Next Northern Ireland Assembly election

Next Northern Ireland Assembly election
No later than 6 May 2027
All 90 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly
 
Leader Michelle O'Neill Jeffrey Donaldson Naomi Long
Party Sinn Féin DUP Alliance
Leader since 23 January 2017 30 June 2021 26 October 2016
Leader's seat Mid Ulster MP (not an MLA) 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 17 May 2021 14 November 2015 7 December 2007
Leader's seat Upper Bann MP (not an MLA) North Antrim
Last election 9 seats, 11.2% 8 seats, 9.1% 1 seat, 7.6%
 
Leader Eamonn McCann
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. No Executive was formed by this deadline, but the deadline was extended by legislation in the Westminster Parliament. A deadline of 18 January 2024 was then proposed. On 31 January 2024 the DUP and UK Government announced a deal had been struck to revive the Executive, and on 3 February 2024 the Assembly swore in Sinn Fein First Minister Michelle O'Neill and DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly.

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 Jeffrey Donaldson, 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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