Northern Ireland local elections: Sinn Féin bidding to overtake DUP
Alliance – which was the fifth largest party, on 53 seats – is expected to see its “surge” in other elections replicated and to increase its tally of seats, potentially leapfrogging the UUP and SDLP to become the third largest party.
Voting was reported to be slow but steady on Thursday. Turnout in the last council election was just under 53 per cent. “There was significant physical intimidation of our candidate,” the DUP leader said. “She was threatened, told to get out of the area.” More than 200 BBC journalists in Northern Ireland are due to strike for 24 hours on Friday over cuts to jobs and programmes in a move which is expected to severely affect its coverage of the election results.
“They want to report the news rather than make their own headlines,” he said, adding that it was “regrettable they find themselves in this situation.”
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