Elections in Northern Ireland

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Northern Ireland

Elections in Northern Ireland are held on a regular basis to local councils, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to the European Parliament.

The Northern Ireland Assembly has 108 members, elected in 18 six-member constituencies by the single transferable vote (STV) method.[1] Northern Ireland is represented at Westminster by 18 single-member constituencies elected by the first-past-the-post method, and at the European Parliament by a single constituency returning three MEPs by the STV method.

Unlike in the rest of the United Kingdom, elections in Northern Ireland are administered centrally by the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland and the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland rather than by local authorities.

Northern Ireland-wide elections

Elections to the European Parliament

Elections to the British House of Commons

General elections

2010 general election[2]
Candidates Votes
Party Standing Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % Net %
  DUP 16 8 0 1 Decrease 1 44.4 25.0 168,216 Decrease 8.7
  Sinn Féin 17 5 0 0 0 27.8 25.5 171,942 Increase 1.2
  SDLP 18 3 0 0 0 16.7 16.5 110,970 Decrease 1.0
  Independent 7 1 1 0 Increase 1 5.6 7.1 47,778 Increase 4.7
  Alliance 18 1 1 0 Increase 1 5.6 6.3 42,762 Increase 2.4
  UCU-NF 17 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0.0 15.2 102,361 Decrease 2.6
  TUV 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.9 26,300 Increase 3.9
  Green (NI) 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 3,542 NA
1966 general election[3]
Candidates Votes
Party Standing Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % Net %
  UUP 12 11 0 1 Decrease 1 91.67 61.8 368,629 Decrease 1.2
  Republican Labour 1 1 8.33 4.4 26,292 Increase 2.1
  NI Labour 4 0 0.0 12.2 72,613 Decrease 3.9
  Independent Republican 5 0 0.0 10.5 62,782 Decrease 5.4
  Nationalist 1 0 0.0 3.7 22,167 Increase 3.7
  Liberal 3 0 0.0 4.9 20,109 Increase 2.2
  Others 1 0 0.0 2.5 14,645
1964 general election[3]
Candidates Votes
Party Standing Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % Net %
  UUP 12 12 100 63.0 401,897
  Liberal 4 0 0.0 2.7 17,354
  NI Labour 10 0 0.0 16.1 102,759
  Independent Republican 12 0 0.0 15.9 101,628
  Republican Labour 1 0 0.0 2.3 14,678
1931 general election[3]
Candidates Votes
Party Standing Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % Net %
  UUP 10 10 68.0 354,657
  Liberal 6 0 16.8 100,103
  Nationalist 2 2 6.6 24,177
  Others 0 0 8.6 31,116
1924 general election[3]
Candidates Votes
Party Standing Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % Net %
  UUP 12 12 83.8 451,278
  Sinn Féin 8 0 9.9 46,457
  Others 2 0 6.3 21,639
1923 general election[3]
Candidates Votes
Party Standing Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % Net %
  UUP 12 8 49.4 117,161
  Nationalist 2 2 27.3 87,671
  Others 2 0 23.3 37,426
1922 general election[3]
Candidates Votes
Party Standing Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % Net %
  UUP 12 10 55.8 107,972
  Nationalist 2 2 36.3 90,053
  Others 1 0 7.9 9,861

By-elections

Elections to the Northern Ireland House of Commons

By-elections

Ad hoc elections

Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly

Local elections

See also

References

  1. Whyte, Nicholas. "The Single Transferable Vote (STV)". Northern Ireland Elections. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  2. BBC Election 2010 – Northern Ireland
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (2007). British Electoral Facts, 1832–2006. Ashgate. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-7546-2712-8.

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