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Coordinates: 54°20′53″N 6°39′22″W / 54.348°N 6.656°W / 54.348; -6.656
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54°20′53″N 6°39′22″W / 54.348°N 6.656°W / 54.348; -6.656 Armagh was a constituency used for the Northern Ireland Assembly.[1]

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention and the 1982 Assembly. After the Assembly dissolved in 1986, the constituency was not used again, its area being represented by parts of Newry and Armagh and Upper Bann.

It usually shared boundaries with the Armagh UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Armagh (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

Election MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party) 		MLA
(Party)
1973 style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=4| Hugh News
(SDLP) 		style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=3| Seamus Mallon
(SDLP) 		style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | Paddy O'Hanlon
(SDLP) 		style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=4| Herbert Whitten
(UUP) 		style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | James Stronge
(UUP) 		style="background-color: Template:Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| Thomas Carson
(Vanguard) 		style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=4| Douglas Hutchinson
(DUP)
1975 style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | Michael Armstrong
(UUP) 		style="background-color: Template:Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" | Alistair Black
(Vanguard)
1982 style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=2| Jim McAllister
(Sinn Féin) 		Mary Simpson
(UUP) 		style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| Jim Nicholson
(UUP) 		style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2| Harold McCusker
(UUP) 		David Calvert
(DUP)
1983
by-election 		style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | Jim Speers
(UUP)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

1983 by-election

1983 by-election: Armagh – 1 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
UUP Jim Speers 84.5 26,907
Workers' Party of Ireland Tom French 15.5 4,920
Electorate: 95,100   Valid: 31,827   Spoilt: 0   Quota: 15,914   Turnout: 31,827 (34.07%)  

1982 Assembly Election

1982 Assembly election: Armagh – 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
UUP Harold McCusker 31.6 19,547
SDLP Seamus Mallon 13.8 8,528
UUP Jim Nicholson 4.2 2,590 7,155 7,156 7,384 7,472 7,472 8,137
Sinn Féin Jim McAllister 8.4 5,182 5,188 5,230 5,247 5,248 7,717 7,720 7,721 8,090
UUP Mary Simpson 1.2 721 3,838 3,838 4,147 4,360 4,361 4,857 5,126 5,220 5,221 8,212
DUP David Calvert 4.3 2,661 3,110 3,110 3,124 3,873 3,873 4,845 4,868 4,887 4,887 5,135 5,310 9,459
SDLP Hugh News 4.7 2,871 2,883 3,256 3,578 3,580 3,778 3,781 3,781 5,460 5,566 5,570 5,571 5,576 5,607
SDLP Paddy O'Hanlon 6.8 4,231 4,239 4,501 4,688 4,691 4,799 4,800 4,801 5,199 5,245 5,252 5,254 5,255 5,288
DUP Douglas Hutchinson 3.8 2,333 2,894 2,894 2,915 3,630 3,631 4,259 4,280 4,297 4,298 4,741 5,016
UUP Jim Speers 3.0 1,836 3,438 3,438 3,538 3,623 3,625 3,858 3,953 3,981 3,982
Workers' Party of Ireland Tom French 4.6 2,826 2,850 2,872 3,270 3,272 3,470 3,494 3,494
UUUP Alistair Black 3.3 2,014 2,873 2,873 2,941 3,096 3,096
Sinn Féin Jim O'Hagan 4.9 3,042 3,049 3,072 3,088 3,088
DUP Woolsey Smith 2.8 1,716 2,028 2,028 2,039
Alliance William Jeffrey 2.9 1,806 1,942 1,958
Electorate: 95,610   Valid: 61,904   Spoilt: 2,078 (3.25%)   Quota: 7,739   Turnout: 63,982 (66.9%)  

1975 Constitutional Convention

1975 Constitutional Convention: Armagh – 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP Seamus Mallon 15.2 8,999
UUP Michael Armstrong 14.8 8,802
DUP Douglas Hutchinson 13.0 7,746
UUP Herbert Whitten 8.2 4,843 4,843 5,198 5,240 5,242 5,276 5,381 5,383 7,021
Vanguard Thomas Carson 10.1 5,974 5,974 6,225 6,367 6,371 6,388 6,439 6,448 6,885
Vanguard Alistair Black 9.2 5,435 5,435 6,064 6,180 6,188 6,213 6,283 6,287 6,789
SDLP Hugh News 5.6 3,303 4,261 4,261 4,261 4,327 4,375 5,074 6,140 6,457
SDLP Paddy O'Hanlon 7.9 4,710 5,095 5,095 5,095 5,190 5,206 5,678 6,243 6,361
Unionist Party NI John Maginnis 4.7 2,797 2,798 2,860 2,867 2,870 3,002 3,838 3,856
Republican Clubs Malachy McGurran 4.3 2,577 2,650 2,650 2,650 3,587 3,602 3,761
Alliance Michael Connolly 2.9 1,742 1,781 1,787 1,788 1,806 2,828
Alliance Brian English 2.2 1,307 1,318 1,327 1,328 1,332
Republican Clubs Patrick Houlahan 1.0 617 636 636 637
Republican Clubs Thomas Moore 0.9 536 546 546 546
Electorate: 90,640   Valid: 59,388   Spoilt: 2,011 (3.3%)   Quota: 7,424   Turnout: 61,399 (67.7%)  

1973 Assembly Election

1973 Assembly election: Armagh – 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
SDLP Paddy O'Hanlon 13.4 8,219
SDLP Seamus Mallon 13.0 7,995
UUP Herbert Whitten 11.2 6,891 6,891.24 7,127.30 7,127.58 7,208.62 7,284.62 8140.62
Vanguard Thomas Carson 11.1 6,866 6,866.66 6,936.66 6,936.74 6,955.86 7,432.86 7,505.86 7,810.86
UUP James Stronge 7.1 4,335 4,336.44 4,458.56 4,458.72 4,524.72 4,537.78 5,235.84 5,383.84 5,526.94 8,693.94
SDLP Hugh News 7.7 4,731 5,163.30 5,278.40 5,564.96 5,670.04 5,672.08 5,677.18 5,677.18 5,677.73 5,688.79 5,691.03 7,832.03
DUP Douglas Hutchinson 7.4 4,552 4,552.12 4,598.18 4,598.50 4,612.50 4,821.50 4,902.56 6,620.56 6,644.76 6,887.40 7,237.40 7,431.40
Vanguard Frederick Crowe 4.0 2,465 2,465.12 2,492.12 2,492.24 2,503.28 3,639.34 3,689.34 4,168.34 4,190.89 4,447.37 4,904.33 5,093.33
Alliance Michael Connolly 4.2 2,572 2,589.70 2,763.38 2,780.06 4,268.62 4,275.72 4,292.72 4,302.72 4,304.37 4,329.30 4,630.34
UUP Alexander Greer 4.3 2,630 2,630.36 2,689.42 2,689.56 2,762.60 2,771.66 3,603.80 3,697.80 3,869.95
DUP Thomas Willey 4.3 2,616 2,616 2,639.06 2,639.14 2,642.14 2,726.14 2,773.14
UUP Robert James Mitchell 4.2 2,571 2,571.42 2,625.48 2,625.84 2,653.84 2,673.64
Vanguard Samuel McCammick 3.3 2,018 2,018.30 2,034.36 2,034.48 2,040.52
Alliance Howard McNally 2.7 1,637 1,642.58 1,940.60 1,945.54
NI Labour Thomas Newell 1.7 1,044 1,053.90
Independent Robert Murphy 0.4 238 244
Electorate: 89,056   Valid: 61,400   Spoilt: 1,955 (3.1%)   Quota: 7,676   Turnout: 63,355 (71.1%)  

References

  1. ^ Armagh constituency at ARK
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