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De Br_n got 126,184 votes taking her over the 121,144 quota. The DUP’s Diane Dodds could only manage 88,346, just ahead of the Ulster Conservatives and Unionist candidate Jim Nicholson on 82,893. Jim Allister of the Traditional Unionist Voice trailed in the internal unionist contest with 66,197. The SDLP’s Alban Maginness got 78,489 votes. The Alliance Party candidate secured 26,699 votes while the Green Party candidate managed 15,764.
Jim Nicholson and Diane Dodds were subsequently elected after transfers.
Before the election, the Dodds camp warned unionists to vote for her to keep Sinn F