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Sinn Fein has secured a historic victory by becoming the largest single party in the Northern Ireland Assembly in a result that will place the future of the power sharing agreement in further doubt.

With all 90 Stormont seats declared, the republican party has won 27, putting it ahead of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which fell by two seats to 25.

It is the first time a party seeking a united Ireland has topped the poll in the elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly and its success is predicted to lead to further stalemate in the province and uncertainty over border arrangements.

Sinn Fein had received the largest share of first-preference votes in Thursday’s elections, at 29 per cent, and its symbolic victory was confirmed when the counting of constituency seats under the complex transferable vote system was completed on Saturday evening.

Read the full article here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/05/08/sinn-fein-wins-27-seats-becoming-stormonts-largest-party-first/

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