1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

On 9 April 1992, the 1992 United Kingdom general election was held in Northern Ireland, to elect all 651 members of the House of Commons, including the 17 Northern Ireland seats. 1,124,900 people were eligible to vote, up 34,511 from the 1987 general election. 70.02% of eligible voters turned out (when including spoiled ballots), down 2.6 percentage points from the last general election.

The Conservative Party, now led by John Major as prime minister, won another term in government. In Northern Ireland, the only change was between the nationalist parties, with Sinn Féin losing its seat in Belfast West to the SDLP. The SDLP's four seats was and still is its best-ever result.

Results

++PartySeatsAggregate Votes Total Gains LossesNet Of all (%)Total Of all (%)Difference 9 0 0 52.9 271,049 34.5 2.3 4 1 0 1 23.5 184,445 23.5 2.4 3 0 0 17.6 103,039 13.1 1.4 1 0 0 5.9 19,305 2.5 0 0 1 1 — 78,291 10.0 1.5 0 0 0 — 68,665 8.7 1.3 0 colspan="3" — 44,608 5.7 0 0 0 — 4,359 0.5 2.1 0 colspan="3" — 2,147 0.2 0 colspan="3" — 2,133 0.2 0 0 0 — 1,264 0.2 0.2 0 0 0 — 5,788 0.8 Total 17 785,093 69.8 2.8

MPs elected

Constituency Party MPEast Antrim Roy BeggsNorth Antrim Ian PaisleySouth Antrim Clifford ForsytheBelfast East Peter RobinsonBelfast North Cecil WalkerBelfast South Martin SmythBelfast West Joe HendronNorth Down Jim KilfedderSouth Down Eddie McGradyFermanagh and South Tyrone Ken MaginnisFoyle John HumeLagan Valley James MolyneauxEast Londonderry William RossMid Ulster William McCreaNewry and Armagh Seamus MallonStrangford John TaylorUpper Bann David Trimble

By-elections Constituency Date Incumbent Party Winner Party CauseNorth Down15 June 1995Jim Kilfedder Robert McCartney Death

See also 1992 United Kingdom general election in England 1992 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales

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