The counting of votes has started following elections to the Stormont Assembly. All ninety seats in the meeting are up for grabs with 5 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) being elected in every of the 18 constituencies. The first of the 90 MLAs are anticipated to be returned by Friday afternoon however the counting is ready to continue into the early hours of Saturday. Votes are being counted at three centres - Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast, Ulster University in Jordanstown and Meadowbank Sports Arena in Magherafelt. You'll be able to follow all the results as they are available on the BBC News NI webpage, which can feature a reside web page, stage-by-stage results and dwell streams, in addition to on our Twitter web page, external. You'll be able to follow online rolling coverage on the BBC Northern Ireland special election live web page from 11:30, covering every twist and turn throughout the day, as well as as the newest evaluation and response from the rely centres. You'll also be capable to see the total results constituency by constituency, with breakdowns of each single vote for each candidate stage-by-stage. And we'll be again on Saturday to do all of it again, as we dimension up what a huge couple of days for politics in Northern Ireland. So take a look at the BBC News NI webpage or the BBC News app to verify you do not miss a thing. BBC One Northern Ireland will air an election particular from 12:15 on Friday 6 May to deliver you every result, with instant response and interviews from occasion leaders and successful candidates. Host Mark Carruthers will probably be joined within the studio by political editor Enda McClafferty and BBC Newsline reporter Sara Girvan, whereas information correspondent Mark Simpson can have the latest graphics. BBC Radio Ulster's election special begins at 12:15 on Friday, hosted by Chris Buckler and Sarah Brett. It'll also be streamed on the website and you can listen and watch the studio for the very first time. William Crawley, Joel Taggart and Catherine Morrison will likely be dwell from the three rely centres together with political pundits and experts to deliver you the very newest information and analysis. William Crawley and Sarah Brett will proceed the protection from 10:00 on Saturday, with a special hour-lengthy roundup following at 12:00 on Sunday 8 May with Chris Buckler. On BBC Radio Foyle, coverage begins at 13:00 offered by Elaine McGee, Richard O'Reilly and David Hunter. You possibly can comply with all the newest outcomes, news and up-to-the-minute evaluation from our election groups on Twitter, exterior and on Facebook, external. Push alerts can also be despatched directly to your smartphone by signing up below. Tap here to receive the alerts. This feature is barely accessible to UK app users. You can obtain the most recent variations of the BBC News app right here on the Android Play Store, exterior or right here on the iOS App Store, exterior.