Voters in Northern Ireland went to the polls today to elect the fourth Assembly since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
There are 218 candidates standing for election to the Assembly across Northern Ireland's 18 six-seat constituencies.
In the last election in 2007, the Democratic Unionist Party won 36 seats, while Sinn Féin returned 28 MLAs.
The Ulster Unionist Party and the SDLP won 18 and 16 seats respectively, while David Ford's Alliance Party took seven seats.
The DUP looks likely to remain the largest party at Stormont following the election, with Sinn Féin also expected to perform well. It is less certain how the smaller parties will fare.
Local council elections are also taking place today, with 582 councillors to be elected to 26 councils.
Polling stations opened at 7am and closed at 10pm.
Parliamentary elections in Scotland & Wales
Voters in Britain have also gone to the polls in elections to the Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly, as well as local elections in some parts of England.
The Scottish National Party has run a minority administration since 2007 and is still tipped to be the largest party in Scotland after this poll, but it may need a coalition partner to govern.
In the Welsh Assembly, Labour, which has governed with Plaid Cymru, will be looking for an overall majority.
Meanwhile, opinion polls suggest the UK-wide referendum will reject changing to the alternative vote system for Westminster elections.
If so it will be further bad news for the Liberal Democrats who had pushed for the referendum as part of their coalition deal with Prime Minister David Cameron.
