Elections in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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Elections in Northern Ireland are held on a regular basis to the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to the European Parliament. Regular elections are also held in Northern Ireland to local councils.

The Northern Ireland Assembly has 108 members, elected in 18 six-member constituencies by the single transferable vote (STV) method. Northern Ireland is represented at Westminster by 18 single-member constituencies elected by the first past the post method, and at the European Parliament by a single constituency returning 3 MEPs by the STV method.

Northern Ireland-wide elections

Elections to the European Parliament

• Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency)

Elections to the British House of Commons

2010 general election
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Democratic Unionist	16	8	0	1	-1	44.4	25.0	168,216	-8.7
	Sinn Féin		5	0	0	0	27.8	25.5	171,942	+1.2
	SDLP		3	0	0	0	16.7	16.5	110,970	-1.0
	Independent		1	1	0	+1	5.6	7.6	51,320
	Alliance		1	1	0	+1	5.6	6.3	42,762	+2.4
	Conservatives and Unionists		0	0	1	-1	0.0	15.2	102,361	-2.6
	Traditional Unionist Voice		0	0	0	0	0.0	3.9	26,300	+3.9

By-elections

• South Antrim by-election, 2000
• North Down by-election, 1995
• Upper Bann by-election, 1990
• Northern Ireland by-elections, 1986
• Belfast South by-election, 1982
• Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election, August 1981
• Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election, April 1981
• Mid Ulster by-election, 1969
• Belfast South by-election, 1963
• Belfast East by-election, 1959
• Mid Ulster by-election, 1956
• Mid Ulster by-election, 1955
• Armagh by-election, 1954
• North Down by-election, 1953
• Belfast South by-election, 1952
• North Antrim by-election, 1952
• Londonderry by-election, 1951
• Belfast West by-election, 1950
• Armagh by-election, 1948
• Down by-election, 1946
• Antrim by-election, 1943
• Belfast West by-election, 1943
• Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1940
• Belfast East by-election, 1940
• Down by-election, 1939
• Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election, 1934
• Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election, 1931
• Londonderry by-election, 1929
• North Down by-election, July 1922
• North Londonderry by-election, 1922
• North Down by-election, February 1922
• West Down by-election, 1922
• South Londonderry by-election, 1922
• South Londonderry by-election, 1921
• Mid Down by-election, 1921
• Mid Armagh by-election, 1921
• Belfast Duncairn by-election, 1921
• North Down by-election, 1921
• West Down by-election, 1921

Elections to the Northern Ireland House of Commons

• Northern Ireland general election, 1921
• Northern Ireland general election, 1925
• Northern Ireland general election, 1929
• Northern Ireland general election, 1933
• Northern Ireland general election, 1938
• Northern Ireland general election, 1945
• Northern Ireland general election, 1949
• Northern Ireland general election, 1953
• Northern Ireland general election, 1958
• Northern Ireland general election, 1962
• Northern Ireland general election, 1965
• Northern Ireland general election, 1969

By-elections

• List of Northern Ireland Parliament by-elections

Ad-hoc elections

• Northern Ireland assembly elections, 1973
• Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention elections, 1975
• Northern Ireland assembly elections, 1982
• Northern Ireland Forum elections, 1996

Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly

• Northern Ireland Assembly Election, 1998
• Northern Ireland Assembly Election, 2003
• Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007
• Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011

Local elections

• Northern Ireland local elections, 1973
• Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
• Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
• Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
• Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
• Northern Ireland local elections, 1993
• Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
• Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
• Northern Ireland local elections, 2005
• Northern Ireland local elections, 2011

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• Parties and elections
• Northern Ireland Elections