2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2017_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:politics
gptkbp:chiefElectoralOfficer	gptkb:Virginia_McVea
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date	2 March 2017
gptkbp:firstElection	gptkb:Brexit_referendum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election
gptkbp:legislature	gptkb:Northern_Ireland_Assembly
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkbp:nextEdition	gptkb:2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election
gptkbp:notableAchievement	Alliance gained seats DUP lost 10 seats Sinn Féin gained 3 seats UUP and SDLP lost seats Unionist parties lost overall majority for first time
gptkbp:officialWebsite	https://www.eoni.org.uk/Elections/Elections-2017/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Election-2017
gptkbp:party	gptkb:Ulster_Unionist_Party gptkb:Green_Party_in_Northern_Ireland gptkb:Sinn_Féin gptkb:Alliance_Party_of_Northern_Ireland gptkb:Democratic_Unionist_Party gptkb:Social_Democratic_and_Labour_Party gptkb:People_Before_Profit gptkb:Traditional_Unionist_Voice
gptkbp:previousEdition	gptkb:2016_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election
gptkbp:reducedSeatsFrom	108
gptkbp:result	DUP: 28 seats SDLP: 12 seats Sinn Féin: 27 seats
gptkbp:result4	UUP: 10 seats
gptkbp:result5	Alliance: 8 seats
gptkbp:result6	Green: 2 seats
gptkbp:result7	People Before Profit: 1 seat
gptkbp:result8	TUV: 1 seat
gptkbp:seatingCapacity	90
gptkbp:triggeredBy	collapse of the power-sharing executive
gptkbp:voterTurnout	64.8%
gptkbp:votingSystem	gptkb:Single_Transferable_Vote
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election gptkb:Gerry_Carroll gptkb:2016_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7