Those of you counting on getting your old assembly line job back in Detroit can forget it.

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The elections to the 108-seat Northern Ireland assembly take place on Thursday June 25 with counting beginning on the morning of Friday June 26.

BBC: Trimble calls for large turnout in assembly poll

In Northern Ireland, The DUP and Sinn Fein are expected to remain the biggest parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly, but there has been controversy over the system for counting votes.

BBC: Vote 2011: UK rejects alternative vote