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| Northern Ireland general election, 1969 All 52 seats to the Northern Ireland House of Commons |
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| 24 February 1969 | ||||
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| Leader | Terence O'Neill | Tom Boyd | Eddie McAteer | |
| Party | Ulster Unionist | Labour (NI) | Nationalist (NI) | |
| Leader since | 25 March 1963 | 1958 | 2 June 1964 | |
| Leader's seat | Bannside | Belfast Pottinger (defeated) | Foyle (defeated) | |
| Last election | 36 seats (59.1%) | 2 seats (20.4%) | 9 seats (8.2%) | |
| Seats won | 36 | 2 | 6 | |
| Seat change | 0 | 0 | -3 | |
| Popular vote | 269,501 | 45,113 | 42,315 | |
| Percentage | 48.2% | 8.1% | 7.6% | |
| Northern Ireland 1921–72 |
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| Government of Ireland Act 1920 Elections in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 |
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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 | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Contested | Won | Gained | Lost | Net | % | Vote % | Votes | 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
| Popular vote | ||||
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| Pro-O'Neill Unionist | 27.6% | |||
| Anti-O'Neill Unionist | 20.6% | |||
| Ind. Pro-O'Neill Unionist | 12.9% | |||
| Labour | 8.07% | |||
| Nationalist | 7.57% | |||
| National Democratic | 4.65% | |||
| Peoples' Democracy | 4.23% | |||
| Independent | 3.93% | |||
| Protestant Unionist | 3.75% | |||
| Independent Unionist | 2.49% | |||
| Republican Labour | 2.35% | |||
| Ulster Liberal | 1.31% | |||
| People's Progressive | 0.54% | |||
| Total Ulster Unionist | 48.2% | |||
| Total Pro-O'Neill Unionist | 40.5% | |||
Seats summary
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| Pro-O'Neill Unionist | 44.23% | |||
| Anti-O'Neill Unionist | 25% | |||
| Ind. Pro-O'Neill Unionist | 5.77% | |||
| Labour | 3.85% | |||
| Nationalist | 11.54% | |||
| Independent | 5.77% | |||
| Republican Labour | 3.85% | |||
| Total Ulster Unionist | 69.23% | |||
| Total Pro-O'Neill Unionist | 50% | |||
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