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

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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 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%
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