- Northern Ireland general election, 1969
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Northern Ireland general election, 1969 
1965 ←
members24 February 1969 → 1973
membersAll 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons
27 seats were needed for a majorityFirst party Second party Third party 
Leader Terence O'Neill Eddie McAteer Tom Boyd Party Ulster Unionist Nationalist (NI) Labour (NI) Leader since 25 March 1963 2 June 1964 1958 Leader's seat Bannside Foyle
(Defeated)Belfast Pottinger
(Defeated)Last election 36 seats (59.1%) 9 seats (8.2%) 2 seats (20.4%) Seats won 36 6 2 Seat change 
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3 0Popular vote 269,501 42,315 45,113 Percentage 48.2% 7.6% 8.1% Swing 10.9% 0.6% 12.3%
Election results by constituency.
Prime Minister before election
Elected Prime Minister
Northern Ireland 1921–72 
This article is part of the series:
Politics and government of
Northern Ireland 1921–72
The Northern Ireland general election, 1969 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.
Unlike previous elections that produced a large unambiguous majority for the Ulster Unionist Party, this one give more complex results. The Ulster Unionists were divided over a variety of reforms introduced by Prime Minister Terence O'Neill and this division spilled over into the election with official Ulster Unionist candidates standing either in support of or opposition to O'Neill and a number of independent pro O'Neill Unionists standing against opposing candidates. The results left O'Neill without a clear majority for his reforms and he resigned not long afterwards.
This was the first (and only) election since the 1929 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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Results
Northern Ireland General Election 1969 Candidates Votes Party Standing Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net % Ulster Unionist 44 36 4 4 0 69.2 48.2 269,501 -10.9 Independent Unionist 18 3 3 0 + 3 5.8 15.6 86,052 +15.6 Labour (NI) 16 2 1 1 0 3.8 8.1 45,113 -12.3 Nationalist (NI) 9 6 0 3 - 3 11.5 7.6 42,315 -0.6 National Democrats 7 0 0 1 - 1 4.6 26,009 -0.1 People's Democracy 8 0 0 0 0 4.2 23,645 +4.2 Independent 4 3 3 1 + 2 5.8 3.9 21,977 +3.9 Protestant Unionist 5 0 0 0 0 3.8 20,991 +3.8 Republican Labour 5 2 1 1 0 3.8 2.4 13,115 +1.4 Liberal 2 0 0 1 - 1 1.3 7,337 -2.6 People's Progressive 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 2,992 +0.5 Electorate: 912,087 (778,031 in contested seats); Turnout: 71.9% (559,087).
Votes summary
Seats summary
See also
References
Elections and referendums in Northern Ireland Elections Local government elections 1973 · 1977 · 1981 · 1985 · 1989 · 1993 · 1997 · 2001 · 2005 · 2011Referendums Parliament of Northern Ireland constituencies 1921–1929 1929–1973Antrim Antrim Borough · Bannside · Carrick · Larkfield (from 1969) · Larne · Mid Antrim · Newtownabbey (from 1969) · North Antrim · South AntrimArmagh Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West Down Ards · Bangor (from 1969) · East Down · Iveagh · Lagan Valley (from 1969) · Mid Down · Mourne · North Down · South Down · West DownFermanagh and Tyrone Londonderry Queen's University Queen's University (to 1969)Categories:- 1969 elections in the United Kingdom
- General elections in Northern Ireland
- 1969 in Northern Ireland
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