early days, the counting hasjust - become the largest party. ieé�*"i.}' days, the counting hasjust begune first minister position in the stormont executive. whether, in practicality, the dup or perhaps the other biggest unionist party would take up power—sharing with sinn fein is a major question. the dup pulled out of power—sharing in february in opposition to the protocol, and they have said they will not go back into power without amendments to that protocol, and unionists would find it difficult to share power with sinn fein, so it could be a major step in that direction, but sinn fein has been playing that down in this campaign, saying that it is about local issues, about the cost of living, energy prices, and this is not the time to determine northern ireland's constitutional position, but certainly major issues at play, a complicated system, proportional representation means it takes a while to work out how the seats are shared amongst the parties, and one thing to look out for, turnout will be down in five years ago, estimates last night were that it was around 54% before the pol