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The 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly Elections: Polling, Power-Sharing, Protocol

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DOI10.1177/20419058221108775
Published date01 June 2022
Date01 June 2022
AuthorJon Tonge
10 POLITICAL INSIGHT • JUNE 2022
The 2022 Northern Ireland
Assembly Election was one of
the most dramatic in the region’s
history. The rise of Sinn Féin
from onetime political vehicle of the Irish
Republican Army (IRA) to largest party, may
have been predicted in the opinion polls but
given the history of both organisation and
polity, it was still extraordinary. Sinn Féin’s
ascent may have dominated the headlines
but the more immediate issue was whether
the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which
was ousted from rst place to second
largest within the Assembly, would return to
devolved power-sharing government after
the contest. The election also conrmed
the rise of the cross-community Alliance to
the third largest party, as the non-unionist
The 2022 Northern
Ireland Assembly
Elections: Polling,
Power-Sharing, Protocol
May’s election brought a reordering of the biggest parties in Northern Ireland but little indication that the
electorate’s verdict would be followed by political stability within functioning institutions, writes Jon Tonge.
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