The result of these referendums was a large majority in both parts of Ireland in favour of the agreement. In the Republic, 56% of the electorate voted, with 94% of the votes in favour of the amendment to the constitution. The turnout in Northern Ireland was 81%, with 71% of the votes in favour of the agreement.
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The Good Friday Agreement referendum, 1998 was a referendum held in Northern Ireland over whether there was support for the Good Friday Agreement.
... vote if we know the Catholic vote. The Catholic vote was an average of 93% Yes during pre-Referrendum polls - much more predicatable than the Protestant vote.
There was an 82 percent turnout of registered voters. The Democratic Unionist Party (at that time, the second largest unionist party) had not taken part in the ...
that Protestants were less likely to vote yes for the Agreement in 1998 than Catholics. The Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey did not ask the question of ...
After it was signed, the agreement was put to voters in two referendums - one in Ireland and one in Northern Ireland - on May 22, 1998. The following day, May ...
Apr 7, 2023 · Pat Bradley was broadcast around the world as he read the result of the Good Friday Referendum in 1998.
Jan 12, 2005 · The 1998 Referendums. The Good Friday Agreement was ratified in referendums both in Northern Ireland and in the Republic held on 22 May 1998.
The 1998 deal was designed to end 30 years of bloody conflict in Northern Ireland.
Apr 17, 2023 · BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — It has been 25 years since the striking of the Good Friday Agreement, the landmark peace accord that ended ...