With polling in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election well under way, there’s one thing that all the main political parties can agree on - the importance of this election for the future of our country.
From Michelle O’Neill to Jeffrey Donaldson to Naomi Long, prominent party leaders have called Thursday’s poll, "the most important in a generation", so with the stakes so high, let's take a look at where the five major parties in NI stand as the ballot day approaches.
The last Assembly election saw the DUP maintain the top spot in Stormont by the finest of margins- they gained one seat more than their fierce rivals Sinn Féin.
