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 Gavin Robinson Naomi Long
Party Sinn Féin DUP Alliance
Leader since 23 January 2017 29 March 2024 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 Mike Nesbitt Claire Hanna Jim Allister
Party UUP SDLP TUV
Leader since 30 August 2024 5 October 2024 7 December 2007
Leader's seat Strangford MP (not an MLA) MP (not an MLA)
Last election 9 seats, 11.2% 8 seats, 9.1% 1 seat, 7.6%
 
Leader Richard Boyd Barrett
Party People Before Profit
Leader since 10 October 2024
Leader's seat TD (not an MLA)
Last election 1 seat, 1.1%
Incumbent First Minister and
deputy First Minister

Michelle O'Neill (SF) and
Emma Little-Pengelly (DUP)


A Northern Ireland Assembly election will be held to elect 90 members to the Northern Ireland Assembly on or before 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 Gavin Robinson, Alliance led by Naomi Long, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) led by Mike Nesbitt, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) led by Claire Hanna, Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) led by Jim Allister, and People Before Profit (PBP) led by Richard Boyd Barrett.

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