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	Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 2003
		On 2§ November 2003, for the first time since 1975, a regional level election was held on the same boundaries and with the same seat distribution as its predecessor.
		Upper Bann 2 UUP, 2 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 SF This graph contrasts the 2003 Assembly election result with the elections of the Assembly in 1973, the Forum in 1996, the Assembly in 1982, the Constitutional Convention in 1975 and the Assembly in 1973.
		This was a very good election for the DUP, who were convincingly ahead of the UUP for the first time outside a European election, and for SF, who had their best result since the creation of Northern Ireland, and came second for the first time since 1921.
	www.ark.ac.uk /elections/fa03.htm (1937 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly Election, 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, which at the time of the elections had been suspended for just over a year, were held on Thursday, November 26, 2003.
		The Alliance Party managed to hold all six of its seats despite their vote almost halving, the Women's Coalition and Northern Ireland Unionist Party were wiped out, and the Progressive Unionist Party and UK Unionist Party had just one seat each.
		The biggest surprise of the election came in West Tyrone with the election of the independent Dr. Kieran Deeney, campaigning on the single issue of hospital provision in Omagh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_Election,_2003 (340 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plant's historical economic importance to the region.
		This Northern Ireland parliament was abolished by the United Kingdom Parliament at Westminister in 1972 when it proved unable to control the escalating civil strife associated with the beginning of the Troubles.
		Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly begin with the enacting formula: "BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:".
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Northern_Ireland_Assembly (1917 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The assembly dissolved on 28 April, 2003 as it was scheduled to, but the elections due the following month were postponed by the (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) UK government and were not held until November.
		The Assembly's 108 members are elected from 18 six member constituencies on the basis of universal adult (A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment) suffrage.
		The Assembly is dissolved shortly before the holding of elections on a day chosen by the (The position of the head of the State Department) Secretary of State, the UK minister with responsibility for Northern Ireland.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/No/Northern_Ireland_Assembly.htm (2007 words)

	Democratic Unionist Party - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The DUP fought the resulting election to the Northern Ireland Assembly and took two seats in the multi-party power-sharing executive but while serving as ministers refused to sit in at meetings of the Executive Committee (cabinet) in protest at Sinn Fein's participation.
		In the delayed Northern Ireland Assembly election of 2003 the DUP became the largest political party with 30 seats.
		In 2004 it became the largest Northern Ireland party in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, with the defection of Jeffrey Donaldson.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Democratic_Unionist_Party (285 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Assembly was first convened in 1998 but attempts to secure its operation on a permanent basis have been frustrated by disagreements between the two biggest unionist parties and Sinn Féin, the largest nationalist party, which is linked to the Provisional IRA.
		The assembly dissolved on 28 April 2003 as it was scheduled to, but the elections due the following month were postponed by the British government and were not held until November.
		The Assembly is dissolved shortly before the holding of elections on a day chosen by the Secretary of State, the British minister with responsibility for Northern Ireland.
	www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Northern_Ireland_Assembly (2158 words)

	UK Unionist Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It was nominally formed by Robert McCartney, formerly of the Ulster Unionist Party, to contest a by-election in 1995 in North Down and then further constituted to contest the 1996 elections for the.
		The UKUP is outspoken in its opposition to the Republic of Ireland possessing any participative role in the governance of Northern Ireland.
		On January 5 1999 all four left the UKUP to form the Northern Ireland Unionist Party leaving McCartney as the sole UKUP representative in the assembly.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/UK_Unionist_Party (670 words)

	Northern Ireland
		Northern Ireland is composed of 26 districts, derived from the boroughs of Belfast and Londonderry and the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone.
		Northern Ireland is an integral part of the United Kingdom (it has 12 representatives in the British House of Commons), but under the terms of the Government of Ireland Act in 1920, it had a semiautonomous government.
		The goal of the IRA was to eject the British and unify Northern Ireland with the Irish Republic to the south.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108101.html (1859 words)

	CNN.com - World - Election Watch
		Northern Ireland's new unicameral legislature, the Northern Ireland Assembly, is to be composed of 108 members directly elected by a system of proportional representation.
		In a referendum held on May 22, 1998, the citizens of Northern Ireland voted in favor of the Northern Ireland Peace Agreement by a vote of 71% to 29%.
		This majority vote, coupled with a 94% "yes" vote in a concurrent referendum in the Republic of Ireland, gave the approval for the June 25 vote for the Northern Ireland Assembly.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/election.watch/europe/northern.ireland.html (129 words)

	Assembly of States Parties - Second session (8 - 12 September 2003)
		Election of members of the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for the benefit of victims of crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court, and of the families of such victims.
		At the 1st meeting of the Assembly, on 8 September 2003, since an insufficient number of nominations had been received at the close of the nomination period, the Bureau reopened the nomination period to run from 8 to 10 September 2003 and it was agreed that the election would be held on 12 September 2003.
		At the 4th meeting, on 11 September 2003, the Assembly was informed of the establishment of a working group of the Bureau to assist in the selection of the Director of the Secretariat of the Assembly of States Parties.
	www.un.org /law/icc/asp/second.htm (4421 words)

	Democratic Unionist Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The DUP were originally involved in the negotiations under former United States Senator George J. Mitchell that led to the Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement on account of the day on which it was signed.) During the negotiations, they described the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition as "feckless women" with "limited intellect".
		In the 2005 general election the party reinforced its position as the largest unionist party, winning nine seats, making it the fourth largest party in the British House of Commons behind Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
		In August 1997, David Ervine, leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (which is linked to the UVF), maintained in an interview that the DUP had tried to persuade unionist paramilitaries not to call ceasefires in 1994.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Democratic_Unionist_Party (588 words)

	News archive for Ballotlaw - Online electoral legislation for the UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Local elections in England make use of the first-past-the-post voting system, which is the same system as that used for general elections to the House of Commons.
		Knight petitioned that the election should be invalidated in accordance with section 48 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2), as the Returning Officer had failed to “issue to” the relevant voters the materials necessary for their vote to be recorded in time.
		The report was submitted to the relevant Ministers on 8th December 2003, and recommended that e-voting should not be considered for use in the June 2004 elections, as no region was ready for such an innovation in voting.
	www.ballotlaw.com /news/news-archive.aspx (2843 words)

	Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics
		While Northern Ireland's parties nominated fewer women than those in other devolved regions, the figures are better than during previous periods of devolution.
		The much-heralded election of a record three women MPs in 2001, and the less high profile but nonetheless significant election of a record number of women councillors that year, were obviously not the start of a trend.
		With nominations as they currently stand this election is unlikely to witness a repeat the breakthroughs of recent elections but will at best see the number of women MLAs hold steady, at the bottom of the UK rankings.
	www.qub.ac.uk /cawp/UKhtmls/electionNInov03.htm (574 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly Elections Act 2003
		These negotiations were aimed at restoring power to the devolved institutions in Northern Ireland, which are currently suspended under the terms of the provisions of the Northern Ireland Act 2000, and the full implementation of the Belfast Agreement.
		Section 31(4) provides that an Assembly elected under section 31 or 32 of the 1998 Act shall meet within a period of eight days beginning with the day of the poll at which it is elected.
		The limit applying to campaign expenditure which is incurred by, or on behalf of, a registered party in the relevant period in Northern Ireland is £17,000 for each constituency contested by the party.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /acts/en2003/2003en03.htm (1239 words)

	The 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly Election Survey
		The 2003 ‘second’ election to the Northern Ireland Assembly will make history simply for the fact that the Assembly has remained in existence (even if currently suspended) long enough to justify a second election.
		The Assembly elections of 1998 constituted a new beginning for Northern Ireland because, for the first time since 1973, they were about electing an Assembly, and indirectly an Executive, in the changed context of local politicians being empowered to govern important policy jurisdictions (with other functional areas to follow if cross-community consent proved viable).
		Thus one crucial task of this research is to examine changing voting behaviour between the 1998 and 2003 elections, and the effect that this will have on the Assembly, and related institutions.
	www.lse.ac.uk /collections/government/research/resgroups/2003NorthernIrelandAssemblyElectionSurvey.htm (398 words)

	ukup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It was formed by the independent Unionist MP Robert McCartney, formerly of the Ulster Unionist Party, to contest the 1996 elections for the Northern Ireland Forum.
		In December, 1998 the party split over the issue of Sinn Féin taking up its seats in the power sharing executive without prior Provisional IRA decommissioning of weapons.
		McCartney censured his four Assembly colleagues in their absence over this split and in January, 1999 they all left the UKUP to form the Northern Ireland Unionist Party leaving McCartney as the sole UKUP representative in the assembly.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /UKUP.html (476 words)

	Assembly Elections 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sinn Féin president, Mr Gerry Adams, and the DUP's Mr Nigel Dodds, during a radio interview at the Northern Ireland Assembly election count in the King's Hall, Belfast yesterday.
		Irish Government view: The Government could be prepared to concede significant changes to the operation of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive to broker a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party after its election victory, the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has indicated.
		Northern Ireland Office meetings: The Northern Secretary, Mr Paul Murphy, said the Belfast Agreement will remain "fundamentally unchanged" because the majority of the electorate supported it.
	www.ireland.com /focus/nielection (247 words)

	::Northern Ireland Assembly election 2003::
		In November 2003, elections were held for Northern Ireland’s devolved assembly at Stormont.
		Using proportional representation, the people of Northern Ireland will have an assembly (should it ever sit as the DUP have already refused to sit with Sinn Fein) that represents their beliefs in a far more representative way than FPTP.
		Compared to their position in the 2001 national election, the DUP gained 4% more of the votes cast in November 2003.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /northern_ireland_assembly_electi.htm (629 words)

	Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs on Iraq
		Statement by Taoiseach on IRA Decommissioning and Forthcoming Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly
		Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Suspension of the Northern Ireland Institutions
		Statement on Northern Ireland by Minister for Foreign Affairs to Seanad Eireann
	www.irelandemb.org /press (2357 words)

	Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics
		Most of the major parties in Northern Ireland have finished nominating their candidates in anticipation of an election.
		While Northern Ireland's parties have nominated fewer women than those in the other devolved regions the figures are far better than during previous periods of devolution.
		Since the last Assembly election the UK government has passed a law enabling parties to use positive discrimination to facilitate the nomination of women (read about the Act here).
	www.qub.ac.uk /cawp/UKelectionhtmls/ni_election.htm (520 words)

	SN 5394 -Northern Ireland Assembly Election Survey, 2003
		The 2003 second election to the Northern Ireland Assembly made history simply through the fact that the Assembly had remained in existence (even if suspended) long enough to justify a second election.
		The Assembly elections of 1998 constituted a new beginning for Northern Ireland because, for the first time since 1973, they were about electing an Assembly, and indirectly an Executive, in the changed context where local politicians had been empowered to govern important policy jurisdictions (with other functional areas to follow if cross-community consent proved viable).
		One crucial task of the Northern Ireland Assembly Election Survey, 2003 was to examine changing voting behaviour between the 1998 and 2003 elections, and the potential effect that this would have on the Assembly and related institutions.
	www.data-archive.ac.uk /findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=5394 (383 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Northern Ireland \| Timeline: Northern Ireland Assembly
		29 November 1999: The Northern Ireland Assembly meets and the d'Hondt mechanism is triggered and 10 ministers are nominated to the Northern Ireland Executive.
		The three other commissioners are: John Grieve, formerly a senior officer in the Metropolitan Police, Lord Alderdice, the first Presiding Officer of the NI Assembly and Joseph Brosnan, former Secretary General of the Department of Justice in Ireland.
		18 October 2004: Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy says he hopes a breakthrough in the political process is just weeks away, although he concedes two days later that the governments still face some "very difficult" issues in bridging the gap between the DUP and Sinn Fein.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/2952997.stm (2636 words)

	CNN.com - World News: Election Watch
		Assembly: Northern Ireland has an assembly which consists of 108 seats.
		The last election in Northern Ireland Assembly was held on June 25, 1998.
		On October 14, 2002 the Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended and formally dissolved on April 28, 2003 due to irreconcilable differences between the Unionist and republican parties in the assembly.
	premium.asia.cnn.com /WORLD/election.watch/europe/northern.ireland2.html (158 words)

	Articles - Northern Ireland Unionist Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Northern Ireland Unionist Party (NIUP) is a small political party operating in Northern Ireland.
		This split was caused by disagreement between the five UKUP members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
		The four other assembly members, Cedric Wilson, Patrick Roche, Norman Boyd and Roger Hutchinson disagreed with McCartney, wanting to remain in the Assembly to challenge unionists in favour of the Belfast Agreement.
	lastring.com /articles/Northern_Ireland_Unionist_Party?... (317 words)

	The Electoral Commission : Election results
		Our records begin from the UK Parliamentary general election held in 2001 to the UK Parliamentary general election held in 2005.
		If you are interested in the results of elections in a particular local council, you should contact the Returning Officer for that council, as they will always be the best source of results information.
		In the case of Northern Ireland contact the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland.
	www.electoralcommission.org.uk /election-data (341 words)

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