Northern Ireland Forum elections

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The Northern Ireland Forum elections were the 1996 polls that chose representatives to a consultative body established as part of the peace process leading up to the Good Friday Agreement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf election ⓘ
regional election ⓘ
aimedAt facilitating multi‑party talks ⓘ
supporting negotiations leading to the Good Friday Agreement ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Northern Ireland ⓘ
category 1996 elections in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Elections in Northern Ireland ⓘ
Peace process elections ⓘ
context The Troubles in Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: The Troubles
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electoralSystem party‑list system ⓘ
proportional representation ⓘ
electorate registered voters in Northern Ireland ⓘ
elects Members of the Northern Ireland Forum ⓘ
followedBy Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998 ⓘ
hasPart constituency contests ⓘ
top‑up regional list seats ⓘ
isSingleOccurrence true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBasis Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc.) Act 1996 ⓘ
location Northern Ireland ⓘ
mainWinner Ulster Unionist Party ⓘ
notableFor being a precursor to the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly elections ⓘ
bringing most major Northern Ireland parties into structured talks ⓘ
numberOfConstituencies 18 ⓘ
numberOfMembersElected 110 ⓘ
numberOfTopUpSeats 20 ⓘ
organizer UK Government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
otherMajorParty Alliance Party of Northern Ireland ⓘ
Democratic Unionist Party ⓘ
Sinn Féin ⓘ
Social Democratic and Labour Party ⓘ
partOf Northern Ireland peace negotiations ⓘ
Northern Ireland peace process ⓘ
process leading to the Good Friday Agreement ⓘ
pointInTime 30 May 1996 ⓘ
precededBy 1993 Northern Ireland local elections ⓘ
purpose to elect members of the Northern Ireland Forum ⓘ
resultedIn creation of a consultative forum for peace talks ⓘ
seatsPerConstituency 5 ⓘ
significantEvent establishment of the Northern Ireland Forum ⓘ
supervisingAuthority Electoral Office for Northern Ireland ⓘ
temporalContext 1990s ⓘ
typeOfVoters citizens and qualifying residents of the United Kingdom in Northern Ireland ⓘ
usedMethod D’Hondt method ⓘ
linked to: d’Hondt method
votingAge 18 ⓘ

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Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition → electoralParticipation → Northern Ireland Forum elections ⓘ
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition → representedIn → Northern Ireland Forum ⓘ
subject linked to: NIWC
linked to: Northern Ireland Forum elections
East Londonderry (Northern Ireland Assembly constituency) → usedFor → Northern Ireland Forum election ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ireland Forum elections
Foyle (Northern Ireland Assembly constituency) → createdFor → Northern Ireland Forum election ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ireland Forum elections
Foyle (Northern Ireland Assembly constituency) → usedInElection → 1996 Northern Ireland Forum election ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ireland Forum elections