1962 Northern Ireland general election

1962 Northern Ireland general election

31 May 1962
All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Nat NIL Leader Basil Brooke Joe Stewart Tom Boyd Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour Leader since 1 May 1943 1958 1958 Leader's seat Lisnaskea East Tyrone Belfast Pottinger Last election 37 seats, 44.0% 7 seats, 14.9% 4 seats, 15.8% Seats won 34[a] 9[c] 4 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 147,629[b] 45,860[b] 76,842[b] Percentage 48.8% 15.1% 25.4% Swing 4.8% 0.2% 9.6%
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Prime Minister after election Basil Brooke UUP

The 1962 Northern Ireland general election was held on 31 May 1962. While the Ulster Unionist Party lost three seats, they retained a large majority as in all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

1962 Northern Ireland general election
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	45	34[a]	0	3	-3	65.3	48.8	147,629	+4.8
	NI Labour	14	4	0	0	0	7.7	25.4	76,842	+9.6
	Nationalist	9	9[c]	2	0	+2	17.3	15.1	45,860	+0.2
	Ulster Liberal	4	1	1	0	+1	1.9	3.6	11,005	+3.3
	Ind. Republican Labour	1	1	0	0	0	1.9	2.5	7,662	-0.6
	Independent Labour	2	0	0	0	0	—	2.3	6,946	+0.3
	Irish Labour	1	1	1	0	+1	1.9	1.1	3,288	-1.9
	Ind. Labour Group	2	1[d]	0	0	0	1.9	0.8	2,343	-1.2
	Independent	1	1	0	0	0	1.9	0.4	1,220	-1.4
	World Socialist	1	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	66	N/A

All parties shown.
Electorate: 903,596 (458,838 in contested seats); Turnout: 66.0% (302,681).

• List of members of the 10th House of Commons of Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine