| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Leader | Basil Brooke | Joe Stewart | Tom Boyd | Party | Ulster Unionist | 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% | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | Leader | Albert McElroy | Brendan Corish | None | Party | Ulster Liberal | Irish Labour | Ind. Labour Group | Leader since | 1956 | 2 March 1960 | n/a | Leader's seat | None | Sat in Dáil Éireann | None | Last election | 0 seats, 0.3% | 0 seats, 3.0% | 1 seats, 2.0% | Seats won | 1 | 1 | 1 | Seat change | 1 | 1 | | Popular vote | 11,005 | 3,288 | 2,343 | Percentage | 3.6% | 1.1% | 0.8% | Swing | 3.3% | 1.9% | 1.2% | |