LIKE elsewhere, Lagan Valley was the scene of an Alliance gain. However it was also a day of defeat for one of the SDLP's well-known faces.
While the DUP managed to retain its two seats, won by party leader Jeffrey Donaldson and former First Minister Paul Givan, the big news was the extra seat gained by Alliance.
In 2017, the constituency was made up of two DUP, one UUP, one Alliance and one SDLP.
It is now represented by two DUP, one UUP and two Alliance.
Jeffrey Donaldson, who ran in place of former MLA Edwin Poots, was the first past the post, topping the poll.
UUP candidate Robbie Butler was re-elected to his seat on the second count while Sorcha Eastwood from the Alliance Party and the DUP's Paul Givan were elected on count four. Finally, on the seventh count, Alliance was again celebrating when David Honeyford, a Lisburn and Castlereagh councillor, won the final seat at the expense of the SDLP's Pat Catney.
Mr Honeyford (47), a father-of-two from just outside Glenavy, said Alliance had "worked really hard" in the constituency and was "really confident" of a gain.
"The people of Lagan Valley want the assembly to work," he said.
"They want us to bring people together, unite people and move on and get the place up and running and deliver on the issues that matter to them."
Mr Honeyford, who works in construction and is also a development officer with St Joseph's GAA in Glenavy, paid tribute to the work of outgoing MLA Pat Catney.
Mr Givan said the DUP's vote had "held up very well".
"But obviously, there's a clear message, people do want Stormont up and running," he said.
"We need to get a way to make progress on the issues that have created that instability around the protocol," he said.
"But very much, people do want us to be focused on dealing with health, education, the cost of living and I hope that we can make the progress that is necessary so that we get the kind of stability in these institutions that are required for us all to be actively working at Stormont."
