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14/02/2007
Candidates set for Assembly election show-down
Almost 250 candidates will contest the Northern Ireland Assembly election, to be held on March 7.
The expectation is that the elections will result in selection of 108 assembly members who will form a power-sharing executive to sit on March 26.
With the list of candidates drawn up, the parties will be moving onto a campaign footing. The DUP are fielding the largest number of candidates with 46, followed by the Ulster Unionists with 38. Sinn Fein will have 37 candidates standing and the SDLP 35. Alliance will field 18 candidates.
The UKUP will have 13 candidates, although the party leader will stand in six different constituencies. The Green Party will also have 13 candidates. Conservatives will have nine, the Workers party six, the PUP will have three, and the Socialist Party two.
There will also be 32 candidates for other parties fielding one candidate; this figure includes 26 independents.
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The expectation is that the elections will result in selection of 108 assembly members who will form a power-sharing executive to sit on March 26.
With the list of candidates drawn up, the parties will be moving onto a campaign footing. The DUP are fielding the largest number of candidates with 46, followed by the Ulster Unionists with 38. Sinn Fein will have 37 candidates standing and the SDLP 35. Alliance will field 18 candidates.
The UKUP will have 13 candidates, although the party leader will stand in six different constituencies. The Green Party will also have 13 candidates. Conservatives will have nine, the Workers party six, the PUP will have three, and the Socialist Party two.
There will also be 32 candidates for other parties fielding one candidate; this figure includes 26 independents.
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21 November 2003
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Two of the largest children’s charities in Northern Ireland have joined forces to urge voters to push Assembly candidates into improving the welfare of children. Barnardo’s and NSPCC said that while they were happy with many of the parties' manifestos for next week's elections, there was still a great deal to be done.
27 November 2003
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20 January 2016
UUP Selects Two Assembly Candidates For East Belfast
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) has selected two Assembly candidates for east Belfast. MLA Andy Allen and Dr Chris McGimpsey have been chosen and leader of the UUP Mike Nesbitt said he is 'delighted' with the combination the party is offering the people of east Belfast.
UUP Selects Two Assembly Candidates For East Belfast
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