NORTHERN IRELAND EUROPEAN ELECTION RESULTS 2009

Northern Ireland elects three Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the system of proportional representation known as the Single Transferable Vote.

The following were elected:

name	party	stage at which elected
Bairbre de Brún	Sinn Féin	1
Jim Nicolson	Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force	3
Diane Dodds	Democratic Unionist Party	3

488,891 people voted out of an electorate of 1,141,979, a turnout of 43%.

The DUP had previously topped the poll in every European election since 1979.  This year, they were beaten into third place, attracting only 18.2% of the vote, compared to 32% at the last election in 2004.

The results in 2004 were as follows:

name	party	stage at which elected
Jim Allister	Democratic Unionist Party	1
Bairbre de Brún	Sinn Féin	1
Jim Nicolson	Ulster Unionist Party	3

Turnout 51.2%