The d'hondt and hare/niemeyer methods and the Northern Ireland election of 30 May 1996

Political Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 328-335

  O'Doherty, Paul ^a  

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EID: 0039938967     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.00143     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. I am obliged to Dr Stanley Black, Louise Doherty and Geoff Thomas for their comments on this paper.
2. The main Northern Irish political parties, whose abbreviations (except Sinn Féin and the Alliance Party, which are not usually abbreviated) will be used throughout this analysis, are as follows, grouped by broad political direction: 1 (Unionist) UUP - Ulster Unionist Party; DUP - Democratic Unionist Party; UKUP - United Kingdom Unionist Party; 2 (Loyalist) PUP - Progressive Unionist Party; UDP - Ulster Democratic Party; 3 (Nationalist) SDLP - Social Democratic and Labour Party; 4 (Republican) Sinn Féin; 5 (Moderate unionist) Alliance Party; 6 (Neutral) NIWC - Northern Ireland Women's Council; Labour.
3. Paul Heywood, The Government and Politics of Spain (Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1995), pp. 168-9.
4. The source of the following data is the newspaper results from the individual constituencies published in The Irish Times, (1 June 1996), pp. 10-12. The results were verified by consulting The Irish News, (1 June 1996), p. 5, and The Times, (1 June 1996), p. 10. All calculations are my own.
5. The source of the following data is the newspaper results from the individual constituencies published in The Irish Times, (1 June 1996), pp. 10-12. The results were verified by consulting The Irish News, (1 June 1996), p. 5, and The Times, (1 June 1996), p. 10. All calculations are my own.
6. The source of the following data is the newspaper results from the individual constituencies published in The Irish Times, (1 June 1996), pp. 10-12. The results were verified by consulting The Irish News, (1 June 1996), p. 5, and The Times, (1 June 1996), p. 10. All calculations are my own.