All 108 seats have been filled in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, with the Democratic Unionists once again emerging as the region's largest party.
Sinn Féin has won 28 seats and is set to team up with the DUP to lead another power-sharing executive at Stormont.
The Ulster Unionists will be the third largest party, with 16 Assembly members.
The SDLP has dropped two seats, down from 14 to 12. But for new leader, Colum Eastwood, there's the consolation that a new generation of representatives, including Clare Hanna and Nichola Mallon in Belfast, and former Armagh footballer, Justin McNulty in Newry and Armagh have replaced retiring members.
The Alliance party has eight Assembly members. The Green party has doubled its representation, with Clare Bailey in South Belfast joining Steven Agnew in North Down.
Independent Claire Sugden retained her seat in East Derry; TUV leader Jim Allister retained his sole party seat and in one of the stories of the election, People Before Profit elected its first two MLAs, Gerry Carroll in West Belfast and 73-year-old Eamon McCann in Foyle.
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DUP leader Arlene Foster said her party has had a tremendous victory in Northern Ireland.
Speaking on RTÉ's The Week in Politics, she said the DUP went to the electorate on a platform of health, education, more and better infrastructure, jobs and household taxes.
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When asked if his party is now seen as part of the establishment in Northern Ireland, Gerry Kelly said Sinn Féin has been in government continuously since 2007.
Speaking on the same programme, he said his party had said it would work with People Before Profit in the South and said it will certainly work with them in the North.
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Former Fianna Fáil TD and Northern Ireland Advisor Martin Mansergh said the message from the Assembly elections was one of stability.
He said: "It is certainly a very sharp contrast - the stability north of the border with the volatility south of the border."
More than 8,000 first preferences for PBPA candidate
The smaller parties who filled seats in the coalition executive in the last term - the SDLP, Ulster Unionists and Alliance - failed to mount a significant challenge to the major government partners.
The People Before Profit Alliance (PBPA) won two seats; Gerry Carroll topped the poll in Sinn Féin's West Belfast heartland, while veteran campaigner Eamonn McCann won a seat in Foyle.
Mr Carroll stormed home in West Belfast with more than 8,000 first preferences.
"For all the parties we will be a thorn in their side and I think it is needed," he said.
"You hear all this talk about a different type of politics and we hope we provide that for the next term."
Jim Allister, leader of the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) and arch-critic of the last administration, retained his seat, though failed to bring any colleagues in with him.
Long and Gildernew return to Stormont
Among the most high-profile political casualties was independent unionist John McCallister who lost his South Down seat after nine years.
The Alliance Party's Naomi Long and Sinn Féin's Michelle Gildernew will be making a return to the Stormont benches after previously serving as MPs.
Jenny Palmer, who quit the DUP, took a seat from her former party when she was elected for the Ulster Unionists in Lagan Valley.
UUP leader Mike Nesbitt topped the poll in Strangford.
Former DUP health minister Jim Wells, who was embroiled in a series of controversies in the last term, was also re-elected in South Down.
The SDLP faced a tight battle to retain its single seat in West Belfast with Alex Attwood narrowly pipping the DUP's Frank McCoubrey by 89 votes.
In South Belfast, Claire Hannah, who was co-opted into the assembly when former SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell stood down, proved successful in her first test at the Assembly polls and was elected just after midnight.
Her running mate, former television reporter Fearghal McKinney was eliminated at stage ten.
Colum Eastwood, who was embarking on his first election as SDLP leader, retained his seat in Foyle.
Sinn Féin's Culture Arts and Leisure Minister Carál Ní Chuilín was also returned for another term in North Belfast, as was Gerry Kelly.
Former DUP political adviser Emma Pengelly, who was co-opted into the last Assembly, won a seat in her own right in South Belfast, as did former DUP Belfast deputy mayor Christopher Stalford.
The poll was the first chance to vote for people born after the historic Good Friday Agreement.
Eighteen years on from the signing of the 1998 peace accord which paved the way for a devolved power-sharing government, voters were selecting the latest batch of MLAs to represent them at Stormont.
There were 276 candidates standing across the 18 constituencies.
The overall turnout of valid and invalid votes has fallen on the 2011 Assembly election, but only slightly. More votes were actually cast than five years ago, but in the context of a larger electorate.
