sentences:  The First Minister and Deputy First Minister were chosen by the largest parties from the two different political designations.Parties who won seats were then allocated places on the executive committee in proportion to their seats in the Assembly using the D'Hondt method.The major parties standing were the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) on the Unionist side, and Sinn Féin and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) on the Nationalist side.