1965 Northern Ireland general election
25 November 1965
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| (1921–72) |
The 1965 Northern Ireland general election was held on 25 November 1965. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.
Results
| 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| UUP | Nationalist | L | R | Oth |
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
| Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
| UUP | 41 | 36[a] | 2 | 0 | +2 | 69.2 | 59.1 | 191,896 | +10.3 | ||||||
| NI Labour | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3.8 | 20.4 | 66,323 | -5.0 | ||||||
| Nationalist | 9 | 9[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 8.2 | 26,748 | -6.9 | ||||||
| National Democratic | 1 | 1[e] | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 15,206 | N/A | ||||||
| Ulster Liberal | 4 | 1[f] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 12,618 | +0.3 | ||||||
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.4 | 4,371 | -1.7 | ||||||
| Republican Labour | 2 | 2[d] | 1 | 0 | +2 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 3,326 | N/A | ||||||
| New Ireland Movement | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.0 | 3,111 | N/A | ||||||
| Ind. Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 682 | N/A | ||||||
| Communist (NI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 308 | N/A | ||||||
| Independent | 1 | 1[g] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0 | -0.4 | ||||||
All parties shown. The only independent candidate was elected unopposed. Electorate: 907,667 (563,252 in contested seats); Turnout: 57.6% (324,589).
Votes summary
Seats summary
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Includes 14 members elected unopposed.
- ^ a b c d Voting only took place in 29 of 52 seats.
The other 23 MPs were unopposed. - ^ a b Includes 5 members elected unopposed.
- ^ a b Includes 1 member elected unopposed.
- ^ The sole NDP member was elected unopposed.
- ^ The sole Liberal member was elected unopposed.
- ^ The sole independent member was elected unopposed.
References
- Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine