Northern Ireland general election, 1953
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The Northern Ireland general election, 1953 was held on 22 October 1953. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.
[edit] Results
| Northern Ireland General Election 1953 | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Ulster Unionist | 43 | 38 | 3 | 2 | + 1 | 73.1 | 48.6 | 125,379 | -14.1 | |
| Independent Unionist | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - 1 | 1.9 | 12.8 | 32,998 | +12.2 | |
| Labour (NI) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 31,360 | +5.0 | ||
| Nationalist (NI) | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | - 2 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 27,796 | -16.0 | |
| Irish Labour | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | + 1 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 13,223 | N/A | |
| Anti-Partition | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | + 2 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 7,728 | N/A | |
| Independent Irish Labour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 6,639 | N/A | ||
| Republican Labour | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | + 1 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 5,947 | N/A | |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 3,902 | -0.6 | |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - 1 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1,745 | +0.2 | |
| Communist (NI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1,207 | +0.3 | ||
All parties shown.
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