1938 Northern Ireland general election
The 1938 Northern Ireland general election was held on 9 February 1938. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The newly-formed Ulster Progressive Unionist Association came second in vote share, but won no seats.
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Government
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Results
39 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
UUP | Nationalist | IU | Oth |
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
UUP | 43 | 39 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 75.0 | 56.8 | 187,684 | +13.3 | ||||||
Progressive Unionist | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12.4 | 41,028 | N/A | ||||||
Ind. Unionist Party | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9 | 8.6 | 28,459 | N/A | ||||||
Independent Unionist | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 22,354 | -14.5 | ||||||
NI Labour | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1.9 | 5.7 | 18,775 | -2.8 | ||||||
Nationalist | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 15.4 | 4.9 | 16,167 | -8.3 | ||||||
Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2.2 | 7,482 | +2.0 | ||||||
Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 5,480 | N/A | ||||||
Ind. Progressive Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.9 | 2,926 | N/A |
Electorate: 825,101 (464,860 in contested seats); Turnout: 71.1% (330,355).
Seat changes
Votes summary
Seats summary
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