Assembly Election 2017: Michelle Gildernew and Jemma Dolan secure two seats for Sinn Fein
By Meadhbh Monahan and Rodney Edwards
Sinn Fein’s Michelle Gildernew and Jemma Dolan have been elected to Stormont.
Ms Gildernew returned to front-line politics last year when she was elected back where she had previously served as MLA and agriculture minister.
Miss. Dolan, a 26 year old from Belleek on the Donegal-Fermanagh border, is the party's new candidate and seen very much as the new face of the party locally. She was even chosen by the leadership to launch Sinn Fein’s main election campaigns.
After the the transfer of Richie McPhillips' votes on the third round, Miss Gildernew finished with 9,385 votes and Miss Dolan finished with 8,928 votes.
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