As counting begins for the second day for the NI election 2022, Sinn Fein hold the largest number of seats.
Over a third of the 90 seats have been decided, with 47 candidates elected.
The DUP and Alliance also look to have done well, with the SDLP, UUP and Green Party being further squeezed.
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Sinn Fein took home over 250,000 first preference votes and look set to become the biggest party at Stormont.
When count centres closed for the night on Friday, they had 18 confirmed MLAs.
The previous Assembly's largest party, the DUP, had 12 candidates elected to the new Assembly.
Both party's Stormont leaders, Michelle O'Neill and Sir Jeffrey Donaldson were among those elected on Friday.
However, the DUP's Peter Weir, the former education minister, failed to make the cut in his North Down constituency.
Kellie Armstrong of Alliance became the first MLA to be confirmed on Friday, maintaining her Strangford seat.
Her party leader Naomi Long also retained her East Belfast seat, with the Alliance Party having a total of eight elected members by close of play.
The UUP leader Doug Beattie remains locked in a close battle to keep his seat in Upper Bann, where vote transfers will prove crucial for his hopes.
His party has seen four candidates get across the line.
For the SDLP, three candidates have been confirmed as across the line.
It represents a similar fate for the UUP and SDLP which appear to have lost ground at this election.
The Green Party may lose its South Belfast seat, which belongs to party leader Clare Bailey, having already lost its North Down MLA Rachel Woods.
Alex Easton, the former DUP MLA for North Down, retained his seat, this time as an independent candidate.
As the count centres open again and transfers are calculated, there will be some key developments.
In North Belfast, former Infrastructure Minister and SDLP deputy leader Nichola Mallon faces a struggle to hold onto her seat, with Alliance's Nuala McAllister in a strong position.
A similar battle is in store for Cara Hunter in East Londonderry, with Sinn Fein in position to have a second candidate elected at her expense.
As mentioned above, Doug Beattie will be keeping an eye on how transfers play out as he hopes to maintain his position in the constituency.
While the majority of MLAs have yet to be elected, a clearer picture of how the Assembly might look is emerging and Saturday should add the defining brush strokes to that picture.
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