Northern Ireland general election, 1945
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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.
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| Northern Ireland General Election 1945 | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Ulster Unionist | 41 | 33 | 0 | 6 | - 6 | 63.5 | 50.4 | 180,342 | -6.4 | |
| Labour (NI) | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | + 1 | 3.8 | 18.5 | 66,053 | +12.8 | |
| Nationalist (NI) | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | + 1 | 19.2 | 9.1 | 32,546 | +4.2 | |
| Commonwealth Labour | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | + 1 | 1.9 | 7.8 | 28,079 | +7.8 | |
| Independent Unionist | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 17,906 | -1.8 | |
| Communist (NI) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 12,456 | +3.5 | ||
| Independent Labour | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 9,872 | +1.1 | |
| Socialist Republican | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | + 1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 5,497 | +1.5 | |
| Federation of Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 3,912 | +1.1 | ||
| Independent | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | + 2 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 1,219 | -1.9 | |
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