This is not a total list but I thought I would begin with some of the main parties running across all of the 18 constituencies.
DUP- (38 candidates)
North Belfast-Paula Bradley, Nelson McCausland, William Humphreys
West Belfast-Frank McCoubrey
South Belfast-Emma Pengelly and Christopher Stalford
East Belfast- Robin Newton, Joanne Bunting, David Douglas
North Down- Gordon Dunne, Alex Easton
Strangford- Michelle McIlveen, Simon Hamilton, Peter Weir
Lagan Valley- Brenda Hale, Paul Givan, Edwin Poots
Upper Bann- Jonathan Buckley, Carla Lockhart
South Down- Jim Wells
Newry and Armagh- William Irwin
Fermanagh/South Tyrone- Arlene Foster, Lord Morrow
Mid Ulster- Keith Buchanan
East Derry- Maurice Bradley, Adrian McQuillan, George Robinson
North Antrim- Phillip Logan, Paul Frew, Mervyn Storey
West Tyrone-Tom Buchanan
Foyle- Gary Middleton
South Antrim- Trevor Clarke, Pam Cameron, Paul Girvan
East Antrim- David Hilditch, Gordon Lyons, Stephen Ross
Sinn Fein- (34 candidates)
North Belfast-Gerry Kelly, Caral Ni Chuilin
West Belfast- Alex Maskey, Pat Sheehan, Fra McCann, Orlaithi Flynn
South Belfast-Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
East Belfast-Mairéad O’Donnell
North Down-Kieran Maxwell
Strangford- Dermot Kennedy
Lagan Valley- Peter Doran
Upper Bann- John O’Dowd, Nuala Toman
South Down- Chris Hazzard, Sinéad Ennis
Newry and Armagh- Megan Fearon, Conor Murphy, Cathal Boylan
Fermanagh/South Tyrone- Michelle Gildernew, Sean Lynch, Jemma Dolan
Mid Ulster- Ian Milne, Michelle O’Neill, Linda Dillon
East Derry-Caoimhe Archibald, Cathal Ó hOisín
North Antrim- Philip McGuigan
West Tyrone- Barry McElduff, Michaela Boyle, Declan McAleer
Foyle- Raymond McCartney, Elisha McCallion
South Antrim- Declan Kearney
East Antrim- Oliver McMullan
SDLP- (21 candidates)
Foyle – Colum Eastwood, Mark H Durkan
North Belfast – Nichola Mallon
South Belfast – Claire Hanna, Naomh Gallagher
West Belfast – Alex Attwood
South Down – Sinead Bradley, Colin McGrath
Newry/Armagh – Justin McNulty
Fermanagh, South Tyrone – Richie McPhillips
West Tyrone – Daniel McCrossan
North Antrim – Connor Duncan
East Antrim – Margaret Anne McKillop
South Antrim – Roisin Lynch
Strangford – Joe Boyle
Lagan Valley – Pat Catney
East Derry – John Dallat
East Belfast – TBA
Mid Ulster – Patsy McGlone
North Down – Caoimhe McNeill
Upper Bann – Dolores Kelly
UUP (24 candidates)
North Belfast- Robert Foster
West Belfast- Fred Rogers
South Belfast- Michael Henderson
East Belfast- Andy Allen
North Down- William Cudworth, Alan Chambers
Strangford- Mike Nesbitt, Phillip Smith
Lagan Valley- Robbie Butler, Jenny Palmer
Upper Bann- Doug Beattie, Joanne Dobson
South Down-Harold McKee
Newry and Armagh- Danny Kennedy
Fermanagh/South Tyrone- Rosemary Barton
Mid Ulster- Sandra Overend
East Derry- William McCandless
North Antrim- Robin Swann
West Tyrone- Alicia Clarke
Foyle- Julia Kee
South Antrim- Steve Aiken, Adrian Cochrane-Watson
East Antrim- John Stewart, Roy Beggs
Alliance Party- 21 candidates
East Antrim – Stewart Dickson and Danny Donnelly
East Belfast – Naomi Long and Chris Lyttle
East Londonderry – Chris McCaw
Fermanagh and South Tyrone – Noreen Campbell
Foyle – Colm Cavanagh
Lagan Valley – Trevor Lunn
Mid Ulster – Fay Watson
Newry and Armagh – Jackie Coade
North Antrim – Patricia O’Lynn
North Belfast – Nuala McAllister
North Down – Stephen Farry
South Antrim – David Ford
South Belfast – Paula Bradshaw and Emmet McDonough-Brown
South Down – Patrick Brown
Strangford – Kellie Armstrong
Upper Bann – Tara Doyle
West Belfast – Sorcha Eastwood
West Tyrone – Stephen Donnelly
Green Party (18 candidates)
North Down- Steven Agnew
South Belfast-Clare Bailey
East Belfast- Georgina Milne
Fermanagh South Tyrone- Tanya Jones
Strangford- Ricky Bamford
North Belfast- Mal O’Hara
West Belfast- Ellen Murray –
Upper Bann- Simon Lee –
East Antrim- Dawn Patterson
West Tyrone- Ciaran McClean
Foyle-Shannon Downey
East Derry/Londonderry- Anthony Flynn
Mid Ulster- Stefan Taylor
North Antrim- Mark Bailey
Newry and Armagh- Rowan Tunnicliffe
South Antrim- Eleanor Bailey
Lagan Valley- Dan Barios O’Neill
South Down- Hannah George
A number of you asked me for a gendered breakdown of the candidates; here it is
In % terms the number of women candidates #ae17
GPNI-50%
APNI-48%
SF-38%
SDLP-38%
UUP-29%
DUP-21%.— David McCann (@dmcbfs) February 3, 2017
Purely in numbers it is;
No of female candidates for parties #ae17;@sinnfeinireland-13@allianceparty-10@GreenPartyNI-9@SDLPlive-8@duponline-8@uuponline-6
— David McCann (@dmcbfs) February 3, 2017
The subjective one is about how many of each are in winnable seats, my punt is;
.@EuroHagan Subjective I will admit but my tab is
DUP-100%
SF-92%
UUP-83%
SDLP-75%
APNI-40%
GPNI-11%.— David McCann (@dmcbfs) February 3, 2017
David McCann holds a PhD in North-South relations from University of Ulster. You can follow him on twitter @dmcbfs
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