An assembly election is due to happen in May ... Under existing rules in the Northern Ireland Act (1998) - which set up the modern power-sharing institutions after the Good Friday peace agreement ...

The two parties rule in a power-sharing deal set out by the Good Friday Agreement, which has currently been suspending following the Northern Ireland Assembly election. Northern Ireland’s ...

Representatives from all parts of Northern Ireland sit in the assembly. They are called Members of the Legislative Assembly, or MLAs. We can vote for these politicians in regional elections.