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East Londonderry
Northern Ireland Assembly Parliamentary constituency
Current constituency
Created	1996
Seats	6 (1996–2016) 5 (2017–)
MLAs	Caoimhe Archibald (SF)   Maurice Bradley (DUP)   Cara Hunter (SDLP)   Alan Robinson (DUP)   Claire Sugden (Ind)
Districts	Causeway Coast and Glens District Council
Boundaries

East Londonderry is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996. Since 1998, it has elected members to the current Assembly.

For Assembly elections prior to 1996, the constituency was largely part of the Londonderry constituency with a small part around Portrush coming from North Antrim constituency. Since 1997, it has shared boundaries with the East Londonderry UK Parliament constituency.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see East Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency).

Election	MLA (party)		MLA (party)		MLA (party)		MLA (party)		MLA (party)		MLA (party)
1996		Arthur Doherty (SDLP)	5 seats 1996–1998			David Brewster (UUP)		John White (UUP)		Robert Bolton (DUP)		Robert Stewart (DUP)
1998				John Dallat (SDLP)		David McClarty (UUP/ Independent Unionist)		Pauline Armitage (UUP)		Boyd Douglas (Independent Unionist)		Gregory Campbell (DUP)
September 2002 co-option		Michael Coyle (SDLP)
2003		Francis Brolly (Sinn Féin)						Norman Hillis (UUP)		George Robinson (DUP)
2007								Adrian McQuillan (DUP)
January 2010 co-option		Billy Leonard (Sinn Féin)
2011		Cathal Ó hOisín (Sinn Féin)
May 2014 co-option						Claire Sugden (Independent Unionist)
2016		Caoimhe Archibald (Sinn Féin)		Gerry Mullan (SDLP)								Maurice Bradley (DUP)
2017				John Dallat (SDLP)			5 seats 2017–present
May 2020 co-option				Cara Hunter (SDLP)
2022										Alan Robinson (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.

2022 Assembly election: East Londonderry – 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Maurice Bradley	15.30%	6,786	6,791	6,807	7,221	7,249	7,401
	DUP	Alan Robinson	11.61%	5,151	5,160	5,166	5,223	5,248	5,323	6,120	8,218
	Ind. Unionist	Claire Sugden	8.97%	3,981	4,006	4,084	4,169	4,202	4,951	5,854	6,632	7,329	8,476
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhe Archibald	15.48%	6,868	6,886	6,945	6,945	7,163	7,244	7,248	7,253	7,253	7,453
	SDLP	Cara Hunter	8.26%	3,664	3,696	3,837	3,843	4,075	4,270	4,391	4,478	4,513	6,484
	Sinn Féin	Kathleen McGurk	10.14%	4,500	4,528	4,558	4,558	4,690	4,713	4,713	4,715	4,715	4,818
	Alliance	Chris McCaw	7.52%	3,338	3,350	3,594	3,605	3,683	3,862	4,269	4,408	4,499
	TUV	Jordan Armstrong	6.67%	2,959	2,964	2,973	3,210	3,224	3,285	3,737
	UUP	Darryl Wilson	5.92%	2,625	2,628	2,644	2,737	2,740	2,818
	Independent	Stephanie Quigley	3.39%	1,503	1,562	1,613	1,630	1,805
	Aontú	Gemma Brolly	2.47%	1,095	1,136	1,159	1,160
	PUP	Russell Watton	2.10%	933	935	939
	Green (NI)	Mark Coulson	0.78%	347	352
	People Before Profit	Amy Merron	0.78%	347	353
	Independent	Niall Murphy	0.41%	181
	Independent	Billy Stewart	0.18%	82
Electorate: 72,959   Valid: 44,360 (60.80%)   Spoilt: 436   Quota: 7,394   Turnout: 44,796 (61.40%)

2017 Assembly election: East Londonderry – 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Ind. Unionist	Claire Sugden	11.75%	4,918	4,990	5,102	5,278	5,437	5,707	6,561	7,555
	DUP	Maurice Bradley	13.00%	5,444	5,462	5,473	5,832	6,127	6,132	6,171	6,739	8,056
	DUP	George Robinson	11.26%	4,715	4,721	4,730	4,781	4,906	4,962	4,993	5,335	7,801
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhe Archibald	13.97%	5,851	5,854	5,934	5,937	5,940	6,166	6,299	6,311	6,320	6,320	6,328	6,330
	SDLP	John Dallat	7.93%	3,319	3,325	3,440	3,443	3,459	3,725	4,366	5,143	5,298	5,443	5,709	6,091
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Ó hOisín	11.83%	4,953	4,954	4,979	4,979	4,980	5,155	5,196	5,202	5,211	5,221	5,236	5,238
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan	9.27%	3,881	3,887	3,890	3,994	4,135	4,142	4,170	4,566
	UUP	William McCandless	6.72%	2,814	2,866	2,899	2,960	3,268	3,288	3,581
	Alliance	Chris McCaw	4.40%	1,841	1,872	2,150	2,163	2,190	2,327
	Ind. Nationalist	Gerry Mullan	2.88%	1,204	1,206	1,290	1,297	1,314
	TUV	Jordan Armstrong	2.48%	1,038	1,048	1,056	1,147
	PUP	Russell Watton	2.10%	879	882	889
	People Before Profit	Gavin Campbell	1.17%	492	494
	Green (NI)	Anthony Flynn	0.73%	305	310
	NI Conservatives	David Harding	0.52%	219
Electorate: 67,392   Valid: 41,873 (62.13%)   Spoilt: 375   Quota: 6,979   Turnout: 42,248 (62.69%)

2016 Assembly election: East Londonderry – 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Maurice Bradley	13.46%	4,630	4,689	4,767	5,061
	DUP	George Robinson	13.28%	4,567	4,616	4,711	4,931
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan	10.11%	3,477	3,523	3,551	3,703	3,789	3,794	3,865	4,608	5,385
	Ind. Unionist	Claire Sugden	9.51%	3,270	3,488	3,521	3,615	3,619	3,620	4,106	4,459	5,003
	SDLP	Gerry Mullan	9.49%	3,265	3,341	3,352	3,364	3,366	3,366	3,801	3,809	4,172
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhe Archibald	11.63%	4,002	4,043	4,044	4,045	4,045	4,046	4,121	4,127	4,139
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Ó hOisín	10.15%	3,493	3,514	3,514	3,514	3,514	3,514	3,522	3,524	3,533
	UUP	William McCandless	5.20%	1,789	1,867	2,629	2,921	2,964	2,965	3,167	3,407
	PUP	Russell Watton	3.94%	1,356	1,399	1,403	1,535	1,544	1,546	1,553
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	3.65%	1,257	1,492	1,516	1,539	1,540	1,541
	TUV	Jordan Armstrong	3.46%	1,191	1,240	1,291
	UUP	Aaron Callan	3.10%	1,067	1,096
	Green (NI)	Amber Hamill	1.26%	434
	UKIP	Steven Parkhill	0.80%	274
	NI Conservatives	David Harding	0.63%	216
	Independent	Victor Christie	0.18%	61
	NI Conservatives	Stuart Canning	0.15%	50
Electorate: 68,600   Valid: 34,399 (50.14%)   Spoilt: 449   Quota: 4,915   Turnout: 34,848 (50.80%)

2011 Assembly election: East Londonderry – 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	18.20%	6,319
	SDLP	John Dallat	8.55%	2,967	2,978.44	2,994.54	3,003.2	3,515.08	5,207.08
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Ó hOisín	13.48%	4,681	4,682.54	4,682.54	4,683.76	4,712.2	4,962.2
	DUP	George Robinson	11.10%	3,855	4,167.62	4,235.08	4,695.62	4,764.02	4,784.88	4,823.1
	Ind. Unionist	David McClarty	8.65%	3,003	3,119.16	3,275.5	3,511.62	4,112.86	4,154.08	4,405.08
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan	7.58%	2,633	3,298.72	3,368.36	3,609.84	3,701.78	3,718.44	3,781.66
	UUP	David Harding	4.20%	1,458	1,531.92	2,580.42	3,131.1	3,399.84	3,427.38	3,460.6
	Sinn Féin	Bernadette Archibald	7.60%	2,639	2,640.96	2,643.98	2,646.98	2,673.98	2,771.2
	SDLP	Thomas Conway	6.40%	2,222	2,228.16	2,231.38	2,243.98	2,362.58
	Alliance	Barney Fitzpatrick	5.49%	1,905	1,932.28	2,005.7	2,040.46
	TUV	Boyd Douglas	4.52%	1,568	1,647.42	1,703.18
	UUP	Lesley Macaulay	4.24%	1,472	1,530.3
Electorate: 65,226   Valid: 34,722 (53.23%)   Spoilt: 581   Quota: 4,961   Turnout: 35,303 (54.12%)

Note: David McClarty appeared on the ballot paper with no description, however had previously made clear that he was fighting the election as an Independent Unionist.

2007 Assembly election: East Londonderry – 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	20.18%	6,845
	DUP	George Robinson	11.77%	3,991	4,437.31	4,448.21	4,631.65	4,869.65
	Sinn Féin	Francis Brolly	13.19%	4,476	4,476.58	4,691.58	4,709.87	4,709.87	4,727.87	5,002.87
	SDLP	John Dallat	7.78%	2,638	2,647.57	2,690.57	2,749.73	2,755.73	3,143.89	4,733.34	6,380.34
	UUP	David McClarty	8.48%	2,875	3,037.11	3,048.27	3,156.39	3,763.61	4,205.99	4,238.28	4,279.28	4,409.28
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan	7.81%	2,650	3,779.84	3,787	3,931.6	3,974.85	4,042.39	4,046.68	4,053.97	4,073.97
	UUP	Norman Hillis	6.06%	2,054	2,172.61	2,177.19	2,299.11	2,797.62	3,101.97	3,118.84	3,140.13	3,195.13
	Sinn Féin	Billy Leonard	6.84%	2,321	2,322.74	2,338.74	2,364.03	2,366.03	2,402.32	2,457.32
	SDLP	Orla Beattie	5.30%	1,797	1,800.77	1,836.77	1,898.06	1,916.35	2,097.64
	Alliance	Bernard Fitzpatrick	4.13%	1,401	1,422.17	1,430.17	1,651.65	1,670.94
	UUP	Edwin Stevenson	3.94%	1,338	1,357.14	1,361.14	1,456.49
	UK Unionist	Leslie Cubitt	1.62%	549	594.82	601.11
	Green (NI)	Phillippe Moison	1.54%	521	529.7	563.7
	Republican Sinn Féin	Michael McGonigle	1.16%	393	395.03
	Independent	Victor Christie	0.22%	73	77.35
Electorate: 56,104   Valid: 33,922 (60.46%)   Spoilt: 258   Quota: 4,847   Turnout: 34,180 (60.92%)

2003 Assembly election: East Londonderry – 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	13.97%	4,789	4,803	5,023
	UUP	David McClarty	11.87%	4,069	4,288	4,414	5,176
	Sinn Féin	Francis Brolly	11.73%	4,019	4,051	4,056	4,056	4,056.37	4,056.99	5,895.99
	DUP	George Robinson	10.11%	3,466	3,474	3,514	3,613	3,617.07	3,641.87	3,643.87	3,644.7	4,741.99	7,346.99
	UUP	Norman Hillis	6.69%	2,292	2,377	2,527	2,959	3,199.87	3,220.95	3,222.95	3,223.78	3,883.84	4,319.92	5,346.92
	SDLP	John Dallat	9.31%	3,190	3,430	3,455	3,468	3,472.81	3,474.05	3,565.05	3,734.37	3,759.99	3,778.23	3,794.23	3,870.23
	SDLP	Michael Coyle	6.99%	2,394	2,525	2,532	2,546	2,548.59	2,548.59	2,700.59	3,514.82	3,526.82	3,534.47	3,545.47	3,652.47
	DUP	Maurice Bradley	8.27%	2,836	2,848	3,035	3,040	3,043.33	3,091.07	3,095.07	3,096.73	3,373.52
	Independent	Boyd Douglas	5.55%	1,903	1,923	2,049	2,171	2,190.61	2,219.75	2,220.75	2,221.58
	Sinn Féin	Cliona O'Kane	6.13%	2,102	2,110	2,111	2,114	2,114	2,114
	UUP	Edwin Stevenson	4.11%	1,408	1,443	1,466
	UK Unionist	Pauline Armitage	2.64%	906	937
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	2.22%	762
	Socialist Environmental	Marion Baur	0.40%	137
Electorate: 56,203   Valid: 34,273 (60.98%)   Spoilt: 430   Quota: 4,897   Turnout: 34,703 (61.75%)

1998 Assembly election: East Londonderry – 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	15.42%	6,099
	UUP	David McClarty	12.91%	5,108	5,324	5,347.8	5,351.8	6,268.8
	SDLP	John Dallat	12.03%	4,760	4,782	4,783.33	4,858.33	4,869.54	5,708.54
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty	11.64%	4,606	4,619	4,619.77	4,773.77	4,780.84	5,178.54	5,187.77	7,754.77
	UUP	Pauline Armitage	8.38%	3,315	3,432	3,452.79	3,452.79	3,865.7	4,703.12	5,227.1	5,229.1	5,379.1
	Ind. Unionist	Boyd Douglas	9.63%	3,811	3,892	3,937.22	3,938.22	4,048.06	4,152.06	4,201.76	4,217.54	4,259.54
	DUP	George Robinson	8.29%	3,280	3,390	3,709.06	3,709.2	3,774.7	3,805.19	3,834.3	3,842.3	3,867.3
	Sinn Féin	Malachy O'Kane	6.37%	2,521	2,525	2,525.07	3,601.07	3,604.07	3,621.07	3,621.78
	Alliance	Barbara Dempsey	6.05%	2,395	2,476	2,477.96	2,480.96	2,520.03
	UUP	Roger McPherson	3.87%	1,531	1,608	1,615.42	1,615.42
	Sinn Féin	John McIlhenny	3.38%	1,339	1,347	1,347.14
	PUP	Dave Gilmour	1.47%	582
	Ulster Democratic	David Nelson	0.43%	171
	Natural Law	Maura McCann	0.12%	46
Electorate: 59,370   Valid: 39,564 (66.64%)   Spoilt: 603   Quota: 5,653   Turnout: 40,167 (67.66%)

Successful candidates are shown in bold.

Party		Candidate(s)	Votes	Percentage
	UUP	David Brewster John White Pauline Armitage Antony Alcock Elizabeth Black	11,386	30.9
	DUP	Robert Bolton Robert Stewart Victor Wilson	8,768	23.8
	SDLP	Arthur Doherty John Dallat Patricia Farren Gerald McLaughlin Michael Coyle	7,451	20.3
	Sinn Féin	Malachy O'Kane Thomas Donaghey Kevin Kelly John McCloskey Kathleen Kelly	3,413	9.3
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle Bill Mathews Paddy McGowan	2,107	5.7
	UK Unionist	Kingsley Nutt Angela Nutt	1,040	2.8
	Ulster Democratic	Allister Crawford Robert Mitchell	728	2.0
	PUP	William Smith William Mitchell	652	1.8
	NI Women's Coalition	Avril Watson Mary Mulholland Pauline Nellis	375	1.0
	Labour coalition	Fionnuala Harbinson Alan McKee Peter Scott John Quigley	241	0.6
	NI Conservatives	Hubert Mullan John McKeown	208	0.6
	Green (NI)	David Surplus Adeline Curry	189	0.5
	Ulster Independence	Bartholomew Hamilton Hugh Kerr John Walker	100	0.3
	Workers' Party	Marian Donnelly James McLaughlin	75	0.2
	Democratic Left	Odran Dunphy Colm Campbell	45	0.1
	Natural Law	Brian McEnery Lee Silvera	14	0.0
	Independent Chambers	Jonathan Chambers Maureen Holmes Neill Chambers	5	0.0