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General election held in Northern Ireland on 31 May 1962
1962 Northern Ireland general election
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%
Election results by constituency
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 [ edit ]
↓
34
9
4
5
UUP
Nationalist
Lab
Oth
All parties shown. Electorate: 903,596 (458,838 in contested seats); Turnout: 66.0% (302,681).
Votes summary [ edit ]
Popular vote
Ulster Unionist
48.77%
Labour
25.39%
Nationalist Party
15.15%
Ulster Liberal
3.64%
Independent Labour
3.07%
Republican Labour
2.53%
Irish Labour
1.07%
Independent
0.4%
World Socialist
0.02%
Seats summary [ edit ]
Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist
65.38%
Nationalist Party
17.31%
Labour
7.69%
Ulster Liberal
1.92%
Independent Labour
1.92%
Republican Labour
1.92%
Irish Labour
1.92%
Independent
1.92%
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]