Sinn Féin, Alliance, and DUP leaders top polls in Stormont election

Counting is set to continue into the early hours of Saturday

Sinn Féin Deputy Leader Michelle O'Neill reacts to her election in Mid Ulster. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Michelle O’Neill has topped the poll for Sinn Féin in Mid-Ulster, becoming one of the first MLAs elected in what could be a historic Assembly election.

Both Sinn Féin and the Alliance Party are expected to have a good day, with Alliance leader Naomi Long topping the poll in East Belfast to be re-elected on the first count.