Northern Ireland general election, 1933

Northern Ireland general election, 1933
Northern Ireland
30 November 1933

All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons
27 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader James Craig Joe Devlin Jack Beattie
Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour
Leader since 7 June 1921 1918 1929
Leader's seat North Down Belfast Central Belfast Pottinger
Last election 37 seats (50.8%) 11 seats (11.7%) 1 seat (8.0%)
Seats won 36 9 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 73,791 22,269 14,436
Percentage 43.5% 13.2% 8.5%
Swing Decrease 5.3% Increase 1.4% Increase 0.5%

Election results by constituency.

Prime Minister before election

James Craig
UUP

Elected Prime Minister

James Craig
UUP

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The Northern Ireland general election, 1933 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. 33 of the 52 seats were uncontested, the largest number in the history of the House of Commons.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1933
Candidates Votes
Party Standing Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % Net %
  UUP 41 36 0 1 - 1 69.2 43.5 73,791 -5.3
  Independent Unionist 8 3 0 0 0 5.8 21.3 36,142 +7.0
  Nationalist 10 9 0 2 - 2 17.3 13.1 22,269 +1.4
  NI Labour 3 2 1 0 + 1 3.8 8.5 14,436 +0.5
  Independent Republican 4 1 1 0 + 1 1.9 7.7 13,106 N/A
  Fianna Fáil 1 1 1 0 + 1 1.9 4.4 7,404 N/A
  National League 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 2,211 0.0
  Independent 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 331 -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.

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist
 
43.49%
Nationalist Party
 
13.12%
Independent Unionist
 
21.3%
Labour
 
8.51%
Independent Republican
 
7.72%
Fianna Fáil
 
4.36%
Independent Nationalist
 
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%

References


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