General election held in Northern Ireland on 31 May 1962
1962 Northern Ireland general election First party Second party Third party 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 37 seats, 44.0% 7 seats, 14.9% 4 seats, 15.8% Seats won 34 9 4 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 147,629 45,860 76,842 Percentage 48.8% 15.1% 25.4% Swing 4.8% 0.2% 9.6% Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Albert McElroy Brendan Corish None Party Ulster Liberal Irish Labour Ind. Labour Group Leader since 1956 2 March 1960 n/a Leader's seat None Sat in Dáil Éireann None Last election 0 seats, 0.3% 0 seats, 3.0% 1 seats, 2.0% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 11,005 3,288 2,343 Percentage 3.6% 1.1% 0.8% Swing 3.3% 1.9% 1.2%
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Basil Brooke UUP
Prime Minister after election Basil Brooke UUP
The 1962 Northern Ireland general election was held on 31 May 1962. While the Ulster Unionist Party lost three seats, they retained a large majority as in all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland .
↓ 34 9 4 5 UUP Nationalist Lab Oth
All parties shown. Electorate: 903,596 (458,838 in contested seats); Turnout: 66.0% (302,681).
Popular vote Ulster Unionist
48.77% Labour
25.39% Nationalist Party
15.15% Ulster Liberal
3.64% Independent Labour
3.07% Republican Labour
2.53% Irish Labour
1.07% Independent
0.4% World Socialist
0.02%
Parliamentary seats Ulster Unionist
65.38% Nationalist Party
17.31% Labour
7.69% Ulster Liberal
1.92% Independent Labour
1.92% Republican Labour
1.92% Irish Labour
1.92% Independent
1.92%