Counting gets underway in the Northern Ireland Stormont Assembly elections this morning.
Turnout was down on the 2017 Stormont elections after something of a lacklustre campaign that could yet see a historic result.
If the actual voting mimics what the polls are saying Sinn Féin will be the largest party in Stormont for the first time, winning the right to nominate a First Minister.
The vote for the DUP is expected to have fallen while Naomi Long’s middle ground Alliance Party is hoping to benefit with a strong rise in its support.
Ballot boxes will be opened to be sorted and counted from 8am this morning with the first results expected early tomorrow afternoon.
