Election 2017: Northern Ireland results

Northern Ireland's results are in and we're calling it a night.

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The results are in for all 18 constituencies in Northern Ireland.

It's been a great night for the DUP - which now has 10 MPs - and Sinn Féin, which has seven. Lady Sylvia Hermon, an independent, retains her seat in North Down.

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It's been a tough night for both the Ulster Unionist Party and the SDLP, with both parties' Westminster representation being wiped out.

DUP leader Arlene Foster says she's "absolutely delighted" with the election results, which she says showed voters had bought into the DUP's vision and manifesto.

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"It's wrong that half of the country is going to be unrepresented at Westminster," she adds - referring to the victories of Sinn Féin, whose MPs refuse to sit in Westminster.

Michelle Gildernew has taken the final seat in Northern Ireland.

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Now 17 of the 18 constituencies in Northern Ireland have been declared. We are just waiting on the result from Fermanagh and South Tyrone - and that may be some time.

For the first time ever the DUP now holds three out of four Belfast constituencies.

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Gavin Robinson and Nigel Dodds were both returned for Belfast East and North, while Emma Little-Pengelly snatched Belfast South from the SDLP's Alasdair McDonnell.

Mickey Brady has held onto another seat for Sinn Féin - this time in Newry and Armagh, winning a substantial 25,600 votes.

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Nigel Dodds has been returned to Westminster to serve as MP for Belfast North. The Deputy leader of the DUP has held the seat since 2001.

The SDLP's Mark Durkan says parties who "shot down" the idea of a pro-EU axis should think again about that proposition. He says Alliance rejected the idea for "opportunistic" reasons.

Mr Durkan lost his Foyle seat to the Sinn Fein's Elisha McCallion.

Sinn Féin's Barry McElduff has held his seat in West Tyrone.

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The SDLP has lost all three of its seats at Westminster and party leader Colum Eastwood pays tribute to defeated MPs Margaret Ritchie, Mark Durkan and Alasdair McDonnell.

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"These are three people who have given their lives to Ireland and their constituents," he says.

The DUP's Emma Little-Pengelly won South Belfast by 2,000 votes, and pays tribute to her defeated SDLP rival.

She says: "I know Alasdair has served South Belfast for many, many decades and has worked incredibly hard for the whole constituency. I genuinely wish him all the best for the future."

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So far, 15 constituencies have declared their winners. The SDLP and UUP are yet to win a seat. There are three more constituencies to go.

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They are - Fermanagh and South Tyrone; Newry and Armagh; and West Tyrone.

A 9th MP for the DUP has been confirmed.

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Ousted SDLP MP Alasdair McDonnell expresses sympathy for party colleagues Margaret Ritchie and Mark Durkan - both of whom have been defeated by Sinn Fein candidates.

"Neither of them are being replaced by people who are going to do anything," he says

Mr McDonnell says its farcical for South Down to think that by electing an absentionist MP "they will gain benefit from it".

Margaret Ritchie has lost her seat in South Down to Sinn Fein's Chris Hazzard. The former SDLP leader had been an MP for the area since 2010.

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She says: "The result tonight was not one we hoped for, but I and my colleagues have helped many, many people in this constituency and in that respect I can hold my head high."

Emma Little-Pengelly has taken the Belfast South seat from the SDLP's Allisdair McDonnell.

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Sinn Féin candidate Francie Molloy is returned in Mid Ulster.

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The newly elected Sinn Féin MP for Foyle, Elisha McCallion, says she's delighted.

She says it has been an extremely successful day for Sinn Féin, and that her party will be focusing its energy on the Dáil and on Brussels.

Sinn Féin's Chris Hazzard takes the seat from the SDLP's Margaret Ritchie.

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Nigel Dodds becomes the next DUP incumbent to hold onto their seat.

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Ian Paisley has regained his North Antrim seat for the DUP with a massive 28,521 votes.

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Defeated Foyle MP Mark Durkan says "I cannot tell a lie - I can't say that it doesn't hurt.

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"But I want to congratulate Elisha McCallion and to agree with her, that representing the people in this city is a privilege and it's one that I've enjoyed for the last 12 years," says the former SDLP leader.

"I want to apologise to John and Pat Hume if any shortcomings on my part, or the part of any of us, have led to any sense of there being a dent in the truth for which they endeavoured and indeed the truth of their endeavours.

"Their achievements and contributions to this city are not diminished by our result."

The SDLP's Alasdair McDonnell has told BBC NI's Kevin Magee that he has lost his South Belfast seat.

Indications are that South Belfast will be taken by the DUP's Emma Little-Pengelly.

Gavin Robinson has held onto his seat in Belfast East. He beat off competition from Alliance leader Naomi Long.

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