Northern Ireland's Sinn Fein will maintain its policy of not taking seats in Britain's parliament, the nationalist party's president said on Thursday, a position that will cut the number of seats needed to win a parliamentary majority.
The DUP gained two seats and their 10 MP's could now form part of a hung parliament.
Sinn Féin was the other the big victor, with the party poised to wrest the Foyle seat off the SDLP MP Mark Durkan.
Sinn Fein was the other clear victor claiming 7 seats.
The counting ended with the DUP taking 10 of Northern Ireland's 18 seats, Sinn Fein seven and independent unionist Lady Sylvia Hermon retaining her North Down constituency.
Sinn Fein won four seats in 2015 but chose to stay away from Westminster.
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"We fought this election on the importance of the Union and I think people really responded to that".
In the first sign that the general election would bring a surge in the DUP's fortunes, its Lagan Valley MP, Jeffrey Donaldson, was returned with 26,762 votes - up almost 8,000 on his majority in the last election.
Mr Adams also said he could not see Prime Minister Theresa May surviving in her post.
"I don't know how Theresa May can survive this, that's a matter for her party, of course", he said.
Arguably, Sinn Fein's biggest victory came when Elisha Mc Callion took Foyle at the expense of the SDLP's Mark Durkan.
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