{"id":35084,"date":"2024-05-23T07:15:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T07:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/ni-parties-gearing-up-for-summer-general-election\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T07:15:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T07:15:45","slug":"ni-parties-gearing-up-for-summer-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/ni-parties-gearing-up-for-summer-general-election\/","title":{"rendered":"NI parties gearing up for summer general election"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Northern Ireland’s political parties are gearing up for a summer election after a teatime announcement by the prime minister.<\/p>\n

Rishi Sunak ended speculation on Wednesday, saying voters will go to the polls on 4 July.<\/p>\n

Some Northern Ireland party leaders said they were surprised by an election in six weeks time, others said they had been waiting patiently.<\/p>\n

Eighteen seats are up for grabs in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP) is the largest Northern Ireland party in the House of Commons with eight MPs.<\/p>\n

Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who now faces historical sexual offence charges – which he said he will be contesting – will not be standing for re-election<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sinn F\u00e9in is currently the largest party at Stormont and at local government level.<\/p>\n

They will want to replicate that in the Westminster poll.<\/p>\n

Currently, they have seven MPs, but are an abstentionist party, meaning they do not take their seats in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n

The SDLP has two MPs and Alliance has one. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Electoral Office has said the deadline for absent vote applications is Friday 14 June.<\/p>\n

Anyone who previously registered to vote online, will be required to supply a Digital Registration Number (DRN) in their absent vote application, via the electoral office website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Northern Ireland’s political parties certainly didn’t expect a July election which is why so many questions need answering and soon. <\/p>\n

Like who will the DUP run in place of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson in Lagan Valley?<\/p>\n

Will the Alliance leader Naomi Long stand in East Belfast?<\/p>\n

And if she doesn’t, will that mean the prospects are better for Gavin Robinson just weeks into his time as the DUP’s interim leader?<\/p>\n

On the face of it the DUP appears to be the party under most pressure. <\/p>\n

The Donaldson factor is one thing. The vote-splitting threat from the link-up between the TUV and Reform UK is another. <\/p>\n

All of which means Sinn F\u00e9in will fancy its chances of becoming the biggest party for the first time in a Westminster election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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