All five candidates have been announced for East Antrim, making it the first constituency count finished at the Newtownabbey count centre.
Ulster Unionist John Stewart was the first MLA to be elected. He polled a total of 6,706 votes.
He said in his victory speech he looks forward to working with all the other candidates elected today in what he hopes “will be a newly formed Executive very soon when we can deliver again for the people of East Antrim”.