Northern Ireland general election, 1962

Northern Ireland general election, 1962

1958 ← members 31 May 1962 → 1965 members

All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons 27 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Basil Brooke Joe Stewart Tom Boyd Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist (NI) Labour (NI) 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 9 4 Seat change 3 2 0 Popular vote 147,629 45,860 76,842 Percentage 48.8% 15.1% 25.4% Swing 4.8% 0.2% 9.6%

Election results by constituency.

Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist

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The Northern Ireland general election, 1962 was held on 31 May 1962. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1962
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Ulster Unionist	45	34	0	2	- 2	65.3	48.8	147,629	+4.8
	Labour (NI)	14	4	0	0	0	7.7	25.4	76,842	+9.6
	Nationalist (NI)	9	9	2	0	+ 2	17.3	15.1	45,860	+0.2
	Liberal	4	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	3.6	11,005	+3.3
	Republican Labour	1	1	0	0	0	1.9	2.5	7,662	-0.6
	Independent Labour	2	0	0	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	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

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%
Independent Labour			3.07%
Republican Labour			2.53%
Irish Labour			1.07%
World Socialist			0.02%
Ulster Liberal			3.64%
Independent			0.4%

Seats summary

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

See also

• MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1962

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results