Northern Ireland Forum

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
Other countries
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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.