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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. This was the last election in Northern Ireland in which one party won a majority of the vote. The Ulster Unionists 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 contested.

Results

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1965 Northern Ireland general election
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  UUP 41 36 2 0 +2 69.2 59.1 191,896 +10.3
  NI Labour 17 2 0 2 -2 3.8 20.4 66,323 -5.0
  Nationalist 9 9 0 0 0 17.3 8.2 26,748 -6.9
  National Democratic 1 1 1 0 +1 1.9 4.7 15,206 N/A
  Ulster Liberal 4 1 0 0 0 1.9 3.9 12,618 +0.3
  Independent Labour 1 0 0 0 0 1.4 4,371 -1.7
  Republican Labour 2 2 1 0 +1 3.8 1.0 3,326 N/A
  New Ireland Movement 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3,111 N/A
  Ind. Republican 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 682 N/A
  Communist (NI) 1 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. Electorate: 907,667 (563,252 in contested seats); Turnout: 57.6% (324,589).

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist
59.12%
Labour
20.43%
Nationalist
8.24%
National Democratic
4.68%
Ulster Liberal
3.89%
Independent Labour
1.35%
Republican Labour
1.02%
New Ireland Movement
0.96%
Independent Republican
0.21%
Communist
0.09%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Ulster Unionist
69.23%
Nationalist
17.31%
Labour
3.85%
Republican Labour
3.85%
National Democratic
1.92%
Independent
1.92%

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