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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1962 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 Third party   Leader Basil Brooke Joe Stewart Tom Boyd Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 1 May 1943 1958 1958 Leader's seat Lisnaskea East Tyrone Belfast Pottinger Last election 37 seats, 44.0% 7 seats, 14.9% 4 seats, 15.8% Seats won 34 9 4 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 147,629 45,860 76,842 Percentage 48.8% 15.1% 25.4% Swing 4.8% 0.2% 9.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Albert McElroy Brendan Corish None Party Ulster Liberal Irish Labour Ind. Labour Group Leader since 1956 2 March 1960 n/a Leader's seat None Sat in Dáil Éireann None Last election 0 seats, 0.3% 0 seats, 3.0% 1 seats, 2.0% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 11,005 3,288 2,343 Percentage 3.6% 1.1% 0.8% Swing 3.3% 1.9% 1.2%
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Prime Minister after election Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist

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1962 Northern Ireland general election
Party		Candidates						Votes
		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).

• List of members of the 10th House of Commons of Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine