Northern Ireland general election, 1929

22 May 1929

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	Sam Kyle
Party	UUP	Nationalist	NI Labour
Leader since	7 June 1921	1918	1925
Leader's seat	North Down	Belfast Central	Belfast Oldpark (defeated)
Last election	32 seats (55.0%)	10 seats (23.8%)	3 seats (4.7%)
Seats won	37	11	1
Seat change	5	1	2
Popular vote	148,579	34,069	23,334
Percentage	50.8%	11.7%	8.0%
Swing	4.2%	9.5%	2.8%

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, 1929 was held on 22 May 1929. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. It was the first held after the abolition of proportional representation and the redrawing of electoral boundaries to create single-seat constituencies. As with the rest of the United Kingdom, this has made it more difficult for independent and minor party candidates to gain election.

Results

Northern Ireland General Election 1929
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	43	37	N/A	N/A	+ 5	71.2	50.8	148,579	-4.2
	Independent Unionist	10	3	N/A	N/A	- 1	5.8	14.3	41,778	+5.3
	Nationalist	11	11	N/A	N/A	+ 1	21.2	11.7	34,069	-9.5
	NI Labour	5	1	N/A	N/A	- 2	1.9	8.0	23,334	-2.8
	Liberal	5	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	6.2	18,208	N/A
	Local Option	3	0	N/A	N/A		N/A	3.3	9,776	N/A
	Town Tenants' Association	2	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	2.4	6,901	+1.5
	Independent Nationalist	1	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1.3	3,694	N/A
	Independent	1	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	1.2	3,437	N/A
	Independent Labour	2	0	N/A	N/A	0	N/A	0.8	2,442	N/A

Electorate: 775,307 (432,439 in contested seats); Turnout: 67.6% (292,218).

Votes summary

Popular vote

Ulster Unionist			50.85%
Nationalist Party			11.66%
Independent Unionist			14.3%
Labour			7.99%
Ulster Liberal			6.23%
Independent			3.28%
Other			5.71%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats

Ulster Unionist			71.15%
Nationalist Party			21.15%
Independent Unionist			5.77%
Labour			1.92%

References

Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results

Elections and referendums in Northern Ireland

NI general elections	1921 1925 1929 1933 1938 1945 1949 1953 1958 1962 1965 1969

Ad-hoc elections	1973 1975 1982 1996

Assembly elections	1998 2003 2007 2011 2016

European elections	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Local elections	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2011 2014

Referendums	1973 1975 1998 2011

UK general elections	2001 2005 2010 2015

See also: Elections in the Kingdom of Ireland Elections in Ireland as part of the UK UK elections

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