1933 Northern Ireland general election

The 1933 Northern Ireland general election was held on 30 November 1933. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.

30 November 1933

All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
27 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	James Craig	Joe Devlin
Party	Ulster Unionist	Nationalist
Leader since	7 June 1921	1918
Leader's seat	North Down	Belfast Central
Last election	37 seats, 50.8%	11 seats, 11.7%
Seats won	36	9
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	73,791	22,269
Percentage	43.5%	13.2%
Swing	5.3%	1.4%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Jack Beattie	Éamon de Valera
Party	NI Labour	Fianna Fáil
Leader since	1929	1926
Leader's seat	Belfast Pottinger	South Down
Last election	1 seat, 8.0%	Did not stand
Seats won	2	1
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	14,436	7,404
Percentage	8.5%	4.4%
Swing	0.5%	New party

Election results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

James Craig
Ulster Unionist

Prime Minister after election

James Craig
Ulster Unionist

Politics of Northern Ireland
(1921–72)


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Elections Elections in Northern Ireland 1921, 1925, 1929, 1933 1938, 1945, 1949, 1953 1958, 1962, 1965, 1969 By-elections Constituencies Political parties
See also Fourth Home Rule Bill Constitution Act 1973
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33 of the 52 MPs (63%) were elected unopposed, the largest number in the history of the House of Commons. The vast majority of those elected without a contest were Ulster Unionists.

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