1933 Northern Ireland general election

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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 UUP 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[u 1] 9[n 1] 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 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.

1933 Northern Ireland general election
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	UUP	41	36	0	1	-1	69.2	43.5	73,791	-5.3
	Ind. Unionist	8	3	0	0	0	5.8	21.3	36,142	+7.0
	Nationalist	10	9	0	2	-2	17.3	13.1	22,269	+1.4
	NI Labour	3	2	1	0	+1	3.8	8.5	14,436	+0.5
	Ind. Republican	4	1	1	0	+1	1.9	7.7	13,106	N/A
	Fianna Fáil	1	1	1	0	+1	1.9	4.4	7,404	N/A
	National League	1	0	0	0	0		1.3	2,211	N/A
	Independent	1	0	0	0	0		0.2	331	-1.0

Electorate 793,952 (250,519 in contested seats); Turnout 67.7% (169,690). The sole member elected for Fianna Fáil was the President of the Executive Council (Prime Minister) of the Irish Free State, Éamon de Valera.

Only 19 of the 52 seats (37%) were actually contested.

In 33 of the 52 seats (63%), only one candidate stood and they were elected unopposed without any votes cast. The vast majority of the MPs elected without a contest were Ulster Unionists.

• Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine