Irish nationalist Sinn Fein earns historic Northern Ireland election win

Sinn Fein, the Irish nationalist political party, set to claim a historic election victory in Northern Ireland.

Sinn Fein overtook the Democratic Unionist Party in voting for the province's 90-member national Assembly, winning the most seats, 27, and securing the highest share of first preference votes. This compares with 24 seats for the DUP and 17 for the Alliance Party.The counting of votes is still underway on Saturday, with 88 out of the 90 seats counted, according to the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland.Sinn Fein is now in pole position to install a first minister for the first time.

'It's two steps forward, 10 steps back:' Brexit, shifting demographics and familiar tensions stoke divisions in Northern IrelandA clause in the 1998 peace accords, signed with the British and Irish governments after decades of deadly conflict known as The Troubles, established that a referendum on Irish unification could be held if it appears likely that the majority of voters would back it. That day remains a distant prospect despite the results of Thursday's vote.

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