Northern Ireland general election, 1925

Northern Ireland general election, 1925
Northern Ireland
3 April 1925

All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons
27 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader James Craig Joe Devlin None
Party UUP Nationalist Independent Unionist
Leader since 7 June 1921 1918 N/A
Leader's seat Down Belfast West N/A
Last election 40 seats (76.92%) 6 seats (11.8%) N/A
Seats won 32 10 4
Seat change Decrease 8 Increase 4 Increase 4
Popular vote 211,662 91,452 34,716
Percentage 55.0% 23.8% 7.7%
Swing Decrease 11.9% Increase 3.3% Increase 7.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader None Éamon de Valera
Party NI Labour Republican
Leader since N/A 1917
Leader's seat N/A Down
Last election 0 seats (0.6%) 6 seats (20.5%)
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 4
Popular vote 18,114 20,615
Percentage 4.7% 5.3%
Swing Increase 4.7% Decrease 15.2%

Percentage of seats gained by each of the party.

Prime Minister before election

James Craig
UUP

Elected Prime Minister

James Craig
UUP

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The Northern Ireland general election, 1925 was held on 3 April 1925. It was the second election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It saw significant losses for the Ulster Unionist Party, although they maintained their large majority. This was the last election for the Stormont parliament conducted using the Proportional Representation system. It was abolished by the Ulster Unionist government during this parliament and replaced with the first-past-the-post system used in Great Britain.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1925
Candidates Votes
Party Standing Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  UUP 40 32 0 8 - 8 61.5 55.0 211,662 -11.9
  Nationalist 11 10 4 0 + 4 19.2 23.8 91,452 +3.3
  Independent Unionist 4 4 4 0 + 4 7.7 9.0 34,716 +9.0
  Republican 6 2 0 4 - 4 3.8 5.3 20,615 -15.2
  NI Labour 3 3 3 0 + 3 5.8 4.7 18,114 +4.7
  Unbought Tenants 1 1 1 0 + 1 1.9 1.3 4,886 +1.3
  Town Tenants' Association 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 3,320 +0.9

Electorate 611,683 (512,264 in contested seats); Turnout: 75.1% (384,745).

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist
 
55.01%
Nationalist Party
 
23.77%
Independent Unionist
 
9.02%
Republican
 
5.36%
Labour
 
4.71%
Tenants Associations
 
2.13%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist
 
61.54%
Nationalist Party
 
19.23%
Independent Unionist
 
7.69%
Republican
 
3.85%
Labour
 
5.77%
Unbought Tenants
 
1.92%

References

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