NORTHERN IRELAND FORUM

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. See members of the Northern Ireland Forum for a complete list.
The results of the election were:

Party		Votes	Vote %	Constituency seats	Top-up seats	Total seats
181,829	24.17%	28	2	30
160,786	21.36%	19	2	21
141,413	18.80%	22	2	24
116,377	15.47%	15	2	17
49,176	6.54%	5	2	7
27,774	3.69%	1	2	3
26,082	3.47%	0	2	2
16,715	2.22%	0	2	2
7,731	1.03%	0	2	2
	Labour Coalition	6,425	0.85%	0	2	2
3,647	0.49%	0	0	0
3,595	0.48%	0	0	0
3,530	0.47%	0	0	0
	Ulster Independence Movement	2,125	0.47%	0	0	0
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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References

External links

★ Official site

References

★ Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc) Act 1996

★ The 1996 Forum Elections and the Peace Process by Nicholas Whyte