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BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was re-elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as Sinn Fein appeared on course to remain the major Catholic-backed party in the British territory, according to results Thursday.

Adams, 58, topped the voting in his longtime power base of Catholic west Belfast. He was among the first declared winners for the 108-member assembly following Wednesday's election to find out which Protestant and Catholic parties will control the assembly and hold the key to revived power-sharing in the territory.

Sinn Fein activists cheered wildly in the major ballot-counting center, the King's Hall conference center in south Belfast, as Adams took the winner's podium. Nearby activists from Protestant parties booed or stood stony-faced.



Now all the results are in, we have a Unionist overall majority, with hard-line Unionist Ian Paisley's DUP the biggest party. Perhaps they should re-write the headline as "Sinn Fein Loses NI elections", although a more honest one would be "NI elections same as ever".
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