Elections in 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. 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.

Northern Ireland-wide elections

Elections to the European Parliament

Main article: Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency)

Elections to the British House of Commons

General Elections

2010 general election
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	DUP	16	8	0	1	1	44.4	25.0	168,216	8.7
	Sinn Féin	17	5	0	0	0	27.8	25.5	171,942	1.2
	SDLP	18	3	0	0	0	16.7	16.5	110,970	1.0
	Independent	7	1	1	0	1	5.6	7.1	47,778	4.7
	Alliance	18	1	1	0	1	5.6	6.3	42,762	2.4
	UCU-NF	17	0	0	1	1	0.0	15.2	102,361	2.6
	TUV	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.9	26,300	3.9
	Green (NI)	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	3,542	NA

1966 general election
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	12	11	0	1	1	91.67	61.8	368,629	1.2
	Republican Labour	1	1				8.33	4.4	26,292	2.1
	NI Labour	4	0				0.0	12.2	72,613	3.9
	Independent Republican	5	0				0.0	10.5	62,782	5.4
	Nationalist	1	0				0.0	3.7	22,167	3.7
	Liberal	3	0				0.0	4.9	20,109	2.2
	Others	1	0				0.0	2.5	14,645

1964 general election
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	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
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	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
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	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
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	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
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	12	10					55.8	107,972
	Nationalist	2	2					36.3	90,053
	Others	1	0					7.9	9,861

By-elections

• Mid Ulster by-election, 2013
• Belfast West by-election, 2011
• South Antrim by-election, 2000
• North Down by-election, 1995
• Upper Bann by-election, 1990
• Northern Ireland by-elections, 1986
• Belfast South by-election, 1982
• Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election, August 1981
• Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election, April 1981
• Mid Ulster by-election, 1969
• Belfast South by-election, 1963
• Belfast East by-election, 1959
• Mid Ulster by-election, 1956
• Mid Ulster by-election, 1955
• Armagh by-election, 1954
• North Down by-election, 1953
• Belfast South by-election, 1952
• North Antrim by-election, 1952
• Londonderry by-election, 1951
• Belfast West by-election, 1950
• Armagh by-election, 1948
• Down by-election, 1946
• Antrim by-election, 1943
• Belfast West by-election, 1943
• Queen's University of Belfast by-election, 1940
• Belfast East by-election, 1940
• Down by-election, 1939
• Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election, 1934
• Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election, 1931
• Londonderry by-election, 1929
• North Down by-election, July 1922
• North Londonderry by-election, 1922
• North Down by-election, February 1922
• West Down by-election, 1922
• South Londonderry by-election, 1922
• South Londonderry by-election, 1921
• Mid Down by-election, 1921
• Mid Armagh by-election, 1921
• Belfast Duncairn by-election, 1921
• North Down by-election, 1921
• West Down by-election, 1921

Elections to the Northern Ireland House of Commons

• Northern Ireland general election, 1921
• Northern Ireland general election, 1925
• Northern Ireland general election, 1929
• Northern Ireland general election, 1933
• Northern Ireland general election, 1938
• Northern Ireland general election, 1945
• Northern Ireland general election, 1949
• Northern Ireland general election, 1953
• Northern Ireland general election, 1958
• Northern Ireland general election, 1962
• Northern Ireland general election, 1965
• Northern Ireland general election, 1969

By-elections

• List of Northern Ireland Parliament by-elections

Ad hoc elections

• Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973
• Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (election in 1975)
• Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1982
• Northern Ireland Forum (election in 1996)

Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly

• Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1998
• Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003
• Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007
• Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011
• Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2016

Local elections

• Northern Ireland local elections, 1973
• Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
• Northern Ireland local elections, 1981
• Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
• Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
• Northern Ireland local elections, 1993
• Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
• Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
• Northern Ireland local elections, 2005
• Northern Ireland local elections, 2011
• Northern Ireland local elections, 2014
• Northern Ireland local elections, 2019

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Voting system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• Parties and elections
• Northern Ireland Elections