1949 Northern Ireland general election

none September 2017 September 2017 1949 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland parliamentary no 1945 Northern Ireland general election 1945 List of members of the 6th House of Commons of Northern Ireland MPs elected 1953 Northern Ireland general election 1953 All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority 19 February 1949 Sir Basil Brooke, 10 February 1941.png Basil Brooke 1 May 1943 Ulster Unionist Party Lisnaskea 33 seats, 50.4% 37UUP Includes 14 members elected unopposed. 4 237,411Contest Voting only took place in 32 of 52 seats. The other 20 MPs were unopposed. 62.7% 12.3% Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) James McSparran 15 November 1945 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Mourne 9 seats, 9.1% 9Nat Includes 2 members elected unopposed. 1 101,445Contest 26.8% 17.6% 1949 Northern Ireland Assembly Election Results Map.svg 300px Election results by constituency Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Party Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Party The 1949 Northern Ireland general election was held on 19 February 1949. The election became known as the Chapel-gate election because collections were held at churches in the Republic of Ireland to support the Nationalist Party campaign.Armitage Darryl THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Duty of every loyalist to vote warns Ulster's Minister of Labour https://www.newsletter.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/through-the-archives-duty-of-every-loyalist-to-vote-warns-ulsters-minister-of-labour-3239020 News Letter 24 May 2021 15 October 2023 The Anti-Partition League and 'The Chapel Gate Election' 1949 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zsr6v9q/revision/4 BBC 15 October 2023September 2025 medicmedic The election was held just after the Republic of Ireland's declaration of a republic. The Unionists were able to use their majority in the Parliament of Northern Ireland to schedule the election at a time when many Protestants felt uneasy about events taking place south of the border, and as a result might be more likely to vote Unionist than for Labour candidates. This appears to have been borne out in the collapse of the Labour vote; the party lost both of its 2 seats in the Commons, and would not return to the Parliament until 1958. 20 MPs were elected unopposed, most of them Ulster Unionists. Results + ↓ 37 9 2 4 UUP Nationalist IU Oth 1949 Northern Ireland general election center|360px Ulster Unionist Party yes 46 37UUP 4 0 +4 237,411 62.7 71.2 +12.3 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 17 9Nat 0 1 -1 101,445 26.8 17.3 +17.6 Northern Ireland Labour Party 9 0 0 2 -2 26,831 7.1 — -11.4 Independent Labour 4 1IndLab The only Independent Labour member was elected unopposed. 1 1 0 7,970 2.1 1.9 -0.7 Independent Unionist 3 2IndUnion Both Independent Unionists were elected unopposed. 0 0 0 2,150 0.6 3.8 -4.4 Independent (politician) 2 2 0 0 0 2,028 0.5 3.8 +0.2 Communist Party of Northern Ireland 1 0 0 0 0 623 0.2 — -2.6 Socialist Republican Party (Ireland) 1 1SocRep The only Socialist Republican member was elected unopposed. 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.9 -1.5 |} All parties shown. Electorate 846,719 (477,354 in contested seats); Turnout 79.3% (378,458). Votes summary Popular vote #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist #48A5EE 62.73 Nationalist Party #32cd32 26.80 Labour #cd5c5c 7.10 Independent Labour #FFE8E8 2.11 Independent Unionist #0077ff 0.57 Communist red 0.16 Independent #dddddd 0.54 Seats summary Parliamentary seats #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist #48A5EE 71.15 Nationalist Party #32cd32 17.31 Independent Unionist #0077ff 3.85 Independent Labour #FFE8E8 1.92 Socialist Republican #228B22 1.92 Independent #dddddd 3.85 Contested seats Only 32 of the 52 seats (62%) were actually contested. 1949 Northern Ireland general election (contested seats) PartyPopular voteCandidates Votes% Stood Elected% Ulster Unionist 237,411 62.7 32 23 71.9 Nationalist 101,445 26.8 15 7 21.9 Labour 26,831 7.1 9 0 — Ind. Labour 7,970 2.1 3 0 — Ind. Unionist 2,150 0.6 1 0 — Independent 2,028 0.5 2 2 6.3 Communist 623 0.2 1 0 — Total 378,458 79.3 63 32 — Uncontested seats In 20 of the 52 seats (38%), 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. 1949 Northern Ireland general election (uncontested seats) PartyPopular voteCandidates Votes% Stood Elected% Ulster Unionist Unopposed 14 14 70.0 Nationalist Unopposed 2 2 10.0 Ind. Unionist Unopposed 2 2 10.0 Ind. Labour Unopposed 1 1 5.0 Socialist Republican Unopposed 1 1 5.0 Total 20 20 100<noinclude> See also MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1949 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 1949 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland general election General election