UK Election Statistics Database: Northern Ireland Forum '96

UK Election Statistics Database

Northern Ireland Forum Elections 30.05.1996
Outline Results

ID	NAME	TO	MAJ	PERC	1st	PERC	2nd	PERC	3rd	PERC	4th	PERC
	Northern Ireland

642	Fermanagh & Tyrone S	75.56	3876	8.05	UUP	32.28	SF	24.23	SDLP	21.60	DUP	13.69
642	UUP hold	75.87	14089	29.44	OUP	52.38	SDLP	22.94	SF	19.10	AP	3.85
	Forum Delegates:				UUP	2	SF	1	SDLP	1	DUP	1

643	Tyrone W	71.38	106	0.26	SDLP	28.39	SF	28.13	UUP	17.90	DUP	16.43
643	SDLP gain from DUP	71.29	3148	7.75	DUP	38.75	SDLP	31.00	SF	19.95	AP	5.62
	Forum Delegates:				SDLP	2	SF	1	UUP	1	DUP	1

644	Ulster M	76.01	509	1.16	SF	29.65	SDLP	28.49	UUP	18.10	DUP	16.52
644	SF gain from DUP	82.52	4914	10.46	DUP	41.02	SDLP	30.56	SF	24.14	AP	2.62
	Forum Delegates:				SF	2	SDLP	1	UUP	1	DUP	1

645	Foyle	67.85	8379	18.55	SDLP	44.26	SF	25.71	DUP	11.19	UUP	10.08
645	SDLP hold	67.21	12482	28.93	SDLP	53.98	DUP	25.05	SF	17.32	AP	2.01
	Forum Delegates:				SDLP	3	SF	2

646	Londonderry E	62.93	2618	7.11	UUP	30.94	DUP	23.83	SDLP	20.25	SF	9.28
646	UUP hold	62.97	16153	44.99	OUP	64.86	SDLP	19.87	AP	7.34	T	4.43
	Forum Delegates:				UUP	2	DUP	2	SDLP	1

647	Newry & Armagh	70.37	4190	8.52	SDLP	34.11	SF	25.59	UUP	22.46	DUP	9.71
647	SDLP hold	75.99	6810	13.06	SDLP	49.34	OUP	36.28	SF	12.52	AP	1.86
	Forum Delegates:				SDLP	2	SF	2	UUP	1

648	Down S	67.72	9841	21.05	SDLP	43.25	UUP	22.20	SF	13.14	DUP	10.82
648	SDLP hold	77.57	10877	20.77	SDLP	56.16	OUP	35.39	SF	3.55	AP	2.50
	Forum Delegates:				SDLP	3	SF	1	UUP	1

649	Upper Bann	65.40	6746	14.75	UUP	36.28	SDLP	21.53	DUP	15.60	SF	12.29
649	UUP hold	65.84	16163	35.54	OUP	58.98	SDLP	23.44	SF	6.11	AP	5.59
	Forum Delegates:				UUP	2	SDLP	1	DUP	1	SF	1

650	Lagan Valley	62.04	6775	15.59	UUP	37.66	DUP	22.07	AP	10.37	SDLP	9.21
650	UUP hold	68.50	25504	55.12	OUP	66.91	AP	11.79	SDLP	9.06	T	9.01
	Forum Delegates:				UUP	3	DUP	2

651	Strangford	57.99	963	2.40	UUP	31.31	DUP	28.91	AP	11.51	UKUP	7.77
651	UUP hold	62.85	12178	29.17	OUP	49.04	DUP	19.87	AP	16.14	T	14.24
	Forum Delegates:				UUP	2	DUP	2	AP	1

652	Down N	57.71	1691	4.67	UUP	25.58	UKUP	20.91	DUP	18.48	AP	17.07
652	UUP gain from UPUP	60.95	2265	6.02	UPUP	40.65	T	34.63	AP	15.66	DUP	8.38
	Forum Delegates:				UUP	2	UKUP	1	DUP	1	AP	1

653	Belfast W	68.23	11268	26.92	SF	53.41	SDLP	26.49	PUP	4.23	DUP	3.56
653	SF gain from SDLP	72.01	1018	2.25	SDLP	44.23	SF	41.98	OUP	11.64	oth	2.15
	Forum Delegates:				SF	4	SDLP	1

654	Belfast N	61.80	97	0.24	DUP	19.24	SF	19.00	SDLP	18.54	UUP	17.16
654	DUP gain from OUP	63.32	14392	33.44	OUP	51.71	SDLP	18.27	SF	11.34	AP	7.71
	Forum Delegates:				DUP	2	SF	1	SDLP	1	UUP	1

655	Belfast S	59.18	661	1.75	UUP	22.79	SDLP	21.04	DUP	15.39	AP	12.40
655	UUP hold	68.46	16337	37.00	OUP	52.68	AP	15.68	SDLP	14.19	T	11.67
	Forum Delegates:				UUP	2	SDLP	1	DUP	1	AP	1

656	Belfast E	61.68	2662	6.95	DUP	29.40	UUP	22.45	AP	18.60	PUP	6.51
656	DUP hold	65.04	11298	27.20	DUP	54.48	AP	27.28	T	10.04	SF	6.55
	Forum Delegates:				DUP	2	UUP	2	AP	1

657	Antrim S	57.76	2452	6.17	UUP	30.16	DUP	23.99	SDLP	15.14	AP	8.37
657	UUP hold	59.46	23050	57.81	OUP	71.35	SDLP	13.54	AP	10.94	SF	3.06
	Forum Delegates:				UUP	2	DUP	2	SDLP	1

658	Antrim E	57.51	479	1.43	UUP	30.09	DUP	28.66	AP	11.86	PUP	6.64
658	UUP hold	62.52	6546	18.45	OUP	43.60	AP	25.15	DUP	22.69	T	7.86
	Forum Delegates:				UUP	2	DUP	2	AP	1

659	Antrim N	61.96	5253	11.81	DUP	36.97	UUP	25.16	SDLP	16.15	SF	5.80
659	DUP hold	63.89	14936	32.82	DUP	50.88	OUP	18.06	SDLP	14.31	AP	7.56
	Forum Delegates:				DUP	2	UUP	2	SDLP	1

NI	Northern Ireland	64.52			UUP	24.17	SDLP	21.37	DUP	18.80	SF	15.47
		68.06			OUP	34.01	SDLP	23.49	DUP	14.15	SF	9.97

Forum Delegates (FE1996 v GE1992)

ID	NAME	UUP	SD LP	DUP	SF	AP	UK UP	PUP	UDP	NI WC	Lab NI	G	T	WP	U Ind	Ind UU	NLP	UP UP
642	Fermanagh & Tyrone S	2	1	1	1
	GE92(not.)	3	1		1
643	Tyrone W	1	2	1	1
	GE92(not.)		2	2	1
644	Ulster M	1	1	1	2
	GE92(not.)		2	2	1
645	Foyle		3		2
	GE92(not.)		3	1	1
646	Londonderry E	2	1	2
	GE92(not.)	4	1
647	Newry & Armagh	1	2		2
	GE92(not.)	2	3
ID	NAME	UUP	SD LP	DUP	SF	AP	UK UP	PUP	UDP	NI WC	Lab NI	G	T	WP	U Ind	Ind UU	NLP	UP UP
648	Down S	1	3		1
	GE92(not.)	2	3
649	Upper Bann	2	1	1	1
	GE92(not.)	4	1
650	Lagan Valley	3		2
	GE92(not.)	5
651	Strangford	2		2		1
	GE92(not.)	3		1		1
652	Down N	2		1		1	1
	GE92(not.)					1							2					2
653	Belfast W		1		4
	GE92(not.)		3		2
654	Belfast N	1	1	2	1
	GE92(not.)	4	1
655	Belfast S	2	1	1		1
	GE92(not.)	3	1			1
656	Belfast E	2		2		1
	GE92(not.)			3		2
657	Antrim S	2	1	2
	GE92(not.)	5
658	Antrim E	2		2		1
	GE92(not.)	3		1		1
659	Antrim N	2	1	2
	GE92(not.)	1	1	3

ID	NAME	UUP	SD LP	DUP	SF	AP	UK UP	PUP	UDP	NI WC	Lab NI	G	T	WP	U Ind	Ind UU	NLP	UP UP
660	top-up	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	GE92(not.)	2	2	2	2	2							2	2		2	2	2
661	NI	30	21	24	17	7	3	2	2	2	2
	GE92(not.)	41	24	15	8	8							4	2		2	2	4

Allocation of delegates:

Each Westminster constituency (S.I. 1995/2992) elects five delegates by proportional representation. These 90 delegates are then 'topped-up' by 20 delegates, with the Top 10 parties receiving two delegates each (1996 ch.11. Sch. 1, sec. 14-16). The proportional system in the constituencies works as follows (simplified, sec. 8-13):
1. The quota for each constituency, with T being the number of valid votes polled and d the number of delegates to be returned: Q = (T/(d+1))+1
Example (Foyle):

T = 45184	d = 5	Q = 7531.67 = 7532

2. Each party's number of votes in a constituency is divided by the quota; delegates are returned according to the whole number so derived. If fewer than five delegates are returned in this first step, a party's vote V is devided thus: V/(N+1), with N being the number of delegates already returned. The party with the highest number (fraction) is allocated a delegate. This second step is repeated until all five delegates are duely returned.

Party	UUP	SDLP	DUP	SF
Votes	4553	19997	5054	11618
Step 1
Quotient	0.6044	2.6549	0.6710	1.5425
Allocation 1	0	2	0	1
Step 2
Fractions	4553	6665.67	5054	5809
Allocation 2	0	1	0	0
Step 3
Fractions	4553	4999.25	5054	5809
Allocation 3	0	0	0	1
Total Delgates	0	3	0	2

I have used the same system to calculate the comparative GE1992not seats.

UK Election Statistics Database

Northern Ireland Forum Elections 30.05.1996 Outline Results

Forum Delegates (FE1996 v GE1992)

Allocation of delegates:

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Northern Ireland Forum Elections 30.05.1996
Outline Results