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Northern Ireland Assembly Election, 1998

Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998

1996 ←
25 June 1998 → 2003
outgoing members ← → MLAs elected

All 108 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly
55 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 69.8%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader David Trimble John Hume Ian Paisley
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Leader since 8 September 1995 28 November 1979 30 September 1971
Leader's seat Upper Bann Foyle North Antrim
Last election 30 seats (24.2%) 21 seats (21.4%) 24 seats (18.8%)
Seats won 28 24 20
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 3 Decrease 4
Popular vote 172,225 177,963 145,917
Percentage 21.3% 22.0% 18.5%
Swing Decrease 2.9% Increase 0.6% Decrease 0.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Gerry Adams John Alderdice Robert McCartney
Party Sinn Féin Alliance UK Unionist
Leader since 13 November 1983 3 October 1987 1995
Leader's seat Belfast West Belfast East North Down
Last election 17 seats (15.5%) 7 seats (6.5%) 3 seats (3.7%)
Seats won 18 6 5
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 142,858 52,636 36,541
Percentage 16.7% 5.6% 4.5%
Swing Increase 1.2% Decrease 0.9% Increase 0.8%

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Percentage of seats gained by each of the party.

First Minister before election

New position

Elected First Minister

David Trimble
UUP


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New position

David Trimble
UUP

The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on Thursday 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.

The result was (first preference votes only):

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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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