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The 1929 Northern Ireland general election was held on 22 May 1929. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. It was the first held after the abolition of proportional representation and the redrawing of electoral boundaries to create single-seat constituencies. As with the rest of the United Kingdom, this has made it more difficult for independent and minor party candidates to win seats.
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All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results by constituency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22 MPs (42%), mostly Ulster Unionists, were elected unopposed without any votes being cast. This began a trend which would continue for decades - until 1969, at least 20 MPs in every Northern Ireland general election would be elected unopposed.
37 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
UUP | Nationalist | IU | NILP |
1929 Northern Ireland general election | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
UUP | 43 | 37 | N/A | N/A | +5 | 71.2 | 50.8 | 148,579 | -4.2 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | 10 | 3 | N/A | N/A | -1 | 5.8 | 14.3 | 41,778 | +5.3 | ||||||
Nationalist | 11 | 11 | N/A | N/A | +1 | 21.2 | 11.7 | 34,069 | -9.5 | ||||||
NI Labour | 5 | 1 | N/A | N/A | -2 | 1.9 | 8.0 | 23,334 | +3.3 | ||||||
Ulster Liberal | 5 | 0 | N/A | N/A | -1 | — | 6.2 | 18,208 | +4.9 | ||||||
Local Option | 3 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | — | 3.3 | 9,776 | N/A | ||||||
Town Tenants' Association | 2 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | — | 2.4 | 6,901 | +1.5 | ||||||
Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | — | 1.3 | 3,694 | N/A | ||||||
Independent | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | — | 1.2 | 3,437 | N/A | ||||||
Independent Labour | 2 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | — | 0.8 | 2,442 | N/A |
Electorate: 775,307 (432,439 in contested seats); Turnout: 67.6% (292,218). Ulster Liberal Party result is compared to Unbought Tenants' Association in 1925.
Only 30 of the 52 seats (58%) were actually contested.
1929 Northern Ireland general election (contested seats) | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Popular vote | Candidates | |||||||||||||
Votes | % | Stood | Elected | % | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | 148,579 | 50.8 | 27 | 21 | 70.0 | ||||||||||
Ind. Unionist | 41,778 | 14.3 | 10 | 3 | 10.0 | ||||||||||
Nationalist | 34,069 | 11.7 | 5 | 5 | 16.7 | ||||||||||
Labour | 23,334 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 3.3 | ||||||||||
Liberal | 18,208 | 6.2 | 5 | 0 | — | ||||||||||
Local Option | 9,776 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | — | ||||||||||
Town Tenants | 6,901 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | — | ||||||||||
Ind. Nationalist | 3,694 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | — | ||||||||||
Independent | 3,437 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | — | ||||||||||
Ind. Labour | 2,442 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | — | ||||||||||
Total | 292,218 | 67.6% | 61 | 30 | — |
In 22 of the 52 seats (42%), only one candidate stood and they were elected unopposed without any votes cast. The vast majority of the MPs elected without a contest were Ulster Unionists.
1929 Northern Ireland general election (uncontested seats) | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Popular vote | Candidates | |||||||||||||
Votes | % | Stood | Elected | % | |||||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Unopposed | 16 | 16 | 72.7 | |||||||||||
Nationalist | Unopposed | 6 | 6 | 27.3 | |||||||||||
Total | 22 | 22 | 100 | ||||||||||||
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