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First results declared in Northern Ireland local elections
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Sinn Féin's Darren Totten won the first seat in the Mid Ulster District Council. He topped the poll in Magherfelt with 1,665 first preference votes. Other candidates elected include the DUP's Clement Cuthbertson and Independent Barry Monteith in the Mid Ulster Council. ... A total of 819 local council candidates are standing for 462 available seats across the 11 council areas.

Belfast Telegraph

Election results: Alison Bennington becomes DUP's first openly gay elected politician
"We will be bringing you live results from every count centre from early this afternoon - Visit our Election hub - and check out the results as they come in from each council"
Young farmers sorry for `blacking-up' at Tyrone drama event
"The pictures were posted on the Cappagh Young Farmers' Facebook account last weekend and showed several participants posing with 'blacked-up' faces following their win at the Rosebowl competition. The Ulster Herald reported that the Cappagh club deleted the picture from its social media account after being contacted for comment." as is the custom
Listicle: Five things to watch for when the votes are cast
"This is the first electoral test for the SDLP since its new partnership with Fianna Fail was announced three months ago."

Online registration sees local electorate reach record high of 1.3m ahead of council poll
"Around 80% of applications to vote i have been made online since the new system was introduced last summer."

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