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A strong performance by the Alliance Party and the Greens is one of the major
trends of the local elections in the Six Counties, according to first
results this Friday. The overall unionist vote is down, thanks to a poor
performance by fringe unionist groups, while on the nationalist side,
independent republicans and newcomers Aontú have made a significant
breakthrough.