Polling day on 18 May in Northern Ireland

You can enter your postcode into our search to check where your polling station is.

Your polling station will also be on your poll card, which you’ll receive through the post a few weeks before polling day.

When you enter your postcode, you’ll also be able to find out who is standing as a candidate in the election in your area.

Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm on Thursday 18 May. If there's a queue at your polling station, you'll still be able to vote as long as you joined the queue before 10pm. You’ll need to take photo ID with you to vote at the polling station. Check which forms of photo ID you can use.

There will be pencils for you to use at the polling station, but you can take your own pen if you would like.

In Northern Ireland, local council elections use the single transferable vote system.

Your ballot paper will list the names and political parties of the candidates in your area.

You put a ‘1’ in the box next to your first choice candidate, a ‘2’ next to your second choice, a ‘3’ next to your third choice and so on.

You can do this for as many or as few candidates as you like. You do not have to put a number beside every name if you don’t want to. You can just vote for one candidate.

Remember to check and follow the instructions on your ballot paper.

If you have questions on polling day, you can contact the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland.