{"id":7249,"date":"2019-05-05T09:07:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T13:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7249"},"modified":"2019-05-06T09:08:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T13:08:23","slug":"dup-win-the-most-seats-in-northern-local-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7249","title":{"rendered":"DUP Win the Most Seats in Northern Local Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"All 462 seats have now been filled, with the DUP coming out on top, despite securing fewer seats than in the last election.<\/p>\n

In the end, they secured 122 seats, 17 more than Sinn F\u00e9in who came in second on 105 seats.<\/p>\n

The big winner was the Alliance Party, who gained 21 seats compared with the 2014 election to finish on 53.<\/p>\n

There were mixed results for the SDLP with 59. They dropped seats but polled strongly in places, while the UUP lost ground, dropping 13 seats to finish with 75.<\/p>\n

There was a surge in support for smaller parties.<\/p>\n

Independents and smaller parties such as the Greens and People Before Profit also performed well.<\/p>\n

The Green Party picked up four seats on Belfast City Council, including holding the one they won in 2014.<\/p>\n

The centralist Alliance Party also made gains in Belfast, going from eight seats to 10 seats.<\/p>\n

Peadar T\u00f3ib\u00edn’s newly formed Aont\u00fa party secured one seat.<\/p>\n

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