South Down (Assembly constituency)

South Down
South Down
Northern Ireland Assembly; Parliamentary constituency
	South Down shown within Northern Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1973
Seats	6 (1996–2016); 5 (2017–)
MLAs	Sinéad Bradley (SDLP); Sinéad Ennis (SF); Colin McGrath (SDLP); Emma Rogan (SF); Jim Wells (DUP);
Districts	Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
EP constituency	Northern Ireland

South Down (Irish: An Dún Theas, Ulster Scots: Sooth Doon) is an electoral constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly. It lies in the southern portion of County Down.

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1973. It usually shares the same boundaries as the South Down 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 and from 1996 to 1997 when members of the Northern Ireland Forum had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected in 1992 under the 1983–95 constituency boundaries, was still in session.

Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998.

Some of the most high-profile MLA's for the constituency have included Caitríona Ruane, Margaret Ritchie, and John McCallister.

For further details on the history and boundaries of the constituency, see South Down (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\|	Patrick O'Donoghue (SDLP)	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=6\|	Eddie McGrady (SDLP)	style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=13\|	Frank Feely (SDLP)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Brian Faulkner (UUP/UPNI)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=11\|	Herbert Heslip (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	Ronald Broadhurst (UUP)	style="background-color: Template:Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	Cecil Harvey (Vanguard)
1975	style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" \|		Peter Brush (UUP)					Brian Faulkner (UUP/UPNI)		Herbert Heslip (UUP)				Cecil Harvey (Vanguard)
1982	style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2\|		Raymond McCullough (UUP)		William Brown (UUP)		style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	Jim Wells (DUP)	style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=2\|	George Graham (DUP)
1985 by-election	Jeffrey Donaldson (UUP)				William Brown (UUP)			Jim Wells (DUP)		George Graham (DUP)
1996	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=9\|	Mick Murphy (Sinn Féin)	Margaret Ritchie (SDLP)		style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" rowspan=9\|	Hugh Carr (SDLP)	Dermot Nesbitt (UUP)	5 seats 1996–1998
1998	Eamon O'Neill (SDLP)	Mick Murphy (Sinn Féin)	P. J. Bradley (SDLP)		style="background-color: Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" rowspan=8\|	Jim Wells (DUP)		6 seats 1998–2017
2003	Caitríona Ruane (Sinn Féin)	style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" rowspan=7\|		Willie Clarke (Sinn Féin)	Margaret Ritchie (SDLP)
2007		John McCallister (UUP/Independent)
2011			Karen McKevitt (SDLP)
April 2012 co-option			Karen McKevitt (SDLP)	Chris Hazzard (Sinn Féin)	Seán Rogers (SDLP)
2016		Colin McGrath (SDLP)	Sinéad Bradley (SDLP)		Harold McKee (UUP)
2017	Sinéad Ennis (Sinn Féin)				5 seats 2017–present		5 seats 2017–present
June 2017 co-option	Sinéad Ennis (Sinn Féin)			Emma Rogan (Sinn Féin)	5 seats 2017–present		5 seats 2017–present

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

Northern Ireland Assembly

2017

2017 Assembly election: South Down – 5 Seats^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Sinéad Ennis	20.8	10,256
	Sinn Féin	Chris Hazzard	17.9	8,827
	SDLP	Sinéad Bradley	14.8	7,323	7,487	8,906.12
	DUP	Jim Wells	15.8	7,786	8,088	8,091.36	8,091.64	10,821.64
	SDLP	Colin McGrath	10.3	5,110	5,202	5,512.80	6,043.68	6,632.42	7,228.42
	Alliance	Patrick Brown	9.2	4,535	4,883	5,101.64	5,194.88	6,007.82	6,730.82
	UUP	Harold McKee	8.4	4,172	4,509	4,522.44	4,527.76
	TUV	Lyle Rea	1.3	630
	Green (NI)	Hannah George	1.0	483
	Independent	Patrick Clarke	0.4	192
	NI Conservatives	Gary Hynds	0.2	85
Electorate: 75,415 Valid: 49,399 Spoilt: 535 (1.07%) Quota: 8,234 Turnout: 49,932 (66.21%)

2016

2016 Assembly election: South Down – 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Jim Wells	12.3	5,033	5,183	6,470
	UUP	Harold McKee	8.5	3,481	3,812	5,168	5,567	6,141
	Sinn Féin	Chris Hazzard	12.3	5,045	5,142	5,144	5,321	5,321.50	7,277.50
	SDLP	Sinéad Bradley	12.3	5,059	5,231	5,241	5,828	5,834	6,144
	Sinn Féin	Caitríona Ruane	10.2	4,191	4,240	4,244	4,335	4,335	5,415	6,664.50
	SDLP	Colin McGrath	10.4	4,288	4,429	4,440	5,033	5,038	5,121	5,190	5,397
	SDLP	Seán Rogers	8.7	3,564	3,699	3,721	4,076	4,086.50	4,227.50	4,309	4,595.75
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gray-Sloan	8.6	3,520	3,571	3,572	3,665	3,665
	Alliance	Patrick Brown	5.4	2,200	2,841	2,869
	TUV	Henry Reilly	6.6	2,718	2,800
	Independent	John McCallister	2.8	1,156
	Green (NI)	John Hardy	2.0	820
Electorate: 77,409 Valid: 41,075 Spoilt: 570 (1.37%) Quota: 5,868 Turnout: 53.80%

2011

2011 Assembly Election: South Down - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie	20.4	8,506
	Sinn Féin	Caitríona Ruane	14.3	5,955	6,192.15
	DUP	Jim Wells	12.5	5,200	5,284.84	5,354.56	5,404.28	6,543.28
	UUP	John McCallister	10.6	4,409	4,480.92	4,624.88	4,714.77	5,679.90	6,329.60
	Sinn Féin	Willie Clarke	9.3	3,882	3,957.95	3,992.50	4,094.15	4,101.46	4,103.20	6,777.20
	SDLP	Karen McKevitt	9.0	3,758	4,318.79	4,432.71	4,675.33	4,702.43	4,707.27	4,842.93	5,277.28	5,347.46
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill	6.4	2,633	3,844.72	3,959.19	4,222.77	4,251.35	4,259.47	4,449.46	4,826.14	4,882.98
	Sinn Féin	Naomi Bailie	7.3	3,050	3,150.44	3,161.06	3,305.46	3,306.77	3,308.51
	UKIP	Henry Reilly	5.6	2,322	2,353.29	2,373.70	2,398.94
	Green (NI)	Cadogan Enright	2.7	1,107	1,227.28	1,238.75
	Alliance	David Griffin	2.1	864	915.15
Electorate: 73,240 Valid: 41,276 Spoilt: 825 (1.94%) Quota: 5,961 Turnout: 58.10%

2007

2007 Assembly Election: South Down - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Sinn Féin	Caitríona Ruane	13.7	6,334	6,336	6,337	6,337	6,428	6,450	6,676
	Sinn Féin	Willie Clarke	11.1	5,138	5,145	5,152	5,154	5,259	5,273	5,412	7,382
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie	12.7	5,838	5,870	5,887	5,892	6,026	6,055	6,429	6,945
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley	12.3	5,652	5,662	5,682	5,684	5,772	5,829	6,190	6,286	6,650.32
	DUP	Jim Wells	12.0	5,542	5,546	5,605	5,763	5,792	6,188	6,240	6,248	6,250.97	8,462.97
	UUP	John McCallister	9.6	4,447	4,448	4,553	4,637	4,819	5,230	5,370	5,377	5,384.92	6,046.91	7,720.91
	SDLP	Michael Carr	6.4	2,972	2,976	2,986	2,989	3,062	3,093	3,354	3,422	3,830.87	3,853.87	3,882.87
	DUP	William Burns	5.7	2,611	2,613	2,667	2,721	2,741	3,040	3,061	3,062	3,064.97
	Sinn Féin	Eamonn McConvey	5.8	2,662	2,678	2,679	2,679	2,703	2,703	2,778
	Green (NI)	Ciaran Mussen	3.5	1,622	1,646	1,675	1,685	2,008	2,043
	UKIP	Henry Reilly	2.7	1,229	1,229	1,239	1,326	1,354
	Alliance	David Griffin	1.5	691	700	743	755
	Ind. Republican	Martin Cunningham	0.9	434	441	448	448
	UK Unionist	Frederick Wharton	0.9	424	424	443
	NI Conservatives	Peter Bowles	0.8	391	391
	Labour Party NI	Malachi Curran	0.3	123
Electorate: 71,704 Valid: 46,110 Spoilt: 513 (1.10%) Quota: 6,588 Turnout: 65.02%

2003

2003 Assembly Election: South Down - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Jim Wells	15.0	6,789
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley	11.8	5,337	5,337.36	5,355.36	5,682.96	7,136.96
	UUP	Dermot Nesbitt	11.8	5,368	5,411	5,420	5,759.04	5,797.20	5,802.72	5,822.72	8,325.72
	Sinn Féin	Caitríona Ruane	11.3	5,118	5,118	5,124	5,211.08	5,415.08	5,450.04	6,024.42	6,026.54	6,035.54
	Sinn Féin	Willie Clarke	9.0	4,083	4,083.08	4,092.08	4,185.16	4,268.20	4,278.78	5,920.74	5,926.44	5,934.44
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie	9.4	4,261	4,261.76	4,313.76	4,665.32	4,848.36	4,921.50	5,419.96	5,477.96	5,733.96
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill	8.7	3,942	3,942.92	3,963.92	4,220.24	4,692.32	5,215.34	5,350.34	5,411.52	5,697.52
	UUP	Jim Donaldson	6.4	2,885	2,984.52	2,989.52	3,254.96	3,264.12	3,265.96	3,269.42
	Sinn Féin	Eamonn McConvey	6.2	2,806	2,806.12	2,833.12	2,961.16	2,986.16	2,990.30
	SDLP	Marion Fitzpatrick	5.3	2,382	2,382.44	2,409.44	2,555.64
	Green (NI)	Raymond Blaney	1.8	799	799.76	851.76
	NI Women's Coalition	Trudy Miller	1.2	565	565.60	589.60
	Alliance	Neil Powell	1.1	489	489.48	495.48
	UK Unionist	Nelson Wharton	0.5	245	360.64	362.72
	Independent	Malachi Curran	0.4	162	162.08
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Desmond O'Hagan	0.3	115	115.08
Electorate: 70,149 Valid: 45,346 Spoilt: 666 Quota: 6,479 Turnout: 46,012 (65.6)

1998

1998 Assembly Election: South Down - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady	20.2	10,373
	Sinn Féin	Mick Murphy	12.2	6,251	6,418.33	6,514.51	6,517.51	6,574.08	7,761.08
	UUP	Dermot Nesbitt	10.7	5,480	5,507.84	5,524.03	5,788.90	6,133.54	6,137.99	6,137.99	7,770.99
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley	10.8	5,571	6,218.28	6,313.44	6,317.31	6,485.16	6,563.40	6,665.52	6,716.39	6,739.49	7,390.23
	DUP	Jim Wells	9.4	4,826	4,830.06	4,840.35	5,261.35	5,270.35	5,272.35	5,273.27	5,631.85	5,792.85	5,849.34	8,170.34
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill	7.0	3,582	4,752.73	4,889.94	4,892.52	5,006.57	5,144.92	5,289.36	5,323.39	5,342.29	6,120.06	6,163.20
	SDLP	Hugh Carr	7.3	3,731	4,132.36	4,230.24	4,232.24	4,379.71	4,438.47	4,501.03	4,517.90	4,528.40	5,114.14	5,186.72
	UK Unionist	Frederick Wharton	5.0	2,576	2,577.16	2,581.16	2,886.45	2,904.74	2,905.74	2,906.20	3,125.36	3,271.66	3,313.71
	NI Women's Coalition	Anne Carr	3.2	1,658	1,811.41	2,000.03	2,009.32	2,563.74	2,675.11	2,785.05	2,890.12	2,955.57
	UUP	Norman Hanna	3.8	1,939	1,946.83	1,962.28	2,481.15	2,642.73	2,646.73	2,647.65
	Sinn Féin	Garret O'Fachtna	3.0	1,520	1,603.81	1,697.41	1,697.70	1,716.73
	Alliance	Anne-Marie Cunningham	2.9	1,502	1,586.39	1,675.63	1,697.50
	Ind. Unionist	George Graham	3.0	1,562	1,567.51	1,578.51
	Labour Party NI	Malachi Curran	1.0	498	634.01
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Des O'Hagan	0.2	130	151.17
	Independent Labour	Patrick O'Connor	0.2	121	148.84
	Natural Law	Thomas Mullins	0.1	33	38.51
Electorate: 71,027 Valid: 51,353 Spoilt: 989 (1.89%) Quota: 7,337 Turnout: 73.69%

1996 Forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.^[2]

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Party		Candidate(s)	Votes
SDLP	Eddie McGrady Hugh Carr Margaret Ritchie Marietta Farrell John Doris	20,220	43.2
UUP	Dermot Nesbitt Frederick Wharton Gerry Douglas Albert Colmer William Martin	10,379	22.2
Sinn Féin	Mick Murphy Frank McDowell Martin Gough Deidre Clark	6,142	13.1
DUP	William Alexander John Finlay William Burns	5,060	10.8
Alliance	Julian Crozier Michael Healy	1,685	3.6
Labour coalition	Malachi Curran Patrick O'Connor Edna Furey James Masson Michael Kearney	927	2.0
PUP	George Graham James McDonald	497	1.1
NI Women's Coalition	Bronagh Lawson Claire Hannah Lynn Carvill Ursula Leahy	464	1.0
Ulster Democratic	Norma Coulter Denis Paisley	404	0.9
Green (NI)	Maggie Burch Eugene O'Shea Christopher Busby	251	0.6
NI Conservatives	Paul Megarity Michael Henderson	197	0.4
Workers' Party of Ireland	Marie O'Hagan Eddie O'Hagan	162	0.4
Ulster Independence	Samuel Pollock Stanley Watson James McElrath	130	0.3
Democratic Partnership	William Leneghan Sean O'Baoill	117	0.2
Democratic Left	Veronica McEneaney Jim Ryan	65	0.1
Natural Law	Desmond Garrett William McCarthy	30	0.1
Independent Chambers	George Chambers Doreen Larmour	18	0.0

1985 by-election

17 October 1985 by-election: South Down - 1 seat
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	UUP	Jeffrey Donaldson	86.1%	17,528
	Ind. Unionist	Ethel Smyth	13.9%	2,838
Electorate: 98,126 Valid: 20,366 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 10,184 Turnout: 20,366 (21.3%)

1982

1982 Assembly election: South Down - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SDLP	Frank Feely	12.5%	7,391
	SDLP	Eddie McGrady	12.4%	7,313	7,636
	UUP	William Brown	8.8%	5,220	5,227	5,234	5,441	7,593
	SDLP	Patrick O'Donoghue	10.0%	5,916	6,252	6,440	6,449	6,455	8,181
	UUP	Raymond McCullough	9.8%	5,802	5,808	5,809	5,903	6,451	6,458	6,471	6,497	9,553
	DUP	George Graham	6.9%	4,075	4,081	4,082	5,366	5,533	5,543	5,548	5,552	6,518	7,596
	DUP	Jim Wells	6.4%	3,779	3,783	3,783	5,361	5,474	5,488	5,503	5,505	5,663	5,937
	Alliance	Patrick Forde	6.2%	3,646	3,999	4,027	4,047	4,148	4,346	4,707	4,709	4,879	5,101
	UUP	William Coulter	6.4%	3,787	3,794	3,795	3,828	4,490	4,497	4,508	4,663
	Sinn Féin	Cyril Toman	5.7%	3,393	3,772	3,795	3,805	3,806
	UUP	William Martin	6.0%	3,562	3,567	3,568	3,798
	DUP	Ethel Smyth	5.9%	3,495	3,507	3,508
	Workers' Party of Ireland	Thomas Moore	2.8%	1,676
Electorate: 93,261 Valid: 59,055 Spoilt: 2,137 (3.49%) Quota: 7,382 Turnout: 61,192 (65.6%)

1975 Constitutional Convention

1975 Constitutional Convention: South Down - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SDLP	Frank Feely	16.0	9,730
	Vanguard	Cecil Harvey	14.6	8,843
	SDLP	Eddy McGrady	11.9	7,257	8,560.28
	SDLP	Patrick O'Donoghue	11.0	6,657	7,335.26	7,336.52	8,231.08
	Unionist Party NI	Brian Faulkner	9.9	6,035	6,048.20	6,075.78	6,078.50	6,114.34	6,127.14	6,608.72	6,687.12	8,512.12
	UUP	Peter Brush	10.4	6,293	6,294.32	6,520.56	6,520.46	6,520.46	6,520.56	6,813.24	6,891.16	6,995
	UUP	Herbert Heslip	10.5	6,380	6,384.84	6,643.70	6,643.86	6,644.50	6,645.72	6,726.26	6,736.72	6,838.18
	DUP	David Herron	6.2	3,752	3,757.28	4,464	4,464.16	4,464.16	4,465.16	4,536.28	4,552.50	4,624.66
	Alliance	Anthony Williamson	2.7	1,612	1,659.96	1,660.24	1,676.08	1,882.80	1,931.02	1,937.46	2,136.46
	Alliance	Denys Rowan-Hamilton	2.5	1,509	1,518.02	1,520.82	1,529.46	1,678.42	1,714.02	1,757.02	1,950.58
	Republican Clubs	Raymond Blaney	1.6	1,002	1,018.50	1,018.64	1,022.16	1,056.72	1,672.28	1,673.50
	Unionist Party NI	Ronald Broadhurst	1.6	994	995.1	1,001.96	1,002.44	1,007.08	1,007.08
	Republican Clubs	Gerard O'Hanlon	1.1	680	706.18	706.18	721.38	843.30
Electorate: 89,912 Valid: 60,744 Spoilt: 2,129 (3.39%) Quota: 7,594 Turnout: 62,873 (69.93%)

1973

1973 Assembly election: South Down - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
	UUP	Brian Faulkner	25.4	16,287
	SDLP	Eddy McGrady	12.3	7,870	7,894.99	7,913.50	7,926.50	7,927.50	7,972.01	8,050.01
	UUP	Ronald Broadhurst	2.4	1,515	6,049.41	6,075.02	6,075.02	6,266.74	6,268.25	6,270.27	6,273.78	6,344.42	6,370.62	6,374.13	9,108.64
	SDLP	Frank Feely	10.7	6,857	6,869.24	6,895.75	6,929.75	6,931.75	6,949.75	7,055.75	7,344.75	7,352.75	7,422.77	7,759.77	7,761.28	7,762.30	9,190.30
	SDLP	Patrick O'Donoghue	6.7	4,322	4,327.10	4,343.10	4,346.10	4,347.10	4,406.10	4,507.61	4,608.61	4,630.14	4,745.65	5,709.65	5,711.65	5,712.67	7,180.69	8,225.69
	Vanguard	Cecil Harvey	7.8	5,006	5,435.42	5,442.42	5,445.42	5,672.17	5,672.17	5,678.68	5,682.68	5,689.23	5,689.23	5,691.23	5,931.58	6,095.29	6,099.29	6,102.29	6,105.59	9,485.59
	UUP	Herbert Heslip	6.0	3,838	4,709.08	4,715.61	4,715.61	4,758.81	4,760.81	4,765.81	4,768.83	4,776.87	4,779.89	4,780.89	5,360.47	5,960.23	5,967.27	5,969.27	5,971.25	7,177.36
	Alliance	Anthony Williamson	2.3	1,489	1,519.09	1,543.09	1,546.09	1,548.09	1,550.09	1,590.09	1,598.09	2,283.30	4,155.98	4,261.49	4,296.77	4,398.26	4,664.77	4,711.77	4,923.63	4,954.50
	DUP	David Herron	6.3	4,016	4,327.61	4,332.12	4,332.12	4,453.81	4,453.81	4,461.81	4,464.81	4,471.32	4,471.83	4,473.83	4,666.69	4,811.02	4,816.02	4,818.02	4,819.34
	Independent	Rory McShane	4.3	2,785	2,790.10	2,799.61	2,827.61	2,827.61	2,881.61	2,979.61	3,312.12	3,325.63	3,340.14	4,059.14	4,061.14	4,061.14
	UUP	William Martin	3.1	1,996	3,760.60	3,766.11	3,766.11	3,810.74	3,812.74	3,817.27	3,820.82	3,851.08	3,865.12	3,865.12
	Ind. Republican	James O'Reilly	3.1	2,000	2,001.02	2,008.02	2,016.02	2,018.02	2,092.02	2,268.53	2,397.53	2,405.04	2,447.04
	Alliance	Michael O'Shea	2.3	1,475	1,503.05	1,557.09	1,558.09	1,561.09	1,565.09	1,588.60	1,605.60	2,209.04
	Alliance	Denys Rowan-Hamilton	2.1	1,316	1,428.20	1,464.26	1,465.26	1,467.77	1,468.77	1,480.28	1,483.28
	Republican Clubs	Noel Collins	1.0	648	652.08	652.08	959.08	965.08	1,378.08	1,402.10
	Independent	Arthur Doran	1.0	653	658.10	678.61	686.63	696.14	705.14
	Republican Clubs	Edward O'Hagan	1.0	612	613.02	614.02	695.02	695.53
	National Front	William Annett	0.9	591	668.52	672.52	672.52
	Republican Clubs	Samuel Dowling	0.8	499	499	502.02
	Ulster Liberal	Berkley Farr	0.4	263	279.32
Electorate: 89,234 Valid: 64,038 Spoilt: 1,359 Quota: 8,005 Turnout: 65,397 (73.2%)

References

^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ 1996 Candidates – South Down, Northern Ireland Elections

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[1] "Statement of Persons Nominated". EONI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

[2] 1996 Candidates – South Down, Northern Ireland Elections

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