1958 Northern Ireland general election
The 1958 Northern Ireland general election was held on 20 March 1958. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The Northern Ireland Labour Party returned to the Commons after being wiped out in the 1949 election.
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Results
| 37 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| UUP | Nationalist | Lab | Oth |
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
| Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
| UUP | 46 | 37 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 71.2 | 44.0 | 106,177 | -4.6 | ||||||
| NI Labour | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7.7 | 15.8 | 38,093 | +3.0 | ||||||
| Nationalist | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 36,013 | +4.1 | ||||||
| Independent Unionist | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6.8 | 16,537 | N/A | ||||||
| Independent Labour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | — | 3.1 | 7,544 | +0.6 | ||||||
| Ind. Republican Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 7,510 | +0.8 | ||||||
| Irish Labour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | — | 3.0 | 7,321 | -2.1 | ||||||
| Independent Nationalist | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 5,168 | N/A | ||||||
| Ulster Protestant Action | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2.0 | 4,704 | N/A | ||||||
| Ind. Labour Group | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 4,683 | N/A | ||||||
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 4,231 | +1.1 | ||||||
| Independent Irish Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.1 | 2,761 | -2.5 | ||||||
| Ulster Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 759 | N/A | ||||||
Electorate: 891,064 (359,816 in contested seats); Turnout: 67.1% (241,501).
Votes summary
Seats summary
References
- Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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