1962 Northern Ireland general election

General election held in Northern Ireland on 31 May 1962 September 2017 September 2017 1962 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland parliamentary no 1958 Northern Ireland general election 1958 List of members of the 9th House of Commons of Northern Ireland MPs elected 1965 Northern Ireland general election 1965 All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority 31 May 1962 Sir Basil Brooke, 10 February 1941.png Viscount Brookeborough 1 May 1943 Ulster Unionist Party Lisnaskea 37 seats, 44.0% 34UUP Includes 20 members elected unopposed. 3 147,629Contest Voting only took place in 28 of 52 seats. The other 24 MPs were unopposed. 48.8% 4.8% Northern Ireland Labour Party Tom Boyd 1958 Northern Ireland Labour Party Belfast Pottinger 4 seats, 15.8% 4 76,842Contest 25.4% 9.6% Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Joe Stewart 1958 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) East Tyrone 7 seats, 14.9% 9Nat Includes 3 members elected unopposed. 2 45,860Contest 15.1% 0.2% Northern Ireland general election 1962.png 420px Election results by constituency Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Party Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Party The 1962 Northern Ireland general election was held on 31 May 1962. While the Ulster Unionist Party lost three seats, they retained a large majority as in all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Results + ↓ 34 9 4 5 UUP Nationalist Lab Oth 1962 Northern Ireland general election center|360px Ulster Unionist Party yes 45 34UUP 0 3 -3 147,629 48.8 65.3 +4.8 Northern Ireland Labour Party 14 4 0 0 0 76,842 25.4 7.7 +9.6 Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 9 9Nat 2 0 +2 45,860 15.1 17.3 +0.2 Ulster Liberal Party 4 1 1 0 +1 11,005 3.6 1.9 +3.3 Ind. Republican Labour 1 1 0 0 0 7,662 2.5 1.9 -0.6 Independent Labour 2 0 0 0 0 6,946 2.3 — +0.3 Irish Labour Party 1 1 1 0 +1 3,288 1.1 1.9 -1.9 Independent Labour Group 2 1IndLabGroup The only Independent Labour Group member was elected unopposed. 0 0 0 2,343 0.8 1.9 -1.2 Independent politician 1 1 0 0 0 1,220 0.4 1.9 -1.4 World Socialist 1 0 0 0 0 66 0.0 — N/A |} All parties shown.Electorate: 903,596 (458,838 in contested seats); Turnout: 66.0% (302,681). Votes summary Popular vote #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party 48.77 Labour Northern Ireland Labour Party 25.39 Nationalist Party Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 15.15 Ulster Liberal Ulster Liberal Party 3.64 Independent Labour #FFE8E8 3.07 Republican Labour Republican Labour Party 2.53 Irish Labour Labour Party (Ireland) 1.07 Independent #dddddd 0.4 World Socialist red 0.02 Seats summary Parliamentary seats #ddd 500px 290px Ulster Unionist Ulster Unionist Party 65.38 Nationalist Party Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) 17.31 Labour Northern Ireland Labour Party 7.69 Ulster Liberal Ulster Liberal Party 1.92 Independent Labour #FFE8E8 1.92 Republican Labour Republican Labour Party 1.92 Irish Labour Labour Party (Ireland) 1.92 Independent #dddddd 1.92 See also List of members of the 10th House of Commons of Northern Ireland Notes References Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results https://web.archive.org/web/20171116175039/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/totals.html 16 November 2017 1962 Northern Ireland general election Northern Ireland general election General election