The 1925 Northern Ireland general election was held on 3 April 1925. It was the second election to the
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 because of its inability to restore ord ...
. It saw significant losses for the
Ulster Unionist Party
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the Irish Home Rule movem ...
, although they maintained their large majority. This was the last election for the
Stormont parliament conducted using the Proportional Representation system.
It was abolished by the
Ulster Unionist
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a Unionism in Ireland, unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the I ...
government during this parliament and replaced with the
first-past-the-post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
system used in Great Britain.
Results
''Electorate 611,683 (512,264 in contested seats); Turnout: 75.1% (384,745).''
Votes summary
Seats summary
Notes
References
Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results
{{Northern Ireland elections
1925
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Northern Ireland general election
Northern Ireland general election
1925 elections in Northern Ireland