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The 1925 Northern Ireland general election 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 Single transferable voting, a form of Proportional Representation. Fifty-two members were elected in ten districts, which each elected between four and eight members. The Ulster Unionist government abolished proportional representation during this parliament and replaced it with the first-past-the-post system used in Great Britain.

Results

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UUP Nationalist IU Lab R
1925 Northern Ireland general election
Party Candidates Votes
Stood 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 +12.0
  Ind. Unionist 4 4 4 0 +4 7.7 9.0 34,716 N/A
  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 +4.1
  Unbought Tenants 1 1 1 0 +1 1.9 1.3 4,886 N/A
  Town Tenants' Association 1 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.9 3,320 N/A

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

In Down (eight seats) and Queen's University of Belfast (four seats), no actual polling took place as all candidates were elected unopposed: 10 Ulster Unionist, 1 Nationalist and 1 Republican.

Votes summary

Popular vote
Ulster Unionist
55.01%
Nationalist Party
23.77%
Independent Unionist
9.02%
Republican
5.36%
Labour
4.71%
Unbought Tenants
1.27%
Tenants Associations
0.86%

Seats summary

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

Notes

  1. ^ Includes 10 members returned unopposed.
  1. ^ Includes 1 member returned unopposed.
  1. ^ Includes 1 member returned unopposed.

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