Quotes from the campaign trail
"We are unashamedly anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist. We are actively against the occupation of Iraq and the corporate agenda which enforces cutbacks and privatisation across the globe. Those who see themselves as anti-imperialists should see that this is the front to fight on for the future." - Eamonn McCann (left) of the Socialist Environmental Alliance
"The big joker in the pack is turn out. If people think it is going to be okay and they can stay at home and not bother going out on a late November evening, who knows what the result will be?" - David Trimble targets the armchair unionist
"My only crime is loyalty." - Mr Ivan Davis, the former UUP chief whip, who is running as an independent in Lagan Valley
"The Ulster Unionist Party has been so busy with internal warfare that their proposals represent an ill-thought out, last minute effort thought up on the back of an envelope." - The DUP's Gregory Campbell reacting to David Trimble's five "key deliverables"