Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) election results

This article lists the Nationalist Party of Northern Ireland's election results in UK parliamentary elections.

Summary of general election performance

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Year Number of Candidates Total votes Average votes per candidate % UK vote % NI vote Change (percentage points) Saved deposits Number of MPs
(out of NI total)
1931 3 72,530 24,177 0.4 ? +0.3 3
2 / 13
1935 2 50,747 25,374 0.2 ? −0.1 3
2 / 13
1945 3 92,819 30,940 0.2 ? 0.0 3
2 / 13
1950 2 65,211 32,606 0.2 11.6 0.0 2
2 / 12
1951 1 32,717 32,717 0.1 ? −0.1 1
1 / 12
1966 1 22,167 22,167 0.1 ? N/A 1
0 / 12

Election results

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1922 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Fermanagh and Tyrone Thomas Harbison 45,236 27.0 1
Fermanagh and Tyrone Cahir Healy 44,817 26.8 2

1923 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Fermanagh and Tyrone Thomas Harbison 44,003 27.0 1
Fermanagh and Tyrone Cahir Healy 43,668 26.8 2

1929 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Fermanagh and Tyrone Joseph Devlin unopposed N/A 1
Fermanagh and Tyrone Thomas Harbison unopposed N/A 2

1931 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Belfast West Thomas Joseph Campbell 22,006 41.4 2
Fermanagh and Tyrone Joseph Devlin 50,650 26.5 1
Fermanagh and Tyrone Cahir Healy 50,603 26.1 2

By-elections, 1931–35

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Election Candidate Votes % Position
1934 Fermanagh and Tyrone by-election Joseph Francis Stewart 28,790 61.4 1

1935 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Fermanagh and Tyrone Patrick Cunningham 50,891 26.2 1
Fermanagh and Tyrone Anthony Mulvey 50,603 26.1 2

1945 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Fermanagh and Tyrone Patrick Cunningham 55,373 27.3 1
Fermanagh and Tyrone Anthony Mulvey 55,144 27.1 2
Londonderry Denis Cavanagh 37,561 47.4 2

1950 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Fermanagh and South Tyrone Cahir Healy 32,188 51.9 1
Mid Ulster Anthony Mulvey 33,023 52.6 1

1951 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Fermanagh and South Tyrone Cahir Healy 32,717 52.1 1

1966 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Londonderry Paddy Gormley 22,167 37.1 2

References

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  • F. W. S. Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987