Northern Ireland Election Results Explained - TLDR News

Following a tumultuous period in Northern Irish politics, it was time for the public to go to polls in a landmark election. With Sinn Fein's historic victory, we take a look at what this means for the future of Northern Ireland and whether Irish reunification is a genuine possibility.

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[kiwimanetta]

We have to give it to Boris. He promised to unite the country and we have never seen Ireland so united...

[francesco]

During the Brexit vote both Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain.
Now in both countries the biggest party is in favour of leaving the UK.
I see a trend here.

[Slyveblub]

Reunification happens in 2024. Star Trek TNG said so. The episode was even banned for almost 2 decades in the UK.

[innocento.]

I'm surprised that not everyone in Northern Ireland is jumping on the opportunity to be the only nation that can trade freely both with the EU and the UK. It is supposed to be a big gain for them.

[Sleeping_Insomiac]

The funny thing is the dup trying to get rid of the protocol, the one thing that's actually keeping a lot of people in favour of the union...

[DRKrust]

So, the English wanted Brexit which may end up bringing about the dissolution of the UK within a generation.
Brexit might end up being the greatest own goal in English history.

[Rocketsong]

Short term: no. But, polling shows that the only demographic that supports Unionism is those who are over 65. So in 8-10 years demographics will have shifted to the point that it is inevitable.

[deterlanglytone]

I feel that you've not grasp something about SF in this video. They never needed to promote Irish Unification in this time period. They just needed to never deny the idea of it whenever it was brought up. If you look at the papers, every single one is o obsessed with pointing out that SF want unification.

Why would the bother advertising it? I would agree that they didn't win because of Republicanism. But I wouldn't agree that they won in spite of it. That's just making things up. Everyone knows SF's wishes and their goals in the future. Claiming that otherwise is misguided.

[avantelvsitania]

Final results:

Total seats: 90
Sinn Féin: 27
DUP: 25
Alliance: 17
UUP: 9
SDLP: 8
Independent Unionists: 2
TUV: 1
PBP: 1

Seats that support reunification of Ireland
(SF + SDLP + PBP) 36

Seats that support staying in United Kingdom
(DUP + UUP + TUV + Ind.U) 37

Non-sectarian seats
(Alliance) 17

[ciaranstaunton]

You should have mentioned that only 30% of the population dislike the protocol. It protects the NI economy from the Brexit effects (or most of them)

BREXIT already opened the door wide for a accelerate unification of Ireland and the brilliant leadership of the Tories only encourages it more with every day that pass.

[darren]

As an Englishman, I'm cheering them on. If I had the option of a referendum, to be free of the clowns in Westminster, I would too.

Scotland and Ireland, go for it. Your interests are better served outside of the Union as the Tories have made it clear they don't give a stuff about you.

[fernbedek]

I think it makes a domino effect more likely in the UK. If Northern Ireland looks closer to joining Ireland (and the EU) that would probably encourage/sway some folks in Scotland that leaving wouldn’t be as hard for them. Which would feed back into Northern Ireland.
And Wales, according to some polling.

[tenaciousrodent]

They are all reasonable adults. I'm sure they will figure something out.

(lol)

[noldo]

One wise Englishman said: "every action has an equal and opposite reaction". After heating up nationalism, exceptionalism, pride, and self-centered ignorance for years, this is the results. Or in less posh words - if you act like a prick for too long, even your friends may leave you.

[peterthompson]

Michelle O'Neill has made it abundantly clear that what needs to happen now is the start if a conversation of what a united Ireland will look like. This debate will take 5 to 10 years to complete. We in Ireland will not vote until we know what we are voting for and thus avoid the shitshow that England has created with brexit. Two other points. First Arlene the Faithless was ousted because she abstained on a vote in the NI Assembly to ban homosexual conversion therapy rather than vote against such a ban. Secondly, if the misogynistic homophobic, xenophobic DUP had any brains they would understand full implementation of the Johnson Protocol would make a united Ireland less likely.

[Protont]

N.Ireland only stayed because of religion, but today religion is quickly loosing it's importance while Irish nationalism is on the rise in N.Ireland. It only matter of time before Ireland unites

[seanmacsweeney]

This will become very interesting, can’t wait to see what it will entail

[seymourclearly]

13.5 per cent for alliance- there is the real story here, a move away from the toxic historic politics of NI, that is the historic thing that has happened here, and unusually for NI it is hopeful news

[albertorodas]

We hope so because there is just one Ireland and not two, just one since centuries