1953 general elections in Northern Ireland
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The 1953 Northern Ireland general election was held on 22 October 1953. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.
Results
↓ 38 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
UUP | Nationalist | AP | Oth |
1953 Northern Ireland general election |
|
Party | Candidates | Votes |
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| UUP | 43 | 38 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 73.1 | 48.6 | 125,379 | -14.1 |
| Ind. Unionist | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1.9 | 12.8 | 32,998 | +12.2 |
| NI Labour | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 12.1 | 31,360 | +5.0 |
| Nationalist | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 27,796 | -16.0 |
| Irish Labour | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 13,223 | N/A |
| Anti-Partition | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 7,728 | N/A |
| Independent Irish Labour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2.6 | 6,639 | N/A |
| Ind. Republican Labour | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 5,947 | N/A |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 3,902 | -0.6 |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1,745 | +0.2 |
| Communist (NI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.5 | 1,207 | +0.3 |
All parties shown. Electorate 888,352 (428,216 in contested seats); Turnout 60.2% (257,924).
Votes summary
Popular vote | | | | Ulster Unionist | | 48.61% | Independent Unionist | | 12.79% | Labour | | 12.16% | Nationalist Party | | 10.78% | Irish Labour | | 5.13% | Anti-Partition | | 3.00% | Independent Irish Labour | | 2.57% | Republican Labour | | 2.31% | Independent Labour | | 1.51% | Communist | | 0.47% | Independent | | 0.68% | |
Seats summary
Parliamentary seats | | | | Ulster Unionist | | 73.08% | Nationalist Party | | 13.46% | Anti-Partition | | 3.85% | Independent Unionist | | 1.92% | Irish Labour | | 1.92% | Republican Labour | | 1.92% | Independent Labour | | 1.92% | Independent | | 1.92% | |
See also
References
- Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine