Northern Ireland general election, 1958

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The Northern Ireland general election, 1958 was held on 20 March 1958. 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 1958
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Ulster Unionist	46	37	3	4	- 1	71.2	44.0	106,177	-4.6
	Labour (NI)	8	4	4	0	+ 4	7.7	15.8	38,093	+3.0
	Nationalist (NI)	8	7	0	0	0	13.5	14.9	36,013	+4.1
	Independent Unionist	5	0	0	1	0		6.8	16,537	N/A
	Independent Labour	2	0	0	1	- 1	0.0	3.1	7,544	+0.6
	Republican Labour	1	1	0	0	0	1.9	3.1	7,510	+0.8
	Irish Labour	3	0	0	1	- 1		3.0	7,321	-2.1
	Ind. Nationalist	2	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	2.1	5,168	N/A
	Independent Protestant Unionist	1	0	0	0	0		2.0	4,704	N/A
	Ind. Labour Group	1	1	1	0	+ 1	1.9	2.0	4,683	N/A
	Independent	2	1	0	0	0	1.9	1.8	4,231	+1.1
	Independent Irish Labour	1	0	0	0	0		1.1	2,761	-2.5
	Liberal	1	0	0	0	0		0.3	759	N/A

[edit] References

Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results

[edit] See also

MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1958

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Northern Irish referendums

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