Another thumping Sinn Féin majority in west Belfast has sent a loud message to the Conservatives that it is time for Irish unity, returning MP Paul Maskey said.
Mr Maskey's 20,866 votes was more than his five rival candidates polled combined.
However, his vote was down from the 27,107 he received in 2017, with his 21,652 majority reduced to a still sizeable 14,672.
Mr Maskey was first elected in 2011, having succeeded long standing MP Gerry Adams when the then Sinn Fein president resigned from the UK parliament to run for a seat in the Dáil.
Mr Maskey thanked his family and supporters as he paid tribute to the people of west Belfast and the economic and social advances he said had been achieved in recent years.
"What it looks like in Britain is that the Tories are going into a massive majority," he said.
"This election and this election in Belfast sends a massive clear message to the Tories that we are not going away and our voice is going to be heard loud and clear, as it has been in England, in London, in Europe, in America and indeed on this island."
Mr Maskey added: "We will continue to make sure that our voice is heard.
"We have a mandate to deliver equality and respect and we have a mandate to deliver unity."
People Before Profit leader Gerry Carroll came in a distant second in the contest with 6,194 votes.
The DUP's Frank McCoubrey secured 5,220 votes, the SDLP's Paul Doherty 2,985, the Alliance Party's Donnamarie Higgins 1,882 and Aontú's Monica Digney 1,635.
