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1929 general election

Northern Ireland: 1929 general election results

How Northern Ireland voted at the 1929 general election: the Conservatives won 6 of 12 seats with 67.8% of the vote. Every constituency result.

Northern Ireland: results by party
PartySeatsChangeVotesShareChangeShare barCandidates
Conservative60247,86367.8%−14.58
Others2+255,29315.1%−2.54
Liberal0new62,26617.0%—4

Change compared with the 1924 general election in Northern Ireland.

Constituencies

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ConstituencyWinnerMajority%TurnoutResult
Antrim2-member seat: not split by party in the source——59.0%
ArmaghCon13,91434.860.2%Con hold
Belfast EastCon18,62550.265.7%Con hold
Belfast NorthCon10,84424.272.9%Con hold
Belfast SouthCon9,87125.964.7%Con hold
Belfast WestCon9,09715.873.9%Con hold
Down2-member seat: not split by party in the source——59.0%
Fermanagh and TyroneOthunopposed——
LondonderryConunopposed——Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in Northern Ireland at the 1929 general election?

The Conservatives won 6 of the 12 seats in Northern Ireland, with 67.8% of the vote.

How many seats were there in Northern Ireland in 1929?

12 constituencies.

Official results House of Commons Library, General election results from 1918 to 2019. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data