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The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 25 June 1998. Six members were elected by Single Transferable Vote from each of Northern Ireland's eighteen Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, giving a total of 108 MLAs, or Members of the Legislative Assembly.
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The result was (first preference votes only):
Party |
Leader |
Seats |
% of seats |
Votes |
% of vote |
Rank |
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Ulster Unionist | David Trimble | 28 | 25.9% | 172,225 | 21.28% | 2 | |
SDLP | John Hume | 24 | 22.2% | 177,963 | 21.99% | 1 | |
Democratic Unionist | Ian Paisley | 20 | 18.5% | 145,917 | 18.03% | 3 | |
Sinn Féin | Gerry Adams | 18 | 16.7% | 142,858 | 17.65% | 4 | |
Alliance | John Alderdice | 6 | 5.6% | 52,636 | 6.50% | 5 | |
UK Unionist | Robert McCartney | 5 | 4.6% | 36,541 | 4.52% | 6 | |
Independent Unionist | 3 | 2.8% | 24,339 | 3.00% | 7 | ||
Progressive Unionist | Hugh Smyth | 2 | 1.9% | 20,634 | 2.55% | 8 | |
NI Women's Coalition | Monica McWilliams | 2 | 1.9% | 13,019 | 1.61% | 9 | |
Ulster Democratic | Gary McMichael | 0 | 8,651 | 1.07% | 10 | ||
Independent | 0 | 5,392 | 0.69% | * | |||
Labour Party NI | Malachi Curran | 0 | 2,729 | 0.34% | 11 | ||
Workers' Party | Tom French | 0 | 1,989 | 0.25% | 12 | ||
Conservative | William Hague | 0 | 1,835 | 0.23% | 13 | ||
Ulster Independence | Hugh Ross | 0 | 1,227 | 0.15% | 17 | ||
Natural Law | James Anderson | 0 | 832 | 0.10% | 18 | ||
Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | 0 | 789 | 0.10% | 19 | ||
Green (NI) | 0 | 710 | 0.09% | 20 | |||
Total | 108 | 100.0% | 786,132 | 100.0% |
All parties with over 500 votes listed. Electorate: 1,178,556; Turnout: 823,565 (69.88%); Spoiled votes: 13,248; Valid: 810,317.
Although the SDLP won the most first preference votes, the Ulster Unionists won the most seats in the Assembly. This has been attributed to several reasons, including:
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