Northern Ireland general election, 1929

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The Northern Ireland general election, 1929 was held on 22 May 1929. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. It was the first held after the abolition of proportional representation and the redrawing of electorial boundries to create single-seat constituencies. This made it more difficult for independent and minor party candidates to gain election.

[edit] Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1929
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Ulster Unionist	43	37	N/A	N/A	+ 5	71.2	50.8	148,579	-4.2
	Independent Unionist	10	3	N/A	N/A	- 1	5.8	14.3	41,778	+5.3
	Nationalist (NI)	11	11	N/A	N/A	+ 1	21.2	11.7	34,069	-9.5
	Labour (NI)	5	1	N/A	N/A	- 2	1.9	8.0	23,334	-2.8
	Liberal	5	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	6.2	18,208	N/A
	Local Option	3	0	N/A	N/A		N/A	3.3	9,776	N/A
	Town Tenants' Association	2	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	2.4	6,901	+1.5
	Ind. Nationalist	1	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1.3	3,694	N/A
	Independent	1	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1.2	3,437	N/A
	Independent Labour	2	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0.8	2,442	N/A

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• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results

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