Election Night: Day 2

Election Night: Day 2

Gerry Adams holds West belfast for Sinn Fein. Swing 4% from SDLP to SF and 4% from moderate protestant UUP to hardline DUP. Doesn't tell us much, this is the strongest Sinn Fein seat and everyone expected the hardline parties to gain from the moderates.

I don't officially know why the Northern Ireland results are announced the next day unlike the rest of the country. But I assume, in a country where people march through the other community's neighborhood to celebrate kicking their butts in 300 year old battles, it's to keep people from killing each other in election night "celebrations."

In any event, this is a completely different ball game than the rest of the UK. The big question is will DUP knock off UUP leader David Trimble.

UK Election