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Politics of Northern Ireland


Interim bodies
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973) Northern Ireland Executive (1974) Constitutional Convention (1975) Northern Ireland Assembly (1982) Northern Ireland Forum (1996)
Elections
1973 1975 1982 1996
Members
1973 1975 1982 1996
See also
Anglo-Irish Agreement New Ireland Forum 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections 1973 Northern Ireland border poll
Other countries
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1981 Northern Ireland local elections

← 1977

20 May 1981

1985 →

All council seats

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	James Molyneaux	Ian Paisley	John Hume
Party	UUP	DUP	SDLP
Seats won	151	142	104
Seat change	25	68	9
Popular vote	175,965	176,816	116,487
Percentage	26.4%	26.6%	17.5%
Swing	3.6%	13.8%	3.1%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Oliver Napier	N/A	Pat Fahy
Party	Alliance	Independent	Irish Independence
Seats won	38	37	21
Seat change	32	5	21
Popular vote	59,397	44,427	25,859
Percentage	8.9%	6.7%	3.9%
Swing	5.5%	0.9%	New party

Colours denote the winning party with outright control

Colours denote the party with the most seats

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1981, contesting 526 seats in all.