1933 Northern Ireland general election

none September 2017 September 2017 1933 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland parliamentary no 1929 Northern Ireland general election 1929 List of members of the 3rd House of Commons of Northern Ireland MPs elected 1938 Northern Ireland general election 1938 All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority 30 November 1933 James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.jpg Viscount Craigavon 7 June 1921 Ulster Unionist Party North Down 37 seats, 50.8% 36UUP Includes 27 members elected unopposed. 1 73,791Contest Voting only took place in 19 of 52 seats. The other 33 MPs were unopposed. 43.5% 5.3% Joe Devlin.JPG Joe Devlin 1918 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Belfast Central 11 seats, 11.7% 9Nat Includes 6 members elected unopposed. 2 22,269Contest 13.2% 1.4% Northern Ireland Labour Party Jack Beattie 1929 Northern Ireland Labour Party Belfast Pottinger 1 seat, 8.0% 2 1 14,436Contest 8.5% 0.5% File:1933 Northern Ireland Assembly Election Results Map.svg 400px Election results by constituency Prime Minister Prime Minister after election James Craig Ulster Unionist Party James Craig Ulster Unionist PartyJune 2025 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 MPs (63%) were elected unopposed, the largest number in the history of the House of Commons. The vast majority of those elected without a contest were Ulster Unionists. Results + ↓ 36 9 3 2 3 UUP Nationalist IU L Oth 1933 Northern Ireland general election center|360px Ulster Unionist Party yes 41 36UUP 0 1 -1 73,791 43.5 69.2 -5.3 Independent Unionist 8 3 0 0 0 36,142 21.3 5.8 +7.0 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 10 9Nat 0 2 -2 22,269 13.1 17.3 +1.4 Northern Ireland Labour Party 3 2 1 0 +1 14,436 8.5 3.8 +0.5 Independent Republican (Ireland) 4 1 1 0 +1 13,106 7.7 1.9 N/A Fianna Fáil 1 1 1 0 +1 7,404 4.4 1.9 N/A National League 1 0 0 0 0 2,211 1.3 N/A Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 0 331 0.2 -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 ConstituencyFromToBelfast Dock Ulster Unionist Party Northern Ireland Labour PartySouth Armagh Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Independent NationalistSouth Down Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Fianna Fáil Votes summary Popular vote #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party 43.5 Independent Unionist Independent Unionist 21.3 Nationalist Party Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 13.1 Labour Northern Ireland Labour Party 8.5 Independent Republican Independent Republican (Ireland) darkgray 7.7 Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil 4.4 National League #777777 1.3 Independent Independent (politician) 0.2 Seats summary Parliamentary seats #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party 69.23 Nationalist Party Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 17.31 Independent Unionist Independent Unionist 5.77 Labour Northern Ireland Labour Party 3.85 Independent Republican Independent Republican (Ireland) darkgray 1.92 Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil 1.92 Contested seats Only 19 of the 52 seats (37%) were actually contested. 1933 Northern Ireland general election (contested seats) PartyPopular voteCandidates Votes% Stood Elected% Ulster Unionist 73,791 43.5 14 9 47.4 Ind. Unionist 36,142 21.3 8 3 15.8 Nationalist 22,269 13.1 4 3 15.8 Labour 14,436 8.5 3 2 10.5 Ind. Republican 13,106 7.7 4 1 5.3 Fianna Fáil 7,404 4.4 1 1 5.3 Ind. Nationalist 2,211 1.3 1 0 — Independent 331 0.2 1 0 — Total 169,690 67.7 36 19 — Uncontested seats In 33 of the 52 seats (63%), only one candidate stood and they were elected unopposed without any votes cast. The vast majority of the MPs elected without a contest were Ulster Unionists. 1933 Northern Ireland general election (uncontested seats) PartyPopular voteCandidates Votes% Stood Elected% Ulster Unionist Unopposed 27 27 81.8 Nationalist Unopposed 6 6 18.2 Total 33 33 100<noinclude> References Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results https://web.archive.org/web/20171116175039/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/totals.html 16 November 2017 Notes 1933 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland general election Category:1933 elections in Northern Ireland Category:Long stubs with short prose