Northern Ireland general election, 1921
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The Northern Ireland general election, 1921 was held on 24 May 1921. It was the first election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland
. Ulster Unionist Party
members won a two-thirds majority of votes cast and more than three-quarter of the seats in the assembly.
Total electorate: 582,464; turnout: 88.0% (512,842).
Parliament of Northern Ireland
The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended...
. Ulster Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
members won a two-thirds majority of votes cast and more than three-quarter of the seats in the assembly.
Results
|}Total electorate: 582,464; turnout: 88.0% (512,842).
Votes summary
Seats summary
See also
- Irish elections, 1921Irish elections, 1921Two elections in Ireland took place in 1921, as a result of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to establish the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. The election was used by Irish Republicans as the basis of membership of the Second Dáil...
- MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1921MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1921This is a list of Members of Parliament elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1921.All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons elected at the Northern Ireland general election, 1921 are listed. Only Unionist members took their seats....