1962 Northern Ireland general election

The 1962 Northern Ireland general election was held on 31 May 1962. While the Ulster Unionist Party lost three seats, they retained a large majority as in all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

1962 Northern Ireland general election

31 May 1962
All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Nat NIL Leader Viscount Brookeborough 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%
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Prime Minister after election Basil Brooke UUP

Results

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34	9	4	5
UUP	Nationalist	Lab	Oth

1962 Northern Ireland general election
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 House of Commons of Northern Ireland

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine