1962 Northern Ireland general election

General election held in Northern Ireland on 31 May 1962 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Quick facts All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority, First party ...
1962 Northern Ireland general election
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31 May 1962
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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
 
Nat
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Leader Viscount Brookeborough Joe Stewart Tom Boyd
Party UUP 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[a] 9[b] 4
Seat change Decrease3 Increase2 Steady
Popular vote 147,629[c] 45,860[c] 76,842[c]
Percentage 48.8% 15.1% 25.4%
Swing Increase4.8% Increase0.2% Increase9.6%
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Basil Brooke
UUP

 Prime Minister after election

Basil Brooke
UUP

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Results

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34 9 4 5
UUP Nationalist Lab Oth
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1962 Northern Ireland general election
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  UUP 45 34[a] 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[b] 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[d] 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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All parties shown.
Electorate: 903,596 (458,838 in contested seats); Turnout: 66.0% (302,681).

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist
 
 48.77%
Labour
 
 25.39%
Nationalist Party
 
 15.15%
Ulster Liberal
 
 3.64%
Independent Labour
 
 3.07%
Republican Labour
 
 2.53%
Irish Labour
 
 1.07%
Independent
 
 0.4%
World Socialist
 
 0.02%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist
 
 65.38%
Nationalist Party
 
 17.31%
Labour
 
 7.69%
Ulster Liberal
 
 1.92%
Independent Labour
 
 1.92%
Republican Labour
 
 1.92%
Irish Labour
 
 1.92%
Independent
 
 1.92%

See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Includes 20 members elected unopposed.
  2. [b]
    Includes 3 members elected unopposed.
  3. [c]
    Voting only took place in 28 of 52 seats.
    The other 24 MPs were unopposed.
  4. [d]
    The only Independent Labour Group member was elected unopposed.

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