1969 Northern Ireland general election

1969 Northern Ireland general election

← 1965 24 February 1969 1973 →

All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
27 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Terence O'Neill Eddie McAteer
Party UUP Nationalist
Leader since 25 March 1963 2 June 1964
Leader's seat Bannside Foyle (Lost)
Last election 36 seats, 59.1% 9 seats, 8.2%
Seats won 36[nb 1] 6
Seat change Steady Decrease3
Popular vote 269,501 42,315
Percentage 48.2% 7.6%
Swing Decrease10.9% Decrease0.6%

  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Tom Boyd Gerry Fitt
Party NI Labour Republican Labour
Leader since 1958 1964
Leader's seat Belfast Pottinger (Lost) Belfast Dock
Last election 2 seats, 20.4% 2 seat, 1.0%
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 45,113 13,115
Percentage 8.1% 2.4%
Swing Decrease12.3% Increase1.4%

Election results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Terence O'Neill
UUP

Prime Minister after election

Terence O'Neill
UUP

The 1969 Northern Ireland general election was held on Monday 24 February 1969. It was the last election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland before its abolition by the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.

This was the first (and only) election since the 1929 general election to see changes to the constituencies. The Queen's University of Belfast seat was abolished and four new constituencies were created in the suburbs of Belfast to compensate for population growth there.
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