Belfast South (Assembly constituency)

Belfast South
Belfast South
Northern Ireland Assembly; Parliamentary constituency
	South Belfast shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1973
Seats	6 (1998–2016); 5 (2017–)
MLAs	Paula Bradshaw (APNI); Deirdre Hargey (SF); Kate Nicholl (APNI); Matthew O'Toole (SDLP); Edwin Poots (DUP);
City council	Belfast City Council
Boundaries

Belfast South (Irish: Béal Feirste Theas, Ulster Scots: Bilfawst Sooth) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. It usually shares boundaries with the Belfast South UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 and 2010–2011 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes and from 1996 to 1997 when members of the Northern Ireland Forum had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983–95 constituency boundaries, was still in session.

Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.

The constituency is formed from the Belfast City Council districts of Balmoral and Botanic as well as one ward from Titanic and a number of wards from Lisnasharragh and Lisburn and Castlereagh. For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Belfast South (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

Election					MLA (party)		MLA (party)
1973	Basil Glass (Alliance Party)	Basil McIvor (UUP)	Reginald Magee (UUP)	Herbert Kirk (UUP)		Nelson Elder (UUP)		Edward Burns (DUP)
1975	Basil Glass (Alliance Party)	Jim Hendron (Alliance)	Jeremy Burchill (UUP)	Martin Smyth (UUP)		David Trimble (Vanguard)		Edward Burns (DUP)
1982	David Cook (Alliance Party)	Edgar Graham (UUP)	Jim Kirkpatrick (UUP)		5 seats 1982–1998			Raymond McCrea (DUP)
1984 by-election	David Cook (Alliance Party)	Frank Millar Jr (UUP)	Jim Kirkpatrick (UUP)					Raymond McCrea (DUP)
1996	Steve McBride (Alliance Party)	Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP)	Jim Clarke (UUP)	Bob Stoker (UUP)				Joan Parkes (DUP)
1998	Monica McWilliams (NI Women's Coalition)		Carmel Hanna (SDLP)	Esmond Birnie (UUP)		Michael McGimpsey (UUP)		Mark Robinson (DUP)
2003	Alex Maskey (Sinn Féin)			Esmond Birnie (UUP)				Mark Robinson (DUP)
2007				Anna Lo (Alliance Party)				Jimmy Spratt (DUP)
January 2010 co-option			Conall McDevitt (SDLP)
2011			Conall McDevitt (SDLP)
September 2013 co-option			Fearghal McKinney (SDLP)
October 2014 co-option	Máirtín Ó Muilleoir (Sinn Féin)
June 2015 co-option		Claire Hanna (SDLP)
September 2015 co-option								Emma Little-Pengelly (DUP)
2016			Clare Bailey (Green (NI))	Paula Bradshaw (Alliance Party)		Christopher Stalford (DUP)		Emma Little-Pengelly (DUP)
2017							5 seats 2017–present
January 2020 co-option	Deirdre Hargey (Sinn Féin)	Matthew O'Toole (SDLP)
February 2022 co-option						Edwin Poots (DUP)
2022			Kate Nicholl (Alliance Party)			Edwin Poots (DUP)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2022

2022 Assembly election: Belfast South – 5 seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Deirdre Hargey	20.26%	9,511
	DUP	Edwin Poots	15.36%	7,211	7,217	7,223	7,341	8,475
	SDLP	Matthew O'Toole	11.49%	5,394	6,059	6,127	6,449	6,459	8,089
	Alliance	Paula Bradshaw	13.85%	6,503	6,768	6,828	6,963	6,994	7,150	8,323
	Alliance	Kate Nicholl	11.08%	5,201	5,347	5,405	5,536	5,553	5,743	6,656	6,737
	Green (NI)	Clare Bailey	8.65%	4,058	4,225	4,395	4,886	4,934	5,046	5,700	5,826
	UUP	Stephen McCarthy	6.52%	3,061	3,067	3,085	3,110	3,753	3,769
	SDLP	Elsie Trainor	4.32%	2,030	2,212	2,230	2,363	2,367
	TUV	Andrew Girvin	4.12%	1,935	1,935	1,944	1,980
	Aontú	Luke McCann	1.72%	806	877	892
	People Before Profit	Sipho Sibanda	1.34%	629	670	842
	Socialist Party	Neil Moore	0.75%	353	371
	Workers' Party	Paddy Lynn	0.30%	139	164
	Independent	Elly Odhiambo	0.23%	107	114
Electorate: 73,497 Valid: 46,938 (63.86%) Spoilt: 368 Quota: 7,824 Turnout: 47,306 (64.36%)

2017

2017 Assembly election: Belfast South – 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Sinn Féin	Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	17.68%	7,610
	SDLP	Claire Hanna	15.23%	6,559	6,756.28	6,788.12	6,839.56	6,981.54	8,652.54
	Alliance	Paula Bradshaw	13.00%	5,595	5,632.26	5,672.5	5,740.4	5,866.38	7,690.38
	DUP	Christopher Stalford	10.52%	4,529	4,530.08	4,551.08	4,554.08	4,704.08	4,715.26	4,726.26	4,728.5	8,667.5
	Green (NI)	Clare Bailey	9.86%	4,247	4,292.78	4,341.74	4,523.08	5,073.96	5,450	6,344	6,719.36	6,797.22
	UUP	Michael Henderson	8.97%	3,863	3,866	3,932.12	3,955.12	4,240.2	4,337.8	4,647.8	4,761.4	5,255.94
	DUP	Emma Little-Pengelly	10.33%	4,446	4,446.78	4,468.84	4,476.84	4,655.9	4,676.26	4,695.26	4,703.26
	Alliance	Emmet McDonough-Brown	4.77%	2,053	2,080.96	2,095.38	2,118.92	2,185.34
	SDLP	Naomh Gallagher	4.17%	1,794	1,855.86	1,865.92	1,893.42	1,962.22
	People Before Profit	Pádraigín Mervyn	1.77%	760	789.58	828.72	970.86
	TUV	John Hiddleston	1.63%	703	703.36	717.36	724.48
	Labour Alternative	Seán Burns	1.23%	531	539.76	566.42
	NI Conservatives	George Jabbour	0.46%	200	200.48
	Workers' Party	Lily Kerr	0.38%	163	168.22
Electorate: 67,953 Valid: 43,053 (63.36%) Spoilt: 412 Quota: 7,176 Turnout: 43,465 (63.96%)

2016

2016 Assembly election: Belfast South – 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Sinn Féin	Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	14.18%	5,207	5,208	5,234	5,245	5,247
	Alliance	Paula Bradshaw	9.07%	3,332	3,352	3,369	3,400	3,418	3,425	3,437	3,570	5,729
	SDLP	Claire Hanna	12.30%	4,516	4,522	4,559	4,574	4,581	4,582	4,591	4,738	4,934	5,056.5	7,641.5
	Green (NI)	Clare Bailey	9.59%	3,521	3,534	3,600	3,670	3,678	3,691	3,707	4,289	4,524	4,729.5	4,932.75	6,056.75
	DUP	Emma Little-Pengelly	12.28%	4,511	4,526	4,526	4,528	4,595	4,644	4,703	5,049	5,073	5,092.25	5,117	5,150
	DUP	Christopher Stalford	9.72%	3,570	3,582	3,582	3,583	3,615	3,717	3,866	4,355	4,368	4,373.25	4,389.25	4,409.25
	UUP	Rodney McCune	6.72%	2,466	2,514	2,515	2,527	2,615	2,677	2,755	3,213	3,272	3,337.5	3,367.5	3,449.5
	SDLP	Fearghal McKinney	7.75%	2,845	2,850	2,869	2,876	2,877	2,878	2,878	2,964	3,057	3,104.75
	Alliance	Duncan Morrow	7.33%	2,691	2,698	2,707	2,730	2,733	2,736	2,744	2,837
	UKIP	Bob Stoker	2.16%	794	801	803	804	832	908	1,025
	Labour Alternative	Seán Burns	2.37%	871	871	909	971	974	985	989
	TUV	John Hiddleston	1.35%	495	498	499	501	558	590	685
	Independent	Ruth Patterson	1.29%	475	478	479	481	502	571
	PUP	Ian Shanks	1.17%	430	432	435	438	444
	South Belfast Unionists	William Dickson	0.96%	351	357	358	359
	NI Labour	Brigitte Anton	0.67%	246	248	258
	Workers' Party	Lily Kerr	0.66%	241	241
	NI Conservatives	Ben Manton	0.44%	161
Electorate: 68,469 Valid: 36,723 (53.63%) Spoilt: 424 Quota: 5,247 Turnout: 37,147 (54.25%)

2011

2011 Assembly election: Belfast South – 6 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Alliance	Anna Lo	19.78%	6,390
	SDLP	Alasdair McDonnell	14.01%	4,527	4,916.1
	UUP	Michael McGimpsey	9.25%	2,988	3,208.8	3,241.05	3,322.95	4,622.05
	Sinn Féin	Alex Maskey	12.50%	4,038	4,124.7	4,138.45	4,268.15	4,452.05
	SDLP	Conall McDevitt	9.88%	3,191	3.510.5	3,687.25	3,852.1	4,444.8
	DUP	Jimmy Spratt	12.52%	4,045	4,098.7	4,103.45	4,163.85	4,281.45
	DUP	Ruth Patterson	11.76%	3,800	3,887	3,893.75	3,953.05	4,163.4
	Green (NI)	Clare Bailey	2.75%	889	1,226.8	1,263.55	1,655.6
	UUP	Mark Finlay	4.31%	1,394	1,554.5	1,567	1,617.7
	People Before Profit	Brian Faloon	1.28%	414	475.8	480.05
	Socialist Party	Paddy Meehan	0.72%	234	252	255
	UKIP	Nico Torregrosa	0.72%	234	244.5	245
	Workers' Party	Paddy Lynn	0.42%	135	155.4	158.9
	Independent	Charles Smyth	0.09%	29	33.5	33.5
Electorate: 62,484 Valid: 32,308 (51.71%) Spoilt: 444 Quota: 4,616 Turnout: 32,752 (52.42%)

Note: Charles Smyth sought election as a Procapitalism candidate, and appeared as such on the ballot paper.

2007

2007 Assembly election: South Belfast – 6 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Jimmy Spratt	15.69%	4,762
	SDLP	Alasdair McDonnell	14.43%	4,379
	Alliance	Anna Lo	12.62%	3,829	3,831	3,833.79	3,852.79	3,907.88	3,955.92	4,046.05	4,415.05
	UUP	Michael McGimpsey	8.72%	2,647	2,656.2	2,657.16	2,663.26	2,686.27	2,691.28	2,801.6	2,836.6	3,472.39	4,927.39
	SDLP	Carmel Hanna	12.35%	3,748	3,748.64	3,779.94	3,785.94	3,815.07	3,849.1	3,856.13	4,063.46	4,076.58	4,262.27
	Sinn Féin	Alex Maskey	13.17%	3,996	3,996	4,002.42	4,004.43	4,022.48	4,052.48	4,064.51	4,152.55	4,161.56	4,166.66
	DUP	Christopher Stalford	6.71%	2,035	2,387.4	2,387.5	2,397.58	2,409.58	2,420.66	2,656.03	2,684.04	2,932.17	3,274.54
	UUP	Esmond Birnie	5.95%	1,804	1,807.2	1,807.46	1,807.46	1,826.54	1,837.55	1,920.03	1,958.13	2,251.51
	UUP	Bob Stoker	3.70%	1,122	1,131.44	1,131.56	1,134.56	1,137.56	1,142.56	1,253.97	1,268
	Green (NI)	Brenda Cooke	2.43%	737	737	737.45	763.47	786.5	875.54	906.71
	PUP	Andrew Park	1.35%	410	412	412.56	415.56	424.58	435.58
	UK Unionist	David Hoey	0.98%	298	299.04	299.1	302.1	309.1	322.1
	Socialist Party	Jim Barbour	0.82%	248	248.08	248.23	253.23	277.23
	Workers' Party	Patrick Lynn	0.41%	123	123.08	123.38	126.38
	NI Conservatives	Roger Lomas	0.36%	108	108	108.05	108.05
	Make Politicians History	Rainbow George	0.22%	66	66	66.03
	Independent	Charles Smyth	0.07%	22	22.16	22.17
	Independent	Geoffrey Wilson	0.03%	10	10	10.01
Electorate: 48,923 Valid: 30,344 (62.02%) Spoilt: 189 Quota: 4,335 Turnout: 30,533 (62.41%)

2003

2003 Assembly election: South Belfast – 6 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	UUP	Michael McGimpsey	17.20%	5,389
	DUP	Mark Robinson	12.74%	3,991	4,024.32	4,024.32	4,025.32	4,039.66	4,048.83	4,150.87	4,155.21	4,246.82	4,268.16	6,661.16
	UUP	Esmond Birnie	7.38%	2,311	2,862.99	2,862.99	2,865.99	2,922.18	2,938.69	3,038.09	3,088.11	3,871.31	4,312.49	4,536.49
	SDLP	Carmel Hanna	12.48%	3,910	3,922.92	3,925.92	3,935.92	3,953.09	3,982.26	3,990.77	4,056.3	4,062.68	4,332.7	4,337.55	4,404.55
	Sinn Féin	Alex Maskey	12.55%	3,933	3,935.55	3,937.55	3,947.55	3,968.55	3,987.55	3,989.55	3,991.55	3,991.55	4,003.55	4,011.55	4,012.55
	SDLP	Alasdair McDonnell	10.30%	3,266	3,283	3,287	3,307	3,317.34	3,340.34	3,350.51	3,381.02	3,389.55	3,589.1	3,599.97	3,649.97
	NI Women's Coalition	Monica McWilliams	6.86%	2,150	2,180.43	2,185.43	2,203.43	2,248.43	2,387.6	2,431.13	2,518	2,542.23	3,168.48	3,208.54	3,522.54
	DUP	Ruth Patterson	8.10%	2,538	2,556.7	2,556.7	2,556.7	2,576.04	2,580.04	2,680.25	2,683.42	2,818.67	2,838.84
	Alliance	Geraldine Rice	3.78%	1,185	1,198.94	1,201.94	1,202.94	1,214.94	1,269.94	1,284.62	1,747.34	1,762.72
	UUP	John Hiddleston	2.45%	769	968.75	969.75	970.92	990.6	995.6	1,089.81	1,111
	Alliance	Tom Ekin	2.12%	664	672.5	673.5	678.5	698.18	726.35	739.86
	PUP	Thomas Morrow	1.58%	495	509.62	509.62	511.62	520.62	528.62
	Green (NI)	John Wright	0.98%	308	309.19	325.36	330.36	367.53
	Socialist Party	Jim Barbour	0.53%	167	168.19	170.19	181.19
	NI Conservatives	Roger Lomas	0.37%	116	119.06	120.06	120.06
	Workers' Party	Patrick Lynn	0.31%	96	96.17	97.17
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Lindsay Steven	0.13%	42	42.17
Electorate: 50,707 Valid: 31,330 (61.79%) Spoilt: 407 Quota: 4,476 Turnout: 31,737 (62.59%)

1998

1998 Assembly election: South Belfast – 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	UUP	Michael McGimpsey	12.13%	4,938	5,032	5,183	5,358	5,898
	SDLP	Alasdair McDonnell	12.17%	4,956	5,039	5,042	5,059	5,073	5,963
	DUP	Mark Robinson	7.05%	2,872	2,940	3,484	3,629	3,779	3,781	4,351	6,524
	UUP	Esmond Birnie	7.06%	2,875	2,980	3,065	3,499	4,389	4,392	5,267	5,881
	NI Women's Coalition	Monica McWilliams	9.61%	3,912	4,053	4,067	4,112	4,157	4,675	5,077	5,118	5,238	5,277.27
	SDLP	Carmel Hanna	9.53%	3,882	3,923	3,927	3,954	3,968	4,791	4,851	4,866	4,891	4,982.63
	Alliance	Steve McBride	10.03%	4,086	4,187	4,203	4,236	4,331	4,374	4,616	4,670	4,826	4,832.46
	DUP	Myreve Chambers	6.01%	2,449	2,505	3,011	3,205	3,314	3,318	3,510
	PUP	Ernie Purvis	5.19%	2,112	2,187	2,230	2,721	2,823	2,855
	Sinn Féin	Sean Hayes	6.40%	2,605	2,627	2,627	2,653	2,654
	UUP	Jim Clarke	4.22%	1,720	1,793	1,916	2,057
	Ulster Democratic	David Adams	4.28%	1,745	1,796	1,855
	UK Unionist	Grant Dillon	3.67%	1,496	1,579
	Ind. Unionist	William Dickson	1.07%	437
	Labour Party NI	Boyd Black	0.57%	231
	Workers' Party	Patrick Lynn	0.43%	176
	NI Conservatives	Roger Lomas	0.24%	97
	Natural Law	James Anderson	0.18%	73
	Independent Labour	Niall Cusack	0.15%	62
Electorate: 61,209 Valid: 40,724 (66.53%) Spoilt: 542 Quota: 5,819 Turnout: 41,266 (67.42%)

1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[8]

	Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
UUP	Bob Stoker Jim Clarke Michael McGimpsey Drew Nelson Gordon Lucy	8,617	22.8
SDLP	Alasdair McDonnell Peter O'Reilly Carmel Hanna Douglas Arthur Hegney Rosaleen Hughes	7,956	21.0
DUP	Joan Parkes Thomas Scott John Norris	5,818	15.4
Alliance	Steve McBride Philip McGarry Margaret Marshall	4,689	12.4
Sinn Féin	Sean Hayes Sean Clinton Deborah Moore	2,455	6.5
PUP	Dawn Purvis Victor Murphy	2,321	6.1
UK Unionist	Patrick Roche Kate Garrett	1,750	4.6
Ulster Democratic	David Adams Pauline Gilmore	1,666	4.4
NI Women's Coalition	Kate Fearon Annie Campbell Barbara McCabe Clare McLaughlin Fidelma O'Gorman	947	2.5
Labour coalition	Peter Hadden Eleanor Rogers Niall Cusack Neil House Maeve Cross	333	0.9
Green (NI)	Mary Carberry Jane Carney Owen Clarke Andy Frew	314	0.8
NI Conservatives	Myrtle Boal Alan McKelvey	279	0.7
Workers' Party	Paddy Lynn Ian Foster	270	0.7
Democratic Partnership	Paul Smyth Alison Wilson	133	0.4
Ulster Independence	Gordon Smyth Samuel Stevenson	108	0.3
Democratic Left	Jean Craig Chris Skillen	96	0.3
Ulster Christian Democratic	Austin Scallan Martine McLaughlin John McLaughlin Brian McLaughlin Margaret Gibson	31	0.1
Natural Law	James Anderson Morris Ahmed	13	0.0
Independent Chambers	Bertha Burleigh Mark Strain	5	0.0

1984 by-election

1984 by-election: South Belfast – 1 Seat
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	UUP	Frank Millar Jr	100.0%	Unopposed
Electorate: – Valid: Unopposed Spoilt: Unopposed Quota: Unopposed Turnout: Unopposed

1982

1982 Assembly election: South Belfast – 5 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Martin Smyth	35.59%	13,337
	Alliance	David Cook	17.39%	6,514
	DUP	Stuart McCrea	10.92%	4,091	4,695.2	4,859.68	6,880.28
	UUP	Edgar Graham	7.67%	2,875	5,210.18	5,369.71	5,407.71	5,734.08	6,253.08
	UUP	Jim Kirkpatrick	3.01%	1,126	4,427.37	4,617.29	4,673.29	4,959.67	5,415.67
	SDLP	Ben Caraher	8.92%	3,342	3,344.12	3,740.12	3,740.12	3,740.55	4,712.55
	Alliance	Basil Glass	6.65%	2,493	2,643.52	3,260.01	3,274.01	3,293.36
	DUP	Cedric Wilson	5.63%	2,111	2,407.8	2,495.95
	Workers' Party	Gerard Carr	2.49%	933	938.83
	UUUP	Philip Moles	0.66%	248	322.73
	Communist	Barry Bruton	0.45%	168	169.59
	UUUP	James Scott	0.22%	82	239.41
	Ulster Liberal	Michael Warden	0.17%	65	89.38
	Ind. Unionist	William Clulow	0.17%	65	85.67
	Independent	Stuart Hall Raleigh	0.05%	19	20.59
Electorate: 66,683 Valid: 37,469 (56.19%) Spoilt: 1,243 Quota: 6,245 Turnout: 38,712 (58.05%)

1975 Constitutional Convention

1975 Constitutional Convention: Belfast South – 6 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	UUP	Martin Smyth	31.50%	15,061
	Alliance	Basil Glass	16.65%	7,961
	UUP	Jeremy Burchill	8.85%	4,230	7,751.1
	Alliance	Jim Hendron	5.23%	2,499	2,535.85	3,473.29	3,482.81	4,282.48	4,287.65	4,464.74	7,328.74
	Vanguard	David Trimble	5.08%	2,429	4,398	4,403.18	4,637.96	4,742.38	5,147.02	5,216.57	5,226.48	7,240.98
	DUP	Thomas Burns	5.29%	2,529	3,405.7	3,412.84	3,733.02	3,836.7	4,965.12	5,042.36	5,053.86	6,117.42	6,134.07	6,513.87
	Unionist Party NI	Reginald Magee	7.43%	3,552	3,818.75	3,862.43	3,908.77	4,076	4,131.7	5,718.02	5,778.61	5,947.76	6,423.86	6,447.71
	Vanguard	Raymond Jordan	3.92%	1,874	2,732.55	2,736.05	2,906.57	2,995.6	3,282.28	3,350.53	3,364.57
	SDLP	Ben Caraher	6.41%	3,065	3,068.85	3,125.69	3,126.81	3,269	3,270.69	3,280.81
	Unionist Party NI	John Houston	3.55%	1,697	1,783.35	1,799.73	1,827.31	2,019.72	2,050.7
	DUP	Robert McNeice	2.75%	1,316	1,836.85	1,839.09	1,903.21	1,927.76
	NI Labour	Erskine Holmes	3.34%	1,599	1,682.05	1,716.49	1,726.01
Electorate: 73,324 Valid: 47,812 (65.21%) Spoilt: 789 Quota: 6,831 Turnout: 48,601 (66.28%)

1973

1973 Assembly election: South Belfast – 6 seats^[11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	UUP	Basil McIvor	13.14%	6,930	6,940	6,958	6,959	6,981	7,003	7,120	7,152	7,191	7,385	8,185
	Alliance	Basil Glass	9.76%	5,148	5,244	5,367	5,404	5,848	5,852	5,876	7,305	7,309	7,393	7,441	9,025
	DUP	Thomas Burns	8.80%	4,640	4.640	4.641	4,641	4,644	4,779	4,872	4,874	6,343	6,893	6,986	7,103	7,133	10,436
	UUP	Nelson Elder	9.12%	4,807	4,810	4,815	4,815	4,821	4,840	4,909	4,917	4,965	6,110	6,610	6,835	6,978	7,287	8,044
	UUP	Herbert Kirk	10.29%	5,426	5,429	5,435	5,439	5,447	5,465	5,610	5,620	5,653	6,009	6,605	6,838	7,038	7,297	7,663
	UUP	Reginald Magee	6.93%	3,656	3,661	3,666	3,666	3,676	3,696	3,835	3,854	3,895	4,042	5,051	5,235	5,417	5,603	6,039	6,690
	SDLP	Ben Caraher	6.30%	3,320	3,326	3,414	3,779	3,799	3,800	3,802	3,980	3,982	3,999	4,000	4,575	5,018	5,029	5,037	5,038
	Vanguard	Martin Gowdy	4.62%	2,434	2,434	2,436	2,438	2,442	3,208	3,273	3,277	3,865	4,082	4,170	4,272	4,283
	NI Labour	Erskine Holmes	5.09%	2,684	2,699	2,833	2,950	2,996	3,003	3,038	3,155	3,168	3,241	3,292
	UUP	Robert Stewart	5.41%	2,850	2,853	2,859	2,861	2,868	2,886	3,010	3,017	3,074	3,218
	Ind. Unionist	Grace Bannister	4.81%	2,538	2,540	2,553	2,554	2,568	2,584	2,900	2,918	2,992
	DUP	Thomas Wright	4.05%	2,134	2,134	2,135	2,138	2,139	2,295	2,369	2,373
	Alliance	William McCollum	2.45%	1,294	1,446	1,525	1,545	1,834	1,835	1,848
	Ind. Unionist	Thomas Rea	2.28%	1,201	1,204	1,210	1,211	1,214	1,230
	Vanguard	Stanley Morgan	2.29%	1,205	1,205	1,205	1,205	1,206
	Alliance	Jean Graham	1.41%	743	810	869	885
	Republican Clubs	Sean Flynn	1.49%	783	784	794
	Ulster Liberal	Sheelagh Murnaghan	1.04%	548	560
	Alliance	John Somerville	0.72%	380
Electorate: 75,990 Valid: 52,721 (69.38%) Spoilt: 928 Quota: 7,532 Turnout: 53,649 (70.60%)

References

^ "Statement of Persons Nominated – Belfast South". Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ "NI Assembly Election 2017". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ "NI Assembly Election 2016". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ "NI Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). EONI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ "NI Assembly Election 2007". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ "NI Assembly Election 2003". Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ "NI Assembly Election 1998". EONI. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ 1996 Candidates – South Belfast Archived 22 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Ireland Elections
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[1] "Statement of Persons Nominated – Belfast South". Retrieved 8 April 2022.

[2] "NI Assembly Election 2017". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[3] "NI Assembly Election 2016". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[4] "NI Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). EONI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[5] "NI Assembly Election 2007". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[6] "NI Assembly Election 2003". Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[7] "NI Assembly Election 1998". EONI. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[8] 1996 Candidates – South Belfast Archived 22 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Northern Ireland Elections

[9] "NI Assembly Election 1982". EONI. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[10] "NI Convention Election 1975". EONI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[11] "NI Assembly Election 1973". EONI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

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