When is the result announced/When do we know who’s been elected?

If a poll is required, the count will take place at the Boards office for those electoral divisions being contested on the election date and may be observed by an independent solicitor. Candidates and members of the public are also welcome to observe the count, subject to the usual security checks. The results will then be published on our Public Notices webpage. Where the election of members is not contested a ‘no poll declaration’ will also be published on our Public Notices webpage, shortly after the deadline for receiving nomination papers. The declaration will list the elected members who’ve been returned unopposed. Please note that the Board will not publish election notices in the local press, following receipt of the Ministerial Direction on publishing election notices on 27 April 2016.