General election held in Northern Ireland on 31 May 1962
1962 Northern Ireland general election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Basil Brooke
Joe Stewart
Tom Boyd
Party
UUP
Nationalist
NI Labour
Leader since
1 May 1943
1958
1958
Leader's seat
Lisnaskea
East Tyrone
Belfast Pottinger
Last election
37 seats, 44.0%
7 seats, 14.9%
4 seats, 15.8%
Seats won
34
9
4
Seat change
3
2
Popular vote
147,629
45,860
76,842
Percentage
48.8%
15.1%
25.4%
Swing
4.8%
0.2%
9.6%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Albert McElroy
Brendan Corish
None
Party
Ulster Liberal
Irish Labour
Ind. Labour Group
Leader since
1956
2 March 1960
n/a
Leader's seat
None
Sat in Dáil Éireann
None
Last election
0 seats, 0.3%
0 seats, 3.0%
1 seats, 2.0%
Seats won
1
1
1
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
11,005
3,288
2,343
Percentage
3.6%
1.1%
0.8%
Swing
3.3%
1.9%
1.2%
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election
Basil Brooke
UUP
Prime Minister after election
Basil Brooke
UUP
The 1962 Northern Ireland general election was held on 31 May 1962. While the Ulster Unionist Party lost three seats, they retained a large majority as in all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland .