1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election
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Percentage of seats gained by each of the party
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1973 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly took place following the publication of the British government's white paper Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals which proposed a 78-member Northern Ireland Assembly, elected by proportional representation. The proposals for a Northern Ireland Assembly contained in the White Paper were put into effect through the Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973 in May 1973.[1]
A cross-community coalition of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) under Brian Faulkner, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland was agreed in November, and following the Sunningdale Agreement, a Power Sharing Executive was established from 1 January 1974. After opposition from within the UUP and the Ulster Workers Council Strike, the executive and assembly collapsed in May 1974.
Result
The election results were:
Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats | Seats % | |||||
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UUP (Pro-White Paper) | 182,696 | 25.3 | 24 | 30.8 | |||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: #99FF66;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | | SDLP | 159,773 | 22.1 | 19 | 24.4 | ||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | | DUP | 78,228 | 10.8 | 8 | 10.3 | ||||
UUP (Anti-White Paper) | 76,094 | 10.5 | 7 | 9.0 | |||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: darkorange;" data-sort-value="Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party" | | Vanguard | 75,709 | 10.5 | 7 | 9.0 | ||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | | Alliance | 66,541 | 9.2 | 8 | 10.3 | ||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: #cd5c5c;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Labour Party" | | NI Labour | 18,675 | 2.6 | 1 | 1.3 | ||||
West Belfast Loyalist Coalition | 16,869 | 2.3 | 3 | 3.8 | |||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: #0077FF;" data-sort-value="Independent Unionist" | | Independent Unionist | 13,755 | 1.9 | 1 | 1.3 | ||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: #EE0000;" data-sort-value="Republican Clubs" | | Republican Clubs | 13,064 | 1.8 | 0 | — | ||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: #32cd32;" data-sort-value="Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)" | | Nationalist | 6,270 | 0.9 | 0 | — | ||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | 4,091 | 0.6 | 0 | — | ||||
Loyalist | 2,752 | 0.4 | 0 | — | |||||
Independent pro-White Paper | 2,008 | 0.3 | 0 | — | |||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: #E6E6FA;" data-sort-value="Independent Nationalist" | | Independent Nationalist | 2,000 | 0.3 | 0 | — | ||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: #85de59;" data-sort-value="Republican Labour Party" | | Republican Labour | 1,750 | 0.2 | 0 | — | ||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: #DAA520;" data-sort-value="Ulster Liberal Party" | | Liberal | 811 | 0.1 | 0 | — | ||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: MidnightBlue;" data-sort-value="National Front (UK)" | | National Front | 591 | 0.1 | 0 | — | ||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="Ulster Constitution Party" | | Ulster Constitution | 202 | 0.0 | 0 | — | ||||
Independent Loyalist | 189 | 0.0 | 0 | — | |||||
style="width: 5px; background-color: #E3170D;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of Ireland" | | Communist Party | 123 | 0.0 | 0 | — | ||||
Total | 722,151 | 100 | 78 | 100 |
- All parties listed.
24 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
UUP (Pro) | SDLP | DUP | APNI | UUP (Anti) | Vanguard |
Votes summary
Seats summary
See also
References
- ↑ UK Parliament. Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973 as amended (see also enacted form), from legislation.gov.uk.
Footnotes
- ↑ 24 Ulster Unionist AMs were supportive of the White Paper, while 7 UUP AMs were against it.