1933 Northern Ireland general election

1933 Northern Ireland general election
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 Third party
 
NIL
Leader James Craig Joe Devlin Jack Beattie
Party UUP Nationalist NI Labour
Leader since 7 June 1921 1918 1929
Leader's seat North Down Belfast Central Belfast Pottinger
Last election 37 seats, 50.8% 11 seats, 11.7% 1 seat, 8.0%
Seats won 36 9 2
Seat change 1 2 1
Popular vote 73,791 22,269 14,436
Percentage 43.5% 13.2% 8.5%
Swing 5.3% 1.4% 0.5%
Election results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

James Craig
UUP

 Prime Minister after election

James Craig
UUP

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.

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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