Voters flocked to the polls to elect 90 new members of the Legislative Assembly, with Sinn Fein winning a lion's share of the seats.

As counting concluded in the early hours of Sunday morning, the final results showed Sinn Fein with 27 seats, pushing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which has 25, into second place.

Michelle O'Neill, the party's vice president, is now set to become the country's first nationalist first minister.

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