Editing Elections in Northern Ireland (section)

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'''Elections in Northern Ireland''' are held on a regular basis to [[local government in Northern Ireland|local councils]], the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]] and to the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].

The Northern Ireland Assembly has 90 members, elected in 18 five-member [[electoral district|constituencies]] by the [[single transferable vote]] (STV) method.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Whyte|first1=Nicholas|title=The Single Transferable Vote (STV)|url=http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/gstv.htm|website=Northern Ireland Elections|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> Northern Ireland is represented at Westminster by [[list of parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland|18 single-member constituencies]] elected by the [[first-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]] method.

Unlike in the rest of the United Kingdom, elections in Northern Ireland are administered centrally by the [[Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland]] and the [[Electoral Office for Northern Ireland]] rather than by local authorities.