Northern Ireland general election, 1965

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The Northern Ireland general election, 1965 was held on 25 November 1965. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. They increased their vote share largely due to a reduction in the number of uncontested seats, but also picked up two additional seats. Similarly, the Nationalist vote share decreased largely due to more of the seats in which they stood candidates being uncontested.

[edit] Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1965
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Ulster Unionist	36	2	0	+ 2	69.2	59.1	191,896	+10.3
	Labour (NI)	2	0	2	- 2	3.8	20.4	66,323	-12.3
	Irish Nationalist	9	0	0	0	17.3	8.2	26,748	-6.9
	National Democrats	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	4.7	15,206	N/A
	Liberal	1	0	0	0	1.9	3.9	12,618	+0.3
	Independent Labour	0	0	1	- 1	0	1.4	4,371	-1.7
	Republican Labour	2	1	0	+ 1	3.8	1.0	3,326	-1.5
	New Ireland Movement	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3,111	N/A
	Independent Republican	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	682	N/A
	Communist (NI)	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	308	N/A
	Independent	1	0	0	0	1.9	0.0	0	-0.4