1933 Northern Ireland general election

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1933 Northern Ireland general election
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  1929 30 November 1933 1938  

All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
27 seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.jpg Joe Devlin.JPG
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Leader James Craig Joe Devlin Jack Beattie
Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour
Leader since7 June 192119181929
Leader's seat North Down Belfast Central Belfast Pottinger
Last election37 seats, 50.8%11 seats, 11.7%1 seat, 8.0%
Seats won36 [a] 9 [b] 2
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1
Popular vote73,791 [c] 22,269 [c] 14,436 [c]
Percentage43.5%13.2%8.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.3%Increase2.svg1.4%Increase2.svg0.5%

1933 Northern Ireland Assembly Election Results Map.svg
Election results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

James Craig
UUP

Prime Minister after election

James Craig
UUP

The 1933 Northern Ireland general election was held on 30 November 1933. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

Contents

33 of the 52 MPs (63%) were elected unopposed, the largest number in the history of the House of Commons. The vast majority of those elected without a contest were Ulster Unionists.

Results

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UUPNationalistIULOth
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PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  UUP 4136 [a] 0 1 -169.243.573,791-5.3
  Ind. Unionist 830005.821.336,142+7.0
  Nationalist 109 [b] 02-217.313.122,269+1.4
  NI Labour 32 1 0+13.88.514,436+0.5
  Ind. Republican 4 1 1 0+11.97.713,106N/A
  Fianna Fáil 1 1 1 0+11.94.47,404N/A
  National League 1 00001.32,211N/A
  Independent 1 00000.2331-1.0

Electorate 793,952 (250,519 in contested seats); Turnout 67.7% (169,690). The sole member elected for Fianna Fáil was the President of the Executive Council (Prime Minister) of the Irish Free State, Éamon de Valera.

Seat changes

ConstituencyFromTo
Belfast Dock UUP NI Labour
South Armagh Nationalist Ind. Nationalist
South Down Nationalist Fianna Fáil

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist
43.5%
Independent Unionist
21.3%
Nationalist Party
13.1%
Labour
8.5%
Independent Republican
7.7%
Fianna Fáil
4.4%
National League
1.3%
Independent
0.2%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist
69.23%
Nationalist Party
17.31%
Independent Unionist
5.77%
Labour
3.85%
Independent Republican
1.92%
Fianna Fáil
1.92%

Contested seats

Only 19 of the 52 seats (37%) were actually contested.

1933 Northern Ireland general election (contested seats)
PartyPopular voteCandidates
Votes%StoodElected%
Ulster Unionist 73,79143.514947.4
Ind. Unionist 36,14221.38315.8
Nationalist 22,26913.14315.8
Labour 14,4368.53210.5
Ind. Republican 13,1067.7415.3
Fianna Fáil 7,4044.4115.3
Ind. Nationalist 2,2111.310
Independent 3310.210
Total169,69067.73619

Uncontested seats

In 33 of the 52 seats (63%), 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.

1933 Northern Ireland general election (uncontested seats)
Party Popular vote Candidates
Votes % Stood Elected %
Ulster Unionist Unopposed272781.8
Nationalist Unopposed6 6 18.2
Total 33 33 100

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Includes 27 members elected unopposed.
  2. 1 2 Includes 6 members elected unopposed.
  3. 1 2 3 Voting only took place in 19 of 52 seats.
    The other 33 MPs were unopposed.