Northern Ireland general election, 1965
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The Northern Ireland general election, 1965 was held on 25 November 1965. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. They increased their vote share largely due to a reduction in the number of uncontested seats, but also picked up two additional seats. Similarly, the Nationalist vote share decreased largely due to more of the seats in which they stood candidates being uncontested.
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Ulster Unionist | 41 | 36 | 2 | 0 | + 2 | 69.2 | 59.1 | 191,896 | +10.3 | |
| Labour (NI) | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - 2 | 3.8 | 20.4 | 66,323 | -12.3 | |
| Nationalist (NI) | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 8.2 | 26,748 | -6.9 | |
| National Democrats | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | + 1 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 15,206 | N/A | |
| Liberal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 12,618 | +0.3 | |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 4,371 | -1.7 | |
| Republican Labour | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | + 1 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 3,326 | -1.5 | |
| New Ireland Movement | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3,111 | N/A | |
| Independent Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 682 | N/A | |
| Communist (NI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 308 | N/A | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0 | -0.4 | |
All parties shown. The only independent candidate was elected unopposed.
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