1962_Northern_Ireland_general_election
1962 Northern Ireland general election
General election held in Northern Ireland on 31 May 1962
The 1962 Northern Ireland general election was held on 31 May 1962. While the Ulster Unionist Party lost three seats, they retained a large majority as in all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
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Quick Facts All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority, First party ...
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34 | 9 | 4 | 5 |
UUP | Nationalist | Lab | Oth |
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Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | 45 | 34 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 65.3 | 48.8 | 147,629 | +4.8 | ||||||
NI Labour | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 25.4 | 76,842 | +9.6 | ||||||
Nationalist | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 17.3 | 15.1 | 45,860 | +0.2 | ||||||
Ulster Liberal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 11,005 | +3.3 | ||||||
Ind. Republican Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 7,662 | -0.6 | ||||||
Independent Labour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2.3 | 6,946 | +0.3 | ||||||
Irish Labour | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3,288 | -1.9 | ||||||
Ind. Labour Group | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 2,343 | -1.2 | ||||||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1,220 | -1.4 | ||||||
World Socialist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 66 | N/A |
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Electorate: 903,596 (458,838 in contested seats); Turnout: 66.0% (302,681).
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- Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine