Mid Ulster

Details of each count in 1998 election

Map by Conal Kelly

See also results of all Mid-Ulster elections 1993-2010 and full counts from 2003 and 2007. Spreadsheet for 1998 here.

Stage 2: Of McCrea's 10339 votes, 8714 (84.28%) went to McLean (DUP); 777 to Junkin and 634 to Armstrong, thus 1411 (13.65%) to the UUP candidates; 47 (0.45%) to Hutchinson (Socialist); 35 to McGlone and 12 to Haughey, thus 47 (0.45%) to the SDLP; 6 to Kelly and 5 to Molloy, thus 11 (0.11%) to SF; 8 (0.08%) to Boyle (Alliance); 2 (0.02%) to Donnelly (WP) and none to Daly (NLP) with 99 (0.96%) non-transferable.

Stage 4: Of McGuinness's 8703 votes, 5742 went to Molloy and 1342 to Kelly, thus 7084 (68.52%) to the other SF candidates; 971 to McGlone and 471 to Haughey, thus 1442 (13.95%) to the SDLP; 39 (0.38%) to McLean (DUP); 4 to Armstrong and 1 to Junkin, thus 5 (0.05%) to the UUP with 133 (1.29%) non-transferable.

The third Sinn Féin seat took everyone by surprise, though it had been presaged in Martin McGuinness' victory in the 1997 Westminster election. Patsy McGlone of the SDLP began in sixth place, but there were not enough SDLP votes to elect him and he was overtaken by the UUP when their second candidate was eliminated. Had the two SDLP candidates balanced their votes slightly better, UUP transfers would have elected McGlone at the expense of Captain Kelly.

Full 1998 results for each seat: East Belfast | North Belfast | South Belfast | West Belfast | East Antrim | North Antrim | South Antrim | North Down | South Down | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Foyle | Lagan Valley | East Londonderry | Mid Ulster | Newry and Armagh | Strangford | West Tyrone | Upper Bann

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Nicholas Whyte, 15 October 2000; modified 16 February 2002.