Northern Ireland general election, 1949
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The Northern Ireland general election, 1949 was held on 19 February 1949. The election became known as the Chapel-gate election because collections were held at churches in Eire to support the Nationalist Party (Ireland) campaign.
The election was held just after the Republic of Ireland's declaration of a republic. The Unionists were able to use their majority in the Parliament of Northern Ireland to schedule the election at a time when many Protestants felt uneasy about development south of the border and as a result might be more likely to vote Unionist than for Labour candidates. This appears to have been bourne out in the collapse of the Labour vote.
[edit] Results
| Northern Ireland General Election 1949 | |||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Ulster Unionist | 37 | 4 | 0 | + 4 | 71.2 | 62.7 | 237,411 | +12.3 | |
| Irish Nationalist | 9 | 0 | 1 | - 1 | 17.3 | 26.8 | 101,445 | +17.6 | |
| Labour (NI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | - 2 | 7.1 | 26,831 | -11.4 | ||
| Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 7,970 | -0.7 | |
| Independent Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 2,150 | -4.4 | |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 2,028 | +0.2 | |
| Communist (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 623 | -2.6 | ||
| Socialist Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0 | -1.5 | |
All parties shown. The only Socialist Republican Party candidate was elected unopposed.
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