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Sinn Féin Westminster election results

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Average for the 77 contested seats; i.e. excluding the 25 uncontested seats.

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Griffith's Sinn Féin party was one of several groups to endorse Plunkett's candidacy. Plunkett used the Sinn Féin slogan but was not a member of the same party as Griffith until the October 1917 reconstitution of Sinn Féin under Éamon de Valera.^[2]

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Cork City was a 2-seat constituency, with Sinn Féin taking both seats.

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Fermanagh and Tyrone was a 2-seat constituency, with Sinn Féin taking neither seat.

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Craig, F. W. S. (1968). British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1918-1968. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 46. ISBN 0900178000.

[3] [2]
Laffan, Michael (March 1971). "The Unification of Sinn Fein in 1917". Irish Historical Studies. 17 (67). Cambridge University Press: 353–379. doi:10.1017/S0021121400113495. JSTOR 30005764. S2CID 191810580.

[7] [3]
Rory Carroll (4 November 2019). "Sinn Féin to stand aside for remain candidates in three constituencies". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

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Year	Number of Candidates	Total votes	Average votes per candidate	% UK vote	% NI vote	Change (percentage points)	Saved deposits^[1]	Number of MPs
1918	102	497,211	6,457^{[n 1]}	4.6	19.0	N/A	93	73 / 105
1924	5	34,181	6,836	0.2	0.5	N/A	2	0 / 13
1950	2	23,362	11,681	0.1	0.3	N/A	1	0 / 12
1955	12	152,310	12,693	0.6	23.5	N/A	7	2 / 12
1959	12	63,415	5,285	0.2	11.0	−0.4	5	0 / 12
1983	14	102,701	7,336	0.3	13.6	N/A	7	1 / 17
1987	14	83,389	5,956	0.3	11.4	0.0	10	1 / 17
1992	14	78,291	5,592	0.2	10.0	−0.1	9	0 / 17
1997	17	126,921	7,466	0.4	16.0	+0.2	13	2 / 18
2001	18	175,933	9,774	0.7	21.7	+0.3	14	4 / 18
2005	18	174,530	9,696	0.6	24.3	−0.1	14	5 / 18
2010	17	171,942	10,114	0.6	25.5	0.0	13	5 / 18
2015	18	176,232	9,791	0.6	24.5	0.0	14	4 / 18
2017	18	238,915	13,273	0.7	29.4	+0.1	14	7 / 18
2019	15	181,853	12,124	0.6	22.8	-0.1	13	7 / 18

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1917 North Roscommon by-election	George Noble Plunkett^{[n 2]}	3,022	55.9	1
1917 South Longford by-election	Joseph McGuinness	1,498	50.6	1
1917 East Clare by-election	Éamon de Valera	5,010	71.1	1
1917 Kilkenny City by-election	W. T. Cosgrave	772	66.3	1
1918 South Armagh by-election	Patrick McCartan	1,305	35.6	2
1918 Waterford City by-election	Vincent White	764	38.1	2
1918 East Tyrone by-election	Vincent White	745	29.3	2
1918 Tullamore by-election	Patrick McCartan	unopposed	N/A	1
1918 East Cavan by-election	Arthur Griffith	3,785	59.5	1

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast Cromac	Archibald Savage	997	6.7	3
Belfast Duncairn	Russell McNabb	271	1.9	3
Belfast Falls	Éamon de Valera	3,245	27.7	2
Belfast Ormeau	James Joseph Dobbyn	338	2.7	3
Belfast Pottinger	Bernard Campbell	393	3.2	4
Belfast St Anne's	Dermot Barnes	1,341	11.0	3
Belfast Shankill	Michael Carolan	534	3.3	3
Belfast Victoria	Winifred Carney	539	4.1	3
Belfast Woodvale	Robert Haskin	1,247	9.3	2
County Carlow	James Lennon	unopposed	N/A	1
Cork City	J. J. Walsh	20,801	34.3	1
Cork City	Liam de Róiste	20,506	33.8	2^{[n 3]}
County Louth	John J. O'Kelly	10,770	50.6	1
County Waterford	Cathal Brugha	12,890	75.4	1
Dublin Clontarf	Richard Mulcahy	5,974	64.9	1
Dublin College Green	Seán T. O'Kelly	9,662	77.2	1
Dublin Harbour	Philip Shanahan	7,708	58.9	1
Dublin Pembroke	Desmond FitzGerald	6,114	47.5	1
Dublin Rathmines	Patrick Little	5,566	37.7	2
Dublin St James's	Joseph McGrath	6,356	80.1	1
Dublin St Michan's	Michael Staines	7,553	65.4	1
Dublin St Patrick's	Constance Markievicz	7,835	65.9	1
Dublin St Stephen's Green	Thomas Kelly	8,461	59.9	1
East Antrim	Daniel Dumigan	861	5.4	2
East Cavan	Arthur Griffith	unopposed	N/A	1
East Clare	Éamon de Valera	unopposed	N/A	1
East Cork	David Kent	unopposed	N/A	1
East Donegal	Samuel O'Flaherty	46	0.4	2
East Down	Russell McNabb	3,876	27.3	3
East Galway	Liam Mellows	unopposed	N/A	1
East Kerry	Piaras Béaslaí	unopposed	N/A	1
East Limerick	Richard Hayes	12,750	77.9	1
East Mayo	Éamon de Valera	8,975	66.5	1
East Tipperary	Pierce McCan	7,487	61.0	1
East Wicklow	Seán Etchingham	5,916	53.9	1
Galway Connemara	Pádraic Ó Máille	11,754	77.1	1
King's County	Patrick McCartan	unopposed	N/A	1
Leitrim	James Dolan	17,711	85.2	1
Limerick City	Michael Colivet	unopposed	N/A	1
Londonderry City	Eoin MacNeill	7,335	50.7	1
Longford	Joseph McGuinness	11,122	72.7	1
Mid Antrim	Joseph Connolly	2,791	20.7	2
Mid Armagh	Liam Ó Briain	5,688	40.3	2
Mid Cork	Terence MacSwiney	unopposed	N/A	1
Mid Down	Joseph Robinson	707	6.2	1
Mid Tipperary	Séamus Burke	unopposed	N/A	1
National University of Ireland	Eoin MacNeill	1,644	66.9	1
North Antrim	Patrick McCarry	2,673	21.7	2
North Armagh	Ernest Blythe	2,860	21.8	2
North Cork	Patrick O'Keeffe	unopposed	N/A	1
North Dublin	Frank Lawless	9,138	67.4	1
North Donegal	Joseph O'Doherty	7,003	69.5	1
North East Cork	Thomas Hunter	unopposed	N/A	1
North East Tyrone	Seán Milroy	56	0.3	3
North Fermanagh	Kevin O'Shiel	6,236	47.9	2
North Galway	Bryan Cusack	8,896	69.0	1
North Kerry	James Crowley	unopposed	N/A	1
North Kildare	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	5,979	68.7	1
North Kilkenny	W. T. Cosgrave	unopposed	N/A	1
North Londonderry	Patrick McGilligan	3,951	27.3	2
North Mayo	John Crowley	7,429	80.8	1
North Meath	Liam Mellows	6,982	65.0	1
North Monaghan	Ernest Blythe	6,842	48.7	1
North Roscommon	George Noble Plunkett	unopposed	N/A	1
North Sligo	J. J. Clancy	9,030	68.0	1
North Tipperary	Joseph MacDonagh	unopposed	N/A	1
North West Tyrone	Arthur Griffith	10,442	57.6	1
North Wexford	Roger Sweetman	10,162	58.6	1
Queen's County	Kevin Christopher O'Higgins	13,452	67.5	1
Queen's University Belfast	Seán B. Dolan	118	7.4	2
South Antrim	Kevin O'Shiel	2,318	14.9	2
South Armagh	James Thomas McKee	79	1.8	2
South Cork	Michael Collins	unopposed	N/A	1
South Dublin	George Gavan Duffy	5,133	38.6	1
South Donegal	Peter J. Ward	5,787	54.9	1
South Down	Éamon de Valera	33	0.2	4
South East Cork	Diarmuid Lynch	unopposed	N/A	1
South Fermanagh	Seán O'Mahony	6,673	58.9	1
South Galway	Frank Fahy	10,621	85.9	1
South Kerry	Fionán Lynch	unopposed	N/A	1
South Kildare	Art O'Connor	7,104	82.1	1
South Kilkenny	James O'Mara	8,685	82.4	1
South Londonderry	Louis Joseph Walsh	3,425	20.9	3
South Mayo	William Sears	unopposed	N/A	1
South Meath	Eamonn Duggan	6,371	70.4	1
South Monaghan	Seán MacEntee	7,524	63.0	1
South Roscommon	Harry Boland	10,685	71.6	1
South Sligo	Alexander McCabe	9,113	82.1	1
South Tipperary	P. J. Moloney	8,744	76.4	1
South Tyrone	Denis McCullough	5,437	29.1	2
South Wexford	James Ryan	8,729	51.5	1
Waterford City	Vincent White	4,431	47.4	2
Westmeath	Laurence Ginnell	12,435	75.4	1
West Cavan	Paul Galligan	unopposed	N/A	1
West Clare	Brian O'Higgins	unopposed	N/A	1
West Cork	Seán Hayes	unopposed	N/A	1
West Donegal	Joseph Sweeney	6,712	62.0	1
West Down	Bernard Campbell	1,725	14.0	2
West Kerry	Austin Stack	unopposed	N/A	1
West Limerick	Cornelius Collins	unopposed	N/A	1
West Mayo	Joseph MacBride	10,195	86.7	1
West Wicklow	Robert Barton	6,239	82.0	1

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Antrim	William McCormick	2,514	2.0	3
Armagh	James McKee	11,756	28.8	2
Belfast North	Hugh Corvin	1,192	3.4	2
Belfast West	Patrick Nash	2,688	5.1	3
Down	Michael Murney	8,941	7.1	3
Fermanagh and Tyrone	Michael McCartan	6,812	6.6	3^{[n 4]}
Fermanagh and Tyrone	Thomas Corrigan	6,685	6.5	4^{[n 4]}
Londonderry	Charles MacWhinney	5,869	15.8	2

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast West	Jimmy Steele	1,482	2.2	3
Londonderry	Hugh McAteer	21,880	37.4	2

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Sinn Féin Westminster election results

Summary of general election performance

Notes

Election results

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By-elections, 1910–1918

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By-elections, 1918–22

1924 general election

1950 general election

1955 general election

By-elections, 1955–59

1959 general election

1964 general election

1966 general election

By-elections, 1979–83

1983 general election

By-elections, 1983–87

1987 general election

By-elections, 1987–92

1992 general election

1997 general election

By-elections, 1997–2001

2001 general election

2005 general election

2010 general election

By-elections, 2010–15

2015 general election

2017 general election

By-elections, 2017–2019

2019 general election

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Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	Tomás Óg Mac Curtain	21,363	35.6	2
Belfast East	Liam Mulcahy	3,156	7.3	3
Belfast North	Francis McGlade	4,534	8.5	3
Belfast South	Patrick Kearney	1,679	3.9	3
Belfast West	Eamonn Boyce	8,447	14.4	3
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Philip Clarke	30,529	50.2	1
Londonderry	Manus Canning	19,640	35.5	2
Mid Ulster	Tom Mitchell	29,737	50.2	1
North Antrim	John Dougan	6,809	14.0	2
North Down	Joseph Campbell	1,637	3.2	2
South Antrim	Michael Traynor	5,155	9.3	2
South Down	Kevin O'Rourke	19,624	34.1	2

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1955 Mid Ulster by-election	Tom Mitchell	30,392	50.7	1
1956 Mid Ulster by-election	Tom Mitchell	24,124	40.8	2

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	John Lynch	6,823	14.5	2
Belfast East	Barney Boswell	1,204	2.7	3
Belfast North	Francis McGlade	2,156	4.1	3
Belfast South	Brendan O'Reilly	434	1.0	4
Belfast West	Thomas Heenan	4,416	8.3	3
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	James Martin	7,348	18.6	2
Londonderry	Manus Canning	13,872	27.0	2
Mid Ulster	Tom Mitchell	14,170	30.0	2
North Antrim	John Dougan	2,280	5.1	2
North Down	Joseph Campbell	1,039	2.0	2
South Antrim	Michael Traynor	2,745	4.9	2
South Down	Kevin O'Rourke	6,298	14.6	2

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	John Lynch	12,432	23.0	2
Belfast East	David McConnell	1,827	4.3	3
Belfast North	Francis McGlade	2,743	5.5	3
Belfast South	Robert McKnight	1,159	3.0	3
Belfast West	Billy McMillen	3,256	6.3	4
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Aloysius Molloy	14,645	26.9	2
Londonderry	Hugh McAteer	21,123	35.9	2
Mid Ulster	Tom Mitchell	22,180	39.6	2
North Antrim	Seán Caughey	4,424	9.9	2
North Down	Paddy McGrattan	855	1.4	4
South Antrim	Leo Wilson	3,830	5.7	3
South Down	George Mussen	11,031	19.8	3

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Armagh	Charles McGleenan	13,467	28.0	2
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Ruairí Ó Brádaigh	10,370	19.1	3
Londonderry	Neil Gillespie	2,860	4.8	3
Mid Ulster	Tom Mitchell	27,168	47.8	2
South Down	George Mussen	8,917	17.4	3

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
April 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election	Bobby Sands	30,493	51.2	1
August 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election	Owen Carron	31,278	49.1	1

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Denis Donaldson	682	1.8	4
Belfast North	Joe Austin	5,451	12.9	4
Belfast South	Sean McKnight	1,107	3.0	5
Belfast West	Gerry Adams	16,379	36.9	1
East Londonderry	John Davey	7,073	13.8	4
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Owen Carron	20,954	34.8	2
Foyle	Martin McGuinness	10,607	20.3	3
Lagan Valley	Richard McAuley	1,751	4.3	5
Mid Ulster	Danny Morrison	16,096	29.9	2
Newry and Armagh	Jim McAllister	9,928	20.9	3
North Antrim	Pearse McMahon	2,860	6.5	4
South Antrim	Sean Laverty	1,629	4.2	5
South Down	Patrick Fitzsimmons	4,074	7.9	3
Upper Bann	Brendan Curran	4,110	9.4	4

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
1986 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election	Owen Carron	15,278	27.2	2
1986 Mid Ulster by-election	Danny Morrison	13,998	27.1	2
1986 Newry and Armagh by-election	Jim McAllister	6,609	13.2	3
1986 South Down by-election	Hugh McDowell	2,963	5.7	3

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Joe O'Donnell	649	2.0	4
Belfast North	Paddy McManus	5,062	13.8	4
Belfast South	Sean McKnight	1,030	3.2	5
Belfast West	Gerry Adams	16,862	41.1	1
East Londonderry	John Davey	5,464	11.2	3
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Paul Corrigan	14,623	26.4	2
Foyle	Martin McGuinness	8,707	17.9	3
Lagan Valley	Patrick Rice	2,656	6.4	4
Mid Ulster	Sean Begley	12,449	23.9	3
Newry and Armagh	Jim McAllister	6,173	11.8	3
North Antrim	Sean Regan	2,633	6.4	4
South Antrim	Henry Cushinan	1,592	4.4	4
South Down	Geraldine Ritchie	2,363	4.2	3
Upper Bann	Brendan Curran	3,126	7.4	3

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Dominic Corr	810	2.1	5
Belfast North	Gerry Kelly	8,375	20.2	3
Belfast South	Sean Hayes	2,019	5.1	5
Belfast West	Gerry Adams	25,662	55.9	1
East Antrim	Chrissie McAuley	543	1.6	8
East Londonderry	Malachy O'Kane	3,463	9.0	4
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Gerry McHugh	11,174	23.1	2
Foyle	Mitchel McLaughlin	11,445	23.9	2
Lagan Valley	Sue Ramsey	1,110	2.5	6
Mid Ulster	Martin McGuinness	20,294	40.1	1
Newry and Armagh	Patrick McNamee	11,218	21.1	3
North Antrim	James McGarry	2,896	6.3	4
South Antrim	Henry Cushinan	2,229	5.5	5
South Down	Mick Murphy	5,127	10.4	3
Strangford	Garret O'Fachtna	503	1.2	6
Upper Bann	Bernadette O'Hagan	5,773	12.1	3
West Tyrone	Pat Doherty	14,280	30.9	3

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Niall Ó Donnghaile	823	2.1	5
Belfast North	Gerry Kelly	13,770	33.9	2
Belfast South	Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	5,402	13.9	4
Belfast West	Paul Maskey	19,163	54.2	1
East Antrim	Oliver McMullan	2,314	6.9	5
East Londonderry	Caoimhe Archibald	6,859	19.8	2
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Michelle Gildernew	23,078	45.4	2
Foyle	Gearóid Ó hEára	11,679	31.6	2
Lagan Valley	Jacqui McGeough	1,144	2.9	7
Mid Ulster	Francie Molloy	19,935	48.7	1
Newry and Armagh	Mickey Brady	20,488	41.1	1
North Antrim	Daithí McKay	5,143	12.3	3
North Down	Therese McCartney	273	0.8	10
South Antrim	Declan Kearney	4,699	12.9	3
South Down	Chris Hazzard	12,186	28.5	2
Strangford	Sheila Bailie	876	2.6	8
Upper Bann	Catherine Seeley	11,593	24.6	3
West Tyrone	Pat Doherty	16,805	43.5	1

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Mairead O'Donnell	894	2.1	4
Belfast North	John Finucane	19,159	41.7	2
Belfast South	Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	7,143	16.3	4
Belfast West	Paul Maskey	27,107	66.7	1
East Antrim	Oliver McMullan	3,555	9.3	4
East Londonderry	Dermot Nicholl	10,881	26.5	2
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Michelle Gildernew	25,230	47.2	1
Foyle	Elisha McCallion	18,256	39.7	1
Lagan Valley	Jacqui Russell	1,567	3.5	5
Mid Ulster	Francie Molloy	25,455	54.5	1
Newry and Armagh	Mickey Brady	25,666	47.9	1
North Antrim	Cara McShane	7,878	16.3	2
North Down	Thérèse McCartney	531	1.4	6
South Antrim	Declan Kearney	7,797	18.1	3
South Down	Chris Hazzard	20,328	39.9	1
Strangford	Carole Murphy	1,083	2.8	5
Upper Bann	John O'Dowd	14,325	27.9	2
West Tyrone	Barry McElduff	22,060	50.7	1

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast North	John Finucane	23,078	47.1	1
Belfast West	Paul Maskey	20,866	53.8	1
East Antrim	Oliver McMullan	2,120	5.7	4
East Londonderry	Dermot Nicholl	6,128	15.6	3
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Michelle Gildernew	21,986	43.3	1
Foyle	Elisha McCallion	9,771	20.7	2
Lagan Valley	Gary McCleave	1,098	2.4	5
Mid Ulster	Francie Molloy	20,473	45.9	1
Newry and Armagh	Mickey Brady	20,287	40.0	1
North Antrim	Cara McShane	5,632	12.8	4
South Antrim	Declan Kearney	4,887	11.4	4
South Down	Chris Hazzard	16,137	32.4	1
Strangford	Ryan Carlin	555	1.5	5
Upper Bann	John O'Dowd	12,291	24.6	2
West Tyrone	Órfhlaith Begley	16,544	40.2	1

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Joe O'Donnell	1,237	3.4	5
Belfast North	Gerry Kelly	10,331	25.2	2
Belfast South	Alex Maskey	2,894	7.6	4
Belfast West	Gerry Adams	27,096	66.1	1
East Antrim	Janette Graffan	903	2.5	6
East Londonderry	Francie Brolly	6,221	15.6	4
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Michelle Gildernew	17,739	34.1	1
Foyle	Mitchel McLaughlin	12,988	26.6	2
Lagan Valley	Paul Butler	2,725	5.9	5
Mid Ulster	Martin McGuinness	25,502	51.1	1
Newry and Armagh	Conor Murphy	17,209	30.9	2
North Antrim	John Kelly	4,822	9.8	4
North Down	Eamonn McConvey	313	0.8	6
South Antrim	Martin Meehan	4,160	9.4	4
South Down	Mick Murphy	10,278	19.7	2
Strangford	Liam Johnston	930	2.2	5
Upper Bann	Dara O'Hagan	10,771	21.1	3
West Tyrone	Pat Doherty	19,814	40.8	1

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Belfast East	Deborah Devenny	1,029	3.3	4
Belfast North	Gerry Kelly	8,747	28.6	2
Belfast South	Alex Maskey	2,882	9.0	4
Belfast West	Gerry Adams	24,348	70.5	1
East Antrim	James McKeown	828	2.6	5
East Londonderry	Billy Leonard	5,709	16.1	4
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Michelle Gildernew	18,638	38.2	1
Foyle	Mitchel McLaughlin	15,162	33.2	2
Lagan Valley	Paul Butler	3,197	7.5	4
Mid Ulster	Martin McGuinness	21,641	47.6	1
Newry and Armagh	Conor Murphy	20,965	41.4	1
North Antrim	Philip McGuigan	7,191	15.7	2
North Down	Janet McCrory	205	0.6	7
South Antrim	Henry Cushinan	4,407	11.6	4
South Down	Caitríona Ruane	12,417	25.8	2
Strangford	Dermot Kennedy	949	2.6	6
Upper Bann	John O'Dowd	9,305	21.0	3
West Tyrone	Pat Doherty	16,910	38.9	1

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
2011 Belfast West by-election	Paul Maskey	16,211	70.6	1
2013 Mid Ulster by-election	Francie Molloy	17,462	46.9	1