1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

On 9 April 1992, the 1992 United Kingdom general election was held in Northern Ireland, to elect all 651 members of the House of Commons, including the 17 Northern Ireland seats. 1,124,900 people were eligible to vote, up 34,511 from the 1987 general election. 70.02% of eligible voters turned out (when including spoiled ballots), 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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All 17 Northern Ireland seats in the House of Commons
Turnout	69.8% (2.8 pp)
First party Second party   UUP Leader James Molyneaux John Hume Party UUP SDLP 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% 23.5% Swing 2.3 pp 2.4 pp   Third party Fourth party   UPUP 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% Swing 1.4 pp

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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.