1953 Northern Ireland general election

Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Politics of Northern Ireland 1921–1972 The 1953 Northern Ireland general election was held on 22 October 1953. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

Results

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UUP	Nationalist	AP	Oth

1953 Northern Ireland general election
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Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
		43	38Template:Efn	3	2	+1	73.1	48.6	125,379	-14.1
		8	1	1	2	-1	1.9	12.8	32,998	+12.2
		9	0	0	0	0		12.1	31,360	+5.0
		8	7Template:Efn	0	2	-2	13.5	10.8	27,796	-16.0
		6	1	1	0	+1	1.9	5.1	13,223	N/A
		3	2Template:Efn	2	0	+2	3.8	3.0	7,728	N/A
	Independent Irish Labour	2	0	0	0	0		2.6	6,639	N/A
	Ind. Republican Labour	1	1	1	0	+1	1.9	2.3	5,947	N/A
		1	1	0	0	0	1.9	1.5	3,902	-0.6
		2	1	0	1	-1	1.9	0.7	1,745	+0.2
		1	0	0	0	0		0.5	1,207	+0.3

All parties shown. Electorate 888,352 (428,216 in contested seats); Turnout 60.2% (257,924).

Votes summary

Popular vote Ulster Unionist   48.61% Independent Unionist   12.79% Labour   12.16% Nationalist Party   10.78% Irish Labour   5.13% Anti-Partition   3.00% Independent Irish Labour   2.57% Republican Labour   2.31% Independent Labour   1.51% Communist   0.47% Independent   0.68%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats Ulster Unionist   73.08% Nationalist Party   13.46% Anti-Partition   3.85% Independent Unionist   1.92% Irish Labour   1.92% Republican Labour   1.92% Independent Labour   1.92% Independent   1.92%

See also

• MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1953

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results

Notes

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