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1965 Northern Ireland general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1965 Northern Ireland general election
country	Northern Ireland
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1962 Northern Ireland general election
previous_year	1962
previous_mps	List of members of the 10th House of Commons of Northern Ireland
elected_mps	MPs elected
next_election	1969 Northern Ireland general election
next_year	1969
seats_for_election	All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
27 seats were needed for a majority
election_date	25 November 1965
image1
leader1	Terence O'Neill
leader_since1	25 March 1963
party1	Ulster Unionist Party
leaders_seat1	Bannside
last_election1	34 seats, 48.8%
seats1	36
seat_change1	2
popular_vote1	191,896
percentage1	59.1%
swing1	10.3%
image2
leader2	Eddie McAteer
leader_since2	2 June 1964
party2	Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
leaders_seat2	Foyle
last_election2	9 seats, 15.1%
seats2	9
seat_change2
popular_vote2	26,748
percentage2	8.2%
swing2	6.9%
leader4	Tom Boyd
leader_since4	1958
party4	Northern Ireland Labour Party
leaders_seat4	Belfast Pottinger
last_election4	4 seats, 25.4%
seats4	2
seat_change4	2
popular_vote4	66,323
percentage4	20.4%
swing4	5.0%
leader5	Gerry Fitt
leader_since5	1964
party5	Republican Labour Party
leaders_seat5	Belfast Dock
last_election5	Did not exist
seats5	2
seat_change5	2
popular_vote5	3,326
percentage5	1.0%
swing5	New party
map_image	Northern Ireland general election 1965.png
map_size	300px
map_caption	Election results by constituency
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	Terence O'Neill
before_party	Ulster Unionist Party
after_election	Terence O'Neill
after_party	Ulster Unionist Party

27 seats were needed for a majority

The 1965 Northern Ireland general election 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.

Results

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|votes % = 59.1 |seats % = 69.2 |plus/minus = +10.3 |votes % = 20.4 |seats % = 3.8 |plus/minus = -5.0 |votes % = 8.2 |seats % = 17.3 |plus/minus = -6.9 |votes % = 4.7 |seats % = 1.9 |plus/minus = N/A |votes % = 3.9 |seats % = 1.9 |plus/minus = +0.3 |votes % = 1.4 |seats % = — |plus/minus = -1.7 |votes % = 1.0 |seats % = 3.8 |plus/minus = N/A |votes % = 1.0 |seats % = — |plus/minus = N/A |votes % = 0.2 |seats % = — |plus/minus = N/A |votes % = 0.1 |seats % = — |plus/minus = N/A |votes % = 0.0 |seats % = 1.9 |plus/minus = -0.4 |} All parties shown. The only independent candidate was elected unopposed. Electorate: 907,667 (563,252 in contested seats); Turnout: 57.6% (324,589).

Votes summary

Seats summary

Notes

References

Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results

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