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Right of Self-Determination – 1998

Referendums took place both in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on 22 May 1998. In Northern Ireland, people were asked “Do you support the Agreement reached at the multi-party talks on Northern Ireland and set out in Command Paper 3883?”.Turnout in the referendum was 81.1 percent of which 71.1 percent supported the agreement. In Republic of Ireland, people were asked “Do you approve of the proposal to amend the Constitution contained in the under mentioned Bill, Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1998?” Turnout in the referendum was 55.6 percent of which 94.4percent supported the proposed constitutional amendment.¹

According to the outcome of the referendum, Northern Ireland would rather stay within the United Kingdom.

1. “The 1998 Referendums, Elections – Northern Ireland,” ARK, accessed February 5, 2013, http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fref98.htm.