The 1958 Northern Ireland general election was called on 27 February by 1st Viscount Brookeborough^[1] to be held on 20 March 1958.

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1958 Northern Ireland general election

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All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Basil Brooke Joe Stewart Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist Leader since 1 May 1943 1958 Leader's seat Lisnaskea East Tyrone Last election 38 seats, 48.6% 7 seats, 10.8% Seats won 37 7 Seat change 1 Popular vote 106,177 36,013 Percentage 44.0% 14.9% Swing 4.6% 4.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Tom Boyd None Party NI Labour Ind. Labour Group Leader since 1958 n/a Leader's seat Belfast Pottinger None Last election 0 seats, 12.1% Did not stand Seats won 4 1 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 38,093 4,683 Percentage 15.8% 2.0% Swing 3.0% New party
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Prime Minister after election Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist

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Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The Northern Ireland Labour Party returned to the Commons after being wiped out in the 1949 election.

Announcing the election, Viscount Brookeborough remarked that the election would be on the Border issue once more, noting that this was the ninth election on the same issue.^[2] Unemployment was also an issue in the election with 50,000 people out of work in the province in that year.^[2]

Electorate: 891,064 (359,816 in contested seats); Turnout: 67.1% (241,501).

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