1933 Northern Ireland general election
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All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1933 Northern Ireland general election was held on 30 November 1933. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. 33 of the 52 seats were uncontested, the largest number in the history of the House of Commons.
Results[]
36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
UUP | Nationalist | IU | L | Oth |
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
UUP | 41 | 36 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 69.2 | 43.5 | 73,791 | -5.3 | ||||||
Independent Unionist | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 21.3 | 36,142 | +7.0 | ||||||
Nationalist | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 17.3 | 13.1 | 22,269 | +1.4 | ||||||
NI Labour | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3.8 | 8.5 | 14,436 | +0.5 | ||||||
Independent Republican | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9 | 7.7 | 13,106 | N/A | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 7,404 | N/A | ||||||
National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2,211 | N/A | |||||||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 331 | -1.0 |
Electorate 793,952 (250,519 in contested seats); Turnout 67.7% (169,690). The sole member elected for Fianna Fáil was the President of the Executive Council (Prime Minister) of the Irish Free State, Éamon de Valera.
Seat changes[]
Constituency | From | To | ||
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Belfast Dock | UUP | NI Labour | ||
South Armagh | Nationalist | Independent Nationalist | ||
South Down | Nationalist | Fianna Fáil |
Votes summary[]
Seats summary[]
References[]
- Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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