1945 Northern Ireland general election

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All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Basil Brooke T. J. Campbell Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist Leader since 1 May 1943 18 January 1934 Leader's seat Lisnaskea Belfast Central Last election 39 seats, 56.8% 8 seats, 4.9% Seats won 33[u 1] 10[n 1] Seat change 6 2 Popular vote 180,342 32,546 Percentage 50.4% 9.1% Swing 6.4% 4.2%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Paddy Agnew Harry Midgley Party NI Labour Commonwealth Labour Leader since 1938 1942 Leader's seat South Armagh (defeated) Belfast Willowfield Last election 1 seat, 5.7% Did not stand Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 66,053 28,079 Percentage 18.5% 7.8% Swing 12.8% New party
Percentage of seats gained by each of the party
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist Prime Minister after election Basil Brooke Ulster Unionist

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The 1945 Northern Ireland general election was held on 14 June 1945. The election saw significant losses for the Ulster Unionist Party, though they retained their majority.

20 MPs were elected unopposed (38%), the vast majority of whom were Ulster Unionists. Four MPs affiliated with the labour movement were elected, a new record that would not be surpassed until 1958.^{[nb 1]}

Results

1945 Northern Ireland general election
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Ulster Unionist	41	33	0	6	-6	63.5	50.4	180,342	-6.4
	NI Labour	15	2	2	1	+1	3.8	18.5	66,053	+12.8
	Nationalist	11	10	2	0	+2	19.2	9.1	32,546	+4.2
	Commonwealth Labour	6	1	1	0	+1	1.9	7.8	28,079	N/A
	Ind. Unionist	5	2	1	1	0	3.8	5.0	17,906	-1.8
	Communist (NI)	3	0	0	0	0		3.5	12,456	N/A
	Independent Labour	2	1	0	0	0	1.9	2.8	9,872	+1.1
	Socialist Republican	2	1	1	0	+1	1.9	1.5	5,497	N/A
	Federation of Labour	1	0	0	0	0		1.1	3,912	N/A
	Independent	2	2	2	0	+2	3.8	0.3	1,219	-1.9

Electorate: 845,964 (509,098 in contested seats); Turnout: 70.3% (357,882).

Votes summary

Seats summary

Contested seats

Only 32 of the 52 seats (62%) were actually contested.

Uncontested seats

In 20 of the 52 seats (38%), only one candidate stood and they were elected unopposed without any votes cast. The vast majority of the MPs elected without a contest were Ulster Unionists.