Northern Ireland general election, 1938

9 February 1938

All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons
27 seats were needed for a majority

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, 1938 was held on 9 February 1938. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The newly-formed Ulster Progressive Unionist Association came second in vote share, but won no seats.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1938
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	UUP	43	39	3	0	+3	75.0	56.8	187,684	+13.3
	Progressive Unionist	10	0	0	0	0	—	12.4	41,028	N/A
	Ind. Unionist Association	6	1	1	0	+1	1.9	8.6	28,459	N/A
	Independent Unionist	5	2	1	2	-1	3.8	6.8	22,354	-14.5
	NI Labour	7	1	1	2	-1	1.9	5.7	18,775	-2.8
	Nationalist	9	8	0	1	-1	15.4	4.9	16,167	-8.3
	Independent	3	0	0	0	0	—	2.2	7,482	+2.0
	Independent Labour	1	1	1	0	+1	1.9	1.7	5,480	N/A
	Ind. Progressive Unionist	1	0	0	0	0	—	0.9	2,926	N/A

Electorate: 825,101 (464,860 in contested seats); Turnout: 71.1% (330,355).

Elections and referendums in Northern Ireland
Parliament elections	1921 1925 1929 1933 1938 1945 1949 1953 1958 1962 1965 1969
Ad-hoc elections	1973 1975 1982 1996
Assembly elections	1998 2003 2007 2011 2016 2017
European elections	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014
Local elections	1924 1936 1946 1955 1967 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2011 2014
Referendums	1973 1998
UK general elections	2001 2005 2010 2015 2017

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