Northern Ireland general election, 1945

Northern Ireland general election, 1945

14 June 1945

All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons 27 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Basil Brooke T. J. Campbell Paddy Agnew Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 1 May 1943 18 January 1934 1938 Leader's seat Lisnaskea Belfast Central South Armagh (defeated) Last election 39 seats (56.8%) 8 seats (4.9%) 1 seat (5.7%) Seats won 33 9 2 Seat change 6 1 1 Popular vote 180,342 32,546 66,053 Percentage 50.4% 9.1% 18.5% Swing 6.4% 4.2% 12.8%

Percentage of seats gained by each of the party.

Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Elected Prime Minister Basil Brooke UUP

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The Northern Ireland general election, 1945 was held on 14 June 1945. Like all other elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it returned a large Ulster Unionist Party majority.

Results

Electorate: 845,964 (509,098 in contested seats); Turnout: 70.3% (357,882).

Votes summary

Seats summary

See also

• United Kingdom general election, 1945

References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results