Northern Ireland Forum

1996 Northern Ireland Forum election

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All 110 seats to the Northern Ireland Forum
First party Second party Third party   Leader David Trimble Ian Paisley John Hume Party UUP DUP SDLP Leader since 8 September 1995 30 September 1971 28 November 1979 Leader's seat Upper Bann North Antrim Foyle Seats won 30 24 21 Popular vote 181,829 141,413 160,786 Percentage 24.2% 18.8% 21.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Gerry Adams John Alderdice Party Sinn Féin Alliance Leader since 13 November 1983 3 October 1987 Leader's seat West Belfast East Belfast Seats won 17 7 Popular vote 116,377 49,176 Percentage 15.5% 6.5%
Seats won by each party and the vote share of the largest party. Break down of each party and community's seats in constituencies Election results. Voters elect 5 forum members from the 18 constituencies.
Chief Executive before election None Chief Executive after election None

Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue
Type
Type	Unicameral deliberative assembly
History
Established	1996
Disbanded	25 April 1998
Preceded by	Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
Succeeded by	Northern Ireland Assembly
Leadership
Chairman	John Gorman
Seats	110
Elections
Voting system	Party List PR
Meeting place
3rd Floor, Interpoint, 20-24 York Street, Belfast

Politics of Northern Ireland
Interim bodies
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973) Northern Ireland Executive (1974) Constitutional Convention (1975) Northern Ireland Assembly (1982) Northern Ireland Forum (1996)
Elections
1973 1975 1982 1996
Members
1973 1975 1982 1996
See also
Anglo-Irish Agreement New Ireland Forum 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections 1973 Northern Ireland border poll
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The Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 as part of a process of negotiations that eventually led to 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 of party-list proportional representation. There was also a "topup" of two seats for the ten parties polling most votes; this ensured that two loyalist parties associated with paramilitary groups were represented. See members of the Northern Ireland Forum for a complete list.