1962 Northern Ireland general election

Northern Ireland general election, 1962

31 May 1962
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 UUP Nationalist NI Labour 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 Popular vote 147,629 45,860 76,842 Percentage 48.8% 15.1% 25.4% Swing 4.8% 0.2% 9.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Albert McElroy Brendan Corish None Party Ulster Liberal Irish Labour Ind. Labour Group Leader since 1956 2 March 1960 n/a Leader's seat None Sat in Dáil Éireann None Last election 0 seats, 0.3% 0 seats, 3.0% 1 seats, 2.0% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 11,005 3,288 2,343 Percentage 3.6% 1.1% 0.8% Swing 3.3% 1.9% 1.2%
Election results by constituency.
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke UUP

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

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style="background:Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color; width:65.3%;" | 34	style="background:Template:Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)/meta/color; width:17.31%;" | 9	style="background:Template:Northern Ireland Labour Party/meta/color; width:7.69%;" | 4	5
UUP	Nationalist	Lab	Oth

Northern Ireland General Election 1962
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	45	34	0	3	-3	65.3	48.8	147,629	+4.8
	NI Labour	14	4	0	0	0	7.7	25.4	76,842	+9.6
	Nationalist	9	9	2	0	+2	17.3	15.1	45,860	+0.2
	Ulster Liberal	4	1	1	0	+1	1.9	3.6	11,005	+3.3
	Ind. Republican Labour	1	1	0	0	0	1.9	2.5	7,662	-0.6
	Independent Labour	2	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% Ulster Liberal   3.64% Independent Labour   3.07% Republican Labour   2.53% Irish Labour   1.07% Independent   0.4% World Socialist   0.02%

Seats summary

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

See also

• List of members of the 10th Parliament of Northern Ireland

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results