Election to the Northern Ireland Forum 1996
The election for the Northern Ireland Forum took place on May 23, 1996. The Northern Irish forum for political dialogue was established in 1996 as part of a negotiation process, the 1998 Good Friday Agreement ( Good Friday Agreement led).
Electoral system
The forum was elected with five members elected for each constituency of the Westminster Parliament for Northern Ireland using the D'Hondt system of proportional representation. There was also an increase; two seats for the ten parties that received the most votes; this ensured that two loyalist parties linked to paramilitary groups were represented.
Parties
The top candidates were chosen from the lists submitted by each party. The highest-ranking candidates who had not already been elected through a constituency won the additional seats.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Northern Ireland Forum Elections 05/30/1996 - Outline Results. wesleyjohnston.com, accessed March 7, 2015 .
- ^ Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 1998. arc.ac.uk, accessed on March 7, 2015 .
