1969 Northern Ireland general election

1969 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 Ind Leader Terence O'Neill Eddie McAteer None Party UUP Nationalist Unofficial Unionist Leader since 25 March 1963 2 June 1964 N/A Leader's seat Bannside Foyle (Lost) None Last election 36 seats, 59.1% 9 seats, 8.2% Did not stand Seats won 36[a] 6 3 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 269,501 42,315 72,120 Percentage 48.2% 7.6% 12.9% Swing 10.9% 0.6% New   Fourth party Fifth party   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 seats, 1.0% Seats won 2 2 Seat change Popular vote 45,113 13,115 Percentage 8.1% 1.4% Swing 12.3% 0.4%
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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