Sinn Fein leader Michelle O’Neill has acclaimed a "new era" for Northern Ireland as her party has become the first nationalist party to win the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly in its 101-year history.

Sinn Fein celebrated its historic first victory in the parliamentary elections, but DUP warned about Northern Ireland Protocol.

Republican party Sinn Fein is on the cusp of becoming the largest party in Northern Ireland. For the first time in 101 years, the First Minister role could be held by a pro-reunification politician in a blow to unionism on the island of Ireland. The results could signal further political gridlock as it is unclear whether the main unionist party, the Democratic Unionist Party would support the move.

In a major blow to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the Labor party seized control of Conservative strongholds in London first time in decades, and suffered setbacks across England, early results showed.

The DUP’s Paul Givan and Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill have been nominated as the first and deputy first minister of Northern Ireland.

Boris Johnson has directly intervened in Northern Ireland's intensifying political crisis by urging rival parties to respect the January 2020 deal which restored the British-controlled territory's devolved institutions.

The Irish Republican group Sinn Féin is refusing to participate in the formation of a new devolved administration in Northern Ireland until its demands on Irish language legislation are met.