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| Recount in Fermanagh/South Tyrone | Recount in Fermanagh/South Tyrone |
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| The Fermanagh/South Tyrone count was suspended at 0430 BST after two recounts in which Michelle Gildernew and Rodney Connor were neck and neck. | The Fermanagh/South Tyrone count was suspended at 0430 BST after two recounts in which Michelle Gildernew and Rodney Connor were neck and neck. |
| After the second recount, Mrs Gildernew, Sinn Fein, was just two votes ahead of independent unionist unity candidate Rodney Connor. | After the second recount, Mrs Gildernew, Sinn Fein, was just two votes ahead of independent unionist unity candidate Rodney Connor. |
| She had 21,300 votes to Mr Connor's 21,298. | She had 21,300 votes to Mr Connor's 21,298. |
| Counting is due to resume at 1100 BST on Friday. | Counting is due to resume at 1100 BST on Friday. |
| When Mrs Gildernew won the seat by a majority of 53 in 2001 the result had to be upheld in the High Court. | |
| After leaving the count station in the early hours of Friday she said she was "confident that we're going to come out in the right side of this". | |
| She added: "We always knew that it was going to be right down to the wire, so we'll see what the morning brings." | |
| Mr Connor, a former chief executive of Fermanagh District Council, was standing as an independent after the DUP and Ulster Conservatives and Unionists (UCU) agreed to run a joint unionist candidate. | |
| He said: "I am absolutely delighted with the turnout that we've got. | |
| "I'm looking forward to coming back tomorrow to have the situation finalised." |