1925 Northern Ireland general election

The 1925 Northern Ireland general election was held on 3 April 1925. It was the second election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It saw significant losses for the Ulster Unionist Party, although they maintained their large majority. This was the last election for the Stormont parliament conducted using Single transferable voting, a form of Proportional Representation. Fifty-two members were elected in ten districts, which each elected between four and eight members.^[e] The Ulster Unionist government abolished proportional representation during this parliament and replaced it with the first-past-the-post system used in Great Britain.

1925 Northern Ireland general election

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All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader James Craig Joe Devlin Party UUP Nationalist Leader since 7 June 1921 1918 Leader's seat Down Belfast West Last election 40 seats, 66.9% 6 seats, 11.8% Seats won 32[a] 10[b] Seat change 8 4 Popular vote 211,662[c] 91,452[c] Percentage 55.0% 23.8% Swing 11.9% 12.0%   Third party Fourth party   NIL Leader Samuel Kyle Éamon de Valera Party NI Labour Republican Leader since 1925 1917 Leader's seat Belfast North Down Last election 0 seats, 0.6% 6 seats, 20.5% Seats won 3 2[d] Seat change 3 4 Popular vote 18,114[c] 20,615[c] Percentage 4.7% 5.3% Swing 4.1% 15.2%
Results of the 1925 Northern Ireland General Election.
Prime Minister before election James Craig UUP Prime Minister after election James Craig UUP

Results

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32	10	4	3	2	1
UUP	Nationalist	IU	Lab	R

1925 Northern Ireland general election
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	40	32[a]	0	8	-8	61.5	55.0	211,662	-11.9
	Nationalist	11	10[b]	4	0	+4	19.2	23.8	91,452	+12.0
	Ind. Unionist	4	4	4	0	+4	7.7	9.0	34,716	N/A
	Republican	6	2[d]	0	4	-4	3.8	5.3	20,615	-15.2
	NI Labour	3	3	3	0	+3	5.8	4.7	18,114	+4.1
	Unbought Tenants	1	1	1	0	+1	1.9	1.3	4,886	N/A
	Town Tenants' Association	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	3,320	N/A

Electorate 611,683 (512,264 in contested seats); Turnout: 75.1% (384,745).

In Down (eight seats) and Queen's University of Belfast (four seats), no actual polling took place as all candidates were elected unopposed: 10 Ulster Unionist, 1 Nationalist and 1 Republican.

Votes summary

Popular vote Ulster Unionist   55.01% Nationalist Party   23.77% Independent Unionist   9.02% Republican   5.36% Labour   4.71% Unbought Tenants   1.27% Tenants Associations   0.86%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats Ulster Unionist   61.54% Nationalist Party   19.23% Independent Unionist   7.69% Labour   5.77% Republican   3.85% Unbought Tenants   1.92%

Notes

1. Includes 10 members elected unopposed.
2. Includes 1 member elected unopposed.
3. The popular vote totals reflect returns from only 8 of the 10 constituencies, as in Down and QUB no actual voting took place and all of the candidates in these constituencies were elected unopposed.
4. Includes 1 member elected unopposed.
5. 12 of the 52 members were elected unopposed.