Northern Ireland general election, 1949

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The Northern Ireland general election, 1949 was held on 19 February 1949. The election became known as the Chapel-gate election because collections were held at churches in Eire to support the Nationalist Party campaign.

The election was held just after the Republic of Ireland's declaration of a republic. The Unionists were able to use their majority in the Parliament of Northern Ireland to schedule the election at a time when many Protestants felt uneasy about development south of the border and as a result might be more likely to vote Unionist than for Labour candidates. This appears to have been bourne out in the collapse of the Labour vote.

[edit] Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1949
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Ulster Unionist	46	37	4	0	+ 4	71.2	62.7	237,411	+12.3
	Nationalist (NI)	17	9	0	1	- 1	17.3	26.8	101,445	+17.6
	Labour (NI)	9	0	0	2	- 2		7.1	26,831	-11.4
	Independent Labour	4	1	1	1	0	1.9	2.1	7,970	-0.7
	Independent Unionist	3	2	0	0	0	3.8	0.6	2,150	-4.4
	Independent	2	2	0	0	0	3.8	0.5	2,028	+0.2
	Communist (NI)	1	0	0	0	0		0.2	623	-2.6
	Socialist Republican	1	1	0	0	0	1.9	0.0	0	-1.5

All parties shown. The only Socialist Republican Party candidate was elected unopposed.

[edit] References

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results

[edit] See also

• MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1949

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