2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election
The 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on 5 May 2022. It elected 90 members to the Northern Ireland Assembly. It was the seventh assembly election since the establishment of the assembly in 1998. The election was held three months after the Northern Ireland Executive collapsed due to the resignation of the First Minister, Paul Givan of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), in protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Image: Michelle O'Neill at the Foyle Assembly election launch 2022 (cropped)
Image: Jeffrey Donaldson election infobox
Image: Naomi Long MLA
Image: Colum Eastwood SDLP Conference 2023
Northern Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly, often referred to by the metonym Stormont, is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive. It sits at Parliament Buildings at Stormont in Belfast.
Image: Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings
Image: Stormont General