The 1931 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 27 October as part of the wider general election. There were ten constituencies, seven single-seat constituencies with MPs elected by FPTP and three two-seat constituencies with MPs elected by bloc voting.

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1931 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

← 1929 27 October 1931 1935 →
13 seats in Northern Ireland of the 615 seats in the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Viscount Craigavon Joseph Devlin Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist Leader since 1921 1918 Leader's seat Did not stand[fn 1] Fermanagh and Tyrone Seats won 11 2

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This election saw no change in the distribution of seats from Northern Ireland.

In the election as a whole, a National Government which had been formed before the election was returned with Ramsay MacDonald of National Labour as Prime Minister. Also in the government were the Conservative Party, which included the Ulster Unionists, and the Liberal Party.

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Results^[1]

Party		MPs	Change	Uncontested	Votes[2]	%[2]
	Ulster Unionist	11		9	149,566	56.1
	Nationalist	2		0	123,053	38.9
	NI Labour	0		0	9,410	5.0
Total		13		9	282,029	100

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