Northern Ireland general election, 1962

Northern Ireland general election, 1962

31 May 1962
All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   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 0 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 Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke UUP

The Northern Ireland general election, 1962 was held on 31 May 1962. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1962
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	45	34	0	2	- 2	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
	Liberal	4	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	3.6	11,005	+3.3
	Republican Labour	1	1	0	0	0	1.9	2.5	7,662	-0.6
	Independent Labour	2	0	0	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%
Independent Labour			3.07%
Republican Labour			2.53%
Irish Labour			1.07%
World Socialist			0.02%
Ulster Liberal			3.64%
Independent			0.4%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist			65.38%
Labour			7.69%
Nationalist Party			17.31%
Independent Labour			1.92%
Republican Labour			1.92%
Irish Labour			1.92%
Ulster Liberal			1.92%
Independent			1.92%

See also

• MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1962

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results