Voting in Northern Ireland's Assembly elections has closed, with early indications showing turnout has been quite low.
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A Nun leaves a polling station in west Belfast today
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A total of 1,532 polling booths at 612 polling centres are in operation as 1.1 million voters go to the polls to select candidates to the Stormont Assembly.
The parties are contesting 108 seats in the Assembly, which has been suspended since last year. Transfers will prove crucial in the elections which are based on 18 six-seater constituencies.
There are 256 candidates fighting for the 108 seats at Stormont. The current electoral register contains 1,097,526 electors, as of September 1st.
Some 2,000 extra police are being deployed at voting stations to prevent dissident paramilitary groups opposed to the peace process from launching attacks.
Counting begins tomorrow morning, with initial results expected by late afternoon.