1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election
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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 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 | |||||
SDLP | 159,773 | 22.1 | 19 | 24.4 | |||||
DUP | 78,228 | 10.8 | 8 | 10.3 | |||||
UUP (Anti-White Paper) | 76,094 | 10.5 | 7 | 9.0 | |||||
Vanguard
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75,709 | 10.5 | 7 | 9.0 | |||||
Alliance | 66,541 | 9.2 | 8 | 10.3 | |||||
NI Labour | 18,675 | 2.6 | 1 | 1.3 | |||||
West Belfast Loyalist Coalition | 16,869 | 2.3 | 3 | 3.8 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | 13,755 | 1.9 | 1 | 1.3 | |||||
Republican Clubs
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13,064 | 1.8 | 0 | — | |||||
Nationalist | 6,270 | 0.9 | 0 | — | |||||
Independent
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4,091 | 0.6 | 0 | — | |||||
Loyalist
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2,752 | 0.4 | 0 | — | |||||
Independent pro-White Paper | 2,008 | 0.3 | 0 | — | |||||
Independent Nationalist | 2,000 | 0.3 | 0 | — | |||||
Republican Labour | 1,750 | 0.2 | 0 | — | |||||
Ulster Liberal | 811 | 0.1 | 0 | — | |||||
National Front | 591 | 0.1 | 0 | — | |||||
Ulster Constitution | 202 | 0.0 | 0 | — | |||||
Independent Loyalist | 189 | 0.0 | 0 | — | |||||
Communist | 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
- Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1973
References
Footnotes
- ^ 24 Ulster Unionist AMs were supportive of the White Paper, while 7 UUP AMs were against it.