1953 Northern Ireland general election

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1953 Northern Ireland general election
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  1949 22 October 1953 1958  

All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
27 seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Sir Basil Brooke, 10 February 1941.png
Nat
Leader Basil Brooke James McSparran
Party UUP Nationalist
Leader since1 May 194315 November 1945
Leader's seat Lisnaskea Mourne
Last election37 seats, 62.7%9 seats, 26.8%
Seats won38 [a] 7 [b]
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote125,379 [c] 27,796 [c]
Percentage48.6%10.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg14.1%Decrease2.svg16.0%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Ant
William Norton, circa 1945.png
LeaderNone [d] William Norton
Party Anti-Partition Irish Labour
Leader sincen/a19 July 1932
Leader's seatNoneSat in Dáil Éireann
Last electionDid not contestDid not contest
Seats won2 [e] 1
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1
Popular vote7,728 [c] 13,223 [c]
Percentage3.0%5.1%
SwingNew partyNew party

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Election results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Basil Brooke
UUP

Prime Minister after election

Basil Brooke
UUP

The 1953 Northern Ireland general election was held on 22 October 1953. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

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Results

38725
UUPNationalistAPOth
1953 Northern Ireland general election
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PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  UUP 4338 [a] 32+173.148.6125,379-14.1
  Ind. Unionist 8 1 1 2-11.912.832,998+12.2
  NI Labour 9000012.131,360+5.0
  Nationalist 87 [b] 02-213.510.827,796-16.0
  Irish Labour 6 1 1 0+11.95.113,223N/A
  Anti-Partition 32 [e] 20+23.83.07,728N/A
 Independent Irish Labour200002.66,639N/A
 Ind. Republican Labour 1 1 1 0+11.92.35,947N/A
  Independent Labour 1 1 0001.91.53,902-0.6
  Independent 2 1 0 1 -11.90.71,745+0.2
  Communist (NI) 1 00000.51,207+0.3

All parties shown. Electorate 888,352 (428,216 in contested seats); Turnout 60.2% (257,924).

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist
48.61%
Independent Unionist
12.79%
Labour
12.16%
Nationalist Party
10.78%
Irish Labour
5.13%
Anti-Partition
3.00%
Independent Irish Labour
2.57%
Republican Labour
2.31%
Independent Labour
1.51%
Communist
0.47%
Independent
0.68%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist
73.08%
Nationalist Party
13.46%
Anti-Partition
3.85%
Independent Unionist
1.92%
Irish Labour
1.92%
Republican Labour
1.92%
Independent Labour
1.92%
Independent
1.92%

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    Notes

    1. 1 2 Includes 21 members elected unopposed.
    2. 1 2 Includes 3 members elected unopposed.
    3. 1 2 3 4 Voting only took place in 27 of 52 seats.
      The other 25 MPs were unopposed.
    4. Both of the successful Anti-Partition League candidates practiced abstentionism. As a result, the group had no leader in Stormont.
    5. 1 2 Includes 1 member elected unopposed.