1998 Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement referendum information
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1998 Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement referendum
22 May 1998
Do you support the agreement reached at the multi-party talks on Northern Ireland and set out in Command Paper 3883?
Results
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
676,966
71.12%
No
274,879
28.88%
Valid votes
951,845
99.81%
Invalid or blank votes
1,738
0.18%
Total votes
953,683
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
1,175,403
81.14%
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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. The result was a majority (71.1%) in favour. A simultaneous referendum held in the Republic of Ireland produced an even larger majority (94.4%) in favour.
The total number of people who voted (both referenda) was 2,499,078.
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