1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election
The 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election took place on Thursday, 25 June 1998. This was the first election to the new devolved Northern Ireland Assembly. Six members from each of Northern Ireland's eighteen Westminster Parliamentary constituencies were elected by single transferable vote, giving a total of 108 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs).
Image: David Trimble Washington D.C
Image: Nobel Peace prize winner John Hume 1998 from Wash. DC. (50184861292)
Image: Dr Ian Paisley
Image: Gerry Adams, 1997
Northern Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly, often referred to by the metonym Stormont, is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive. It sits at Parliament Buildings at Stormont in Belfast.
Image: Assembly Chamber, Parliament Buildings
Image: Stormont General