1958 Northern Ireland general election

1958 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 Third party   Nat NIL 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 38 seats, 48.6% 7 seats, 10.8% 0 seats, 12.1% Seats won 37[a] 7[c] 4 Seat change 1 4 Popular vote 106,177[b] 36,013[b] 38,093[b] Percentage 44.0% 14.9% 15.8% Swing 4.6% 4.1% 3.0%
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP Prime Minister after election Basil Brooke UUP

The 1958 Northern Ireland general election was called on 27 February by 1st Viscount Brookeborough^[1] to be held on 20 March 1958.

Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The Northern Ireland Labour Party returned to the Commons after being wiped out in the 1949 election.

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