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NI election poll 2022 - Full list of candidates running for Northern Ireland Assembly

More than 200 candidates are standing in the Northern Ireland Assembly election on Thursday, May 5.

There are 90 seats up for grabs with five MLAs to be elected in each of the 18 constituencies. A total of 239 candidates are contesting the election - 11 more than in the last Assembly poll in 2017.

And 87 women are among the candidates, a record figure.

Sinn Féin is fielding the most with 34, followed by the DUP with 30. The UUP has 27 while Alliance has 24 and the SDLP has 22.

Read more: Key constituency battles as parties seek to secure votes

TUV is fielding 19 candidates, the Green Party has 18 and People Before Profit 12. West Belfast has the most candidates on the ballot with 17, while East Antrim has the fewest with 10 in the constituency.

Below is the full list of candidates in each constituency. Also take a deeper look at how NI's voting system works and our everything you need to know guide.

Follow live updates in our blog and see the results as they come in below.

The verification and count of the ballot papers begins at 8am on Friday. Results will roll in throughout the day as the count progresses.

Belfast East constituency

  • Andy Allen (UUP)
  • Karl Bennett (PUP)
  • David Brooks (DUP)
  • Joanne Bunting (DUP)
  • Charlotte Carson (SDLP)
  • Hannah Kenny (People Before Profit)
  • Lauren Kerr (UUP)
  • Naomi Long (Alliance)
  • Eoin MacNeill (Workers Party)
  • Peter McReynolds (Alliance)
  • Mairead O'Donnell (Sinn Féin)
  • John Ross (TUV)
  • Brian Smyth (Green Party)

Belfast North constituency

  • Phillip Brett (DUP)
  • Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston (UUP)
  • Fiona Ferguson (People Before Profit)
  • Billy Hutchinson (PUP)
  • Gerry Kelly (Sinn Féin)
  • Lily Kerr (Workers Party)
  • Brian Kingston (DUP)
  • Seán Mac Niocaill (Aontú)
  • Nichola Mallon (SDLP)
  • Nuala McAllister (Alliance)
  • Ron McDowell (TUV)
  • Carál Ní Chuilín (Sinn Féin)
  • Mal O'Hara (Green Party)
  • Stafford Ward (Independent)

Belfast South constituency

  • Clare Bailey (Green Party)
  • Paula Bradshaw (Alliance)
  • Andrew Girvin (TUV)
  • Deirdre Hargey (Sinn Féin)
  • Paddy Lynn (Workers Party)
  • Luke McCann (Aontú)
  • Stephen McCarthy (UUP)
  • Neil Moore (Socialist Party)
  • Elly Odhiambo (Independent)
  • Matthew O'Toole (SDLP)
  • Edwin Poots (DUP)
  • Kate Nicholl (Alliance)
  • Sipho Sibanda (People Before Profit)
  • Elsie Trainor (SDLP)

Belfast West constituency

  • Danny Baker (Sinn Féin)
  • Gerard Burns (Independent)
  • Gerry Carroll (People Before Profit)
  • Patrick Crossan (Workers Party)
  • Paul Doherty (SDLP)
  • Jordan Doran (TUV)
  • Órlaithí Flynn (Sinn Féin)
  • Linsey Gibson (UUP)
  • Gerard Herdman (Aontú)
  • Donnamarie Higgins (Alliance)
  • Declan Hill (Independent)
  • Stevie Maginn (Green Party)
  • Tony Mallon (Independent)
  • Frank McCoubrey (DUP)
  • Dan Murphy (IRSP)
  • Aisling Reilly (Sinn Féin)
  • Pat Sheehan (Sinn Féin)

East Antrim constituency

  • Mark Bailey (Green Party)
  • Roy Beggs (UUP)
  • Norman Boyd (TUV)
  • Stewart Dickson (Alliance)
  • Danny Donnelly (Alliance)
  • David Hilditch (DUP)
  • Gordon Lyons (DUP)
  • Siobhán McAlister (SDLP)
  • Oliver McMullan (Sinn Féin)
  • John Stewart (UUP)

East Londonderry constituency

  • Jordan Armstrong (TUV)
  • Maurice Bradley (DUP)
  • Gemma Brolly (Aontú)
  • Mark Coulson (Green Party)
  • Caoimhe Archibald (Sinn Féin)
  • Cara Hunter (SDLP)
  • Chris McCaw (Alliance)
  • Kathleen McGurk (Sinn Féin)
  • Amy Merron (People Before Profit)
  • Niall Murphy (Independent)
  • Stephanie Quigley (Independent)
  • Alan Robinson (DUP)
  • Billy Stewart (Independent)
  • Claire Sugden (Independent)
  • Russell Watton (PUP)
  • Darryl Wilson (UUP)

Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency

  • Derek Backhouse (Independent)
  • Rosemary Barton (UUP)
  • Matthew Beaumont (Alliance)
  • Paul Bell (DUP)
  • Emma DeSouza (Independent)
  • Jemma Dolan (Sinn Féin)
  • Alex Elliott (TUV)
  • Tom Elliott (UUP)
  • Deborah Erskine (DUP)
  • Adam Gannon (SDLP)
  • Colm Gildernew (Sinn Féin)
  • Emmett Kilpatrick (People Before Profit)
  • Denise Mullen (Aontú)
  • Áine Murphy (Sinn Féin)
  • Donal O'Cofaigh (Cross-Community Labour Alternative)
  • Kellie Turtle (Green Party)

Foyle constituency

  • Padraig Delargy (Sinn Féin)
  • Emmet Doyle (Aontú)
  • Mark H Durkan (SDLP)
  • Ciara Ferguson (Sinn Féin)
  • Rachael Ferguson (Alliance)
  • Gillian Hamilton (Green Party)
  • Shaun Harkin (People Before Profit)
  • Anne McCloskey (Independent)
  • Ryan McCready (UUP)
  • Colly McLaughlin (IRSP)
  • Sinéad McLauglin (SDLP)
  • Gary Middleton (DUP)
  • Elizabeth Neely (TUV)
  • Brian Tierney (SDLP)

Lagan Valley constituency

  • Robbie Butler (UUP)
  • Pat Catney (SDLP)
  • Amanda Doherty (People Before Profit)
  • Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP)
  • Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance)
  • Paul Givan (DUP)
  • David Honeyford (Alliance)
  • Gary Hynds (Independent)
  • Simon Lee (Green Party)
  • Gary McCleave (Sinn Féin)
  • Lorna Smyth (TUV)
  • Laura Turner (UUP)

Mid Ulster constituency

  • Keith Buchanan (DUP)
  • Linda Dillon (Sinn Féin)
  • Meta Graham (UUP)
  • Claire Hackett (Alliance)
  • Alixandra Halliday (Aontú)
  • Patrick Haughey (Independent)
  • Sophia McFeely (People Before Profit)
  • Patsy McGlone (SDLP)
  • Glenn Moore (TUV)
  • Michelle O'Neill (Sinn Féin)
  • Conor Rafferty (Resume NI)
  • Hugh Scullion (Workers Party)
  • Emma Sheerin (Sinn Féin)
  • Stefan Taylor (Green Party)

Newry and Armagh constituency

  • Cathal Boylan (Sinn Féin)
  • Jackie Coade (Alliance)
  • Daniel Connolly (Aontú)
  • Nicola Grant (Workers Party)
  • Ciara Henry (Green Party)
  • William Irwin (DUP)
  • Liz Kimmins (Sinn Féin)
  • Gavin Malone (Independent)
  • Justin McNulty (SDLP)
  • Conor Murphy (Sinn Féin)
  • Keith Ratcliffe (TUV)
  • David Taylor (UUP)

North Antrim constituency

  • Jim Allister (TUV)
  • Matthew Armstrong (TUV)
  • Bethany Ferris (UUP)
  • Paul Frew (DUP)
  • Philip McGuigan (Sinn Féin)
  • Patricia O'Lynn (Alliance)
  • Eugene Reid (SDLP)
  • Laird Shingleton (Independent)
  • Mervyn Storey (DUP)
  • Robin Swann (UUP)
  • Paul Veronica (Green Party)

North Down constituency

  • Chris Carter (Independent)
  • Alan Chambers (UUP)
  • Stephen Dunne (DUP)
  • Alex Easton (Independent)
  • Connie Eagan (Alliance)
  • Jennifer Gilmour (DUP)
  • John Gordon (TUV)
  • Naomi McBurney (UUP)
  • Thérèse McCartney (Sinn Féin)
  • Ray McKimm (Independent)
  • Andrew Muir (Alliance)
  • Matthew Robinson (Conservative and Unionist Party)
  • Deirdre Vaughan (SDLP)
  • Rachel Woods (Green Party)

South Antrim constituency

  • Steve Aiken (UUP)
  • Roisin Bennett (Aontú)
  • John Blair (Alliance)
  • Pam Cameron (DUP)
  • Trevor Clarke (DUP)
  • Declan Kearney (Sinn Féin)
  • Mel Lucas (TUV)
  • Roisin Lynch (SDLP)
  • Jerry Maguire (People Before Profit)
  • Paul Michael (UUP)
  • Andrew Moran (Independent)
  • Lesley Veronica (Green Party)

South Down constituency

  • Patrick Brown (Alliance)
  • Patrick Clarke (Independent)
  • Sinéad Ennis (Sinn Féin)
  • Diane Forsythe (DUP)
  • Noeleen Lynch (Green Party)
  • Jill MacAuley (UUP)
  • Cathy Mason (Sinn Féin)
  • Paul McCrory (People Before Profit)
  • Rosemary McGlone (Aontú)
  • Colin McGrath (SDLP)
  • Harold McKee (TUV)
  • Karen McKevitt (SDLP)

Strangford constituency

  • Kellie Armstrong (Alliance)
  • Stephen Cooper (TUV)
  • Harry Harvey (DUP)
  • Conor Houston (SDLP)
  • Ben King (Independent)
  • Maurice Macartney (Green Party)
  • Nick Mathison (Alliance)
  • Róisé McGivern (Sinn Féin)
  • Michelle McIlveen (DUP)
  • Mike Nesbitt (UUP)
  • Philip Smith (UUP)
  • Peter Weir (DUP)

Upper Bann constituency

  • Glenn Barr (UUP)
  • Doug Beattie (UUP)
  • Glenn Beattie (Heritage Party)
  • Jonathan Buckley (DUP)
  • Diane Dodds (DUP)
  • Darrin Foster (TUV)
  • Aidan Gribbin (Aontú)
  • Dolores Kelly (SDLP)
  • Lauren Kendall (Green Party)
  • Liam Mackle (Sinn Féin)
  • John O'Dowd (Sinn Féin)
  • Eóin Tennyson (Alliance)

West Tyrone constituency

  • Nicola Brogan (Sinn Féin)
  • Barry Brown (Independent)
  • Tom Buchanan (DUP)
  • Trevor Clarke (TUV)
  • Stephen Donnelly (Alliance)
  • Amy Ferguson (Socialist Party)
  • Carol Gallagher (People Before Profit)
  • Paul Gallagher (Independent)
  • Susan Glass (Green Party)
  • James Hope (Aontú)
  • Ian Marshall (UUP)
  • Declan McAleer (Sinn Féin)
  • Daniel McCrossan (SDLP)
  • Maolíosa McHugh (Sinn Féin)

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