Main pic: Ian Paisley Jnr lost out to TUV leader Jim Allister by 450 votes in North Antrim. Pic: RTE News.
Sinn Féin has emerged as the largest party in the North for the first time, holding on to its seven seats following the UK elections.
The DUP are in second with five seats – down three from last time around in 2019.
The party was left in shock after Ian Paisley Jnr lost his seat in North Antrim.
In a difficult night for the unionist party, the Alliance Party’s Sorcha Eastwood also had a historic result as she triumphed in the DUP stronghold of Lagan Valley – the seat formerly held by party leader Jeffrey Donaldson.
The Paisley family has held the North Antrim seat for more than 50 years, but that legacy has come to an end with the victory of TUV leader Jim Allister in the unionist heartland.
The SDLP have held both of their seats in Foyle and Belfast South Alliance, the UUP and the TUV have one seat each – courtesy of Sorcha Eastwood, Robin Swann and Jim Allister respectively.
Independent unionist Alex Easton – formerly of the DUP – completes the set.
Meanwhile, Labour won an expected landslide victory over the Tories in the UK, taking 410 seats in the House of Commons.
Sir Keir Starmer, the incoming prime minister, says the change he has promised will begin imminently.
