Northern Ireland Forum
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The Northern Ireland Forum, or formally the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 to conduct the negotiations that eventually led to the Belfast Agreement (or the Good Friday Agreement) in 1998.
The forum was elected, with five members being elected for each Westminster Parliamentary constituency for Northern Ireland, under the D'Hondt method. There was also a "topup" of two for the ten parties polling most votes; this ensured that two loyalist parties associated with paramilitary groups were represented.
The results of the election were as follows
Party | Votes | Vote % | Constituency seats | Top-up seats | Total seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulster Unionist | 181,829 | 24.17% | 28 | 2 | 30 | |
Social Democratic & Labour | 160,786 | 21.36% | 19 | 2 | 21 | |
Democratic Unionist | 141,413 | 18.80% | 22 | 2 | 24 | |
Sinn Féin | 116,377 | 15.47% | 15 | 2 | 17 | |
Alliance (NI) | 49,176 | 6.54% | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
UK Unionist | 27,774 | 3.69% | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Progressive Unionist | 26,082 | 3.47% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Ulster Democratic | 16,715 | 2.22% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
NI Women's Coalition | 7,731 | 1.03% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Labour Coalition | 6,425 | 0.85% | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Green (NI) | 3,647 | 0.49% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Conservative | 3,595 | 0.48% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workers Party | 3,530 | 0.47% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ulster Independence Movement | 2,125 | 0.47% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Democratic Left | 1,215 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Democratic Partnership | 1,046 | 0.14% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All parties with over 1,000 votes shown.
↑ The party was listed on the ballot paper as "Democratic Unionist Party DUP Ian Paisley"
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Elections in Northern Ireland | ||
Northern Ireland Assembly: 1998 | 2003 | 2007 | ||
Northern Ireland House of Commons: 1921 | 1925 | 1929 | 1933 | 1938 | 1945 | 1949 | 1953 | 1958 | 1962 | 1965 | 1969 | ||
Other elections: 1973 Assembly | 1975 Constitutional Convention | 1982 Assembly | 1996 Forum |