The 1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 9 April with 17 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom. 1,124,900 people were eligible to vote, up 34,511 from the 1987 general election. 70.02% of eligible voters turned out, down 2.6 percentage points from the last general election.^[1]

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1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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17 seats in Northern Ireland of the 650 seats in the House of Commons
Turnout	70.0% ()
First party Second party   Leader James Molyneaux John Hume Party Ulster Unionist Social Democratic and Labour Party Leader since 1979 6 May 1979 Leader's seat Lagan Valley Foyle Seats won 9 4 Seat change 1 Popular vote 271,049 184,445 Percentage 34.5% 21.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Ian Paisley James Kilfedder Party DUP UPUP Leader since 1971 1980 Leader's seat North Antrim North Down Seats won 3 1 Seat change Popular vote 103,039 19,305 Percentage 13.1% 2.5%

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The Conservative Party, now led by John Major as prime minister, won another term in government. In Northern Ireland, the only change was between the nationalist parties, with Sinn Féin losing its seat in Belfast West to the SDLP. The SDLP's four seats was and still is its best-ever result.

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Results^[2][3]

Party		MPs		Votes
		No.	Change	No.	%	Change
	Ulster Unionist	9		271,049	34.5%	2.3
	SDLP	4	1	184,445	23.5%	2.4
	DUP	3		103,039	13.1%	1.4
	UPUP	1		19,305	2.5%
	Sinn Féin	0	1	78,291	10.0%	3.4
	Alliance	0		68,665	8.7%	1.3
	NI Conservatives	0		44,608	5.7%	5.7
	Workers' Party	0		4,359	0.5%	2.1
	Natural Law	0	New	2,147	0.2%	New
	New Agenda	0	New	2,133	0.2%	New
	Labour and Trade Union	0		1,264	0.2%	0.2
	Independent	0		5,788	0.8%
Total		17		785,093	100

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