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Belfast

Shows the general election results for Belfast, which is a county in Northern Ireland. It is comprised of 4 constituencies (showhide). In 2017 it had a total electorate of 260,272 and a turnout of 66.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

Electorate
260,272
Turnout
66.5%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
DUP 36.9%
SF 31.4%
Alliance 15.4%
SDLP 9.5%
Green 2.0%
UUP 1.7%
Con 0.4%
Others 2.8%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Party DUP SF Alliance SDLP Green UUP Con Others Total
Seats won 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Change +1 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0%
Votes (000s) 64 54 27 16 3 3 1 5 173
% vote 36.9% 31.4% 15.4% 9.5% 2.0% 1.7% 0.4% 2.8% 100.0%
Change +4.5% +6.0% -2.3% -1.2% -0.1% -1.3% -0.7% -3.1% 0%
Candidates 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 27
Deposits lost 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 13

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year DUP SF Alliance SDLP Green UUP Con UKIP UCU Others
2005 32.7% 28.9% 0.0% 16.5% 0.0% 15.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.6%
2010 26.6% 26.3% 14.8% 17.6% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.4% 1.6%
2015 32.4% 25.3% 17.6% 10.7% 2.1% 3.0% 1.1% 1.7% 0.0% 6.0%
2017 36.9% 31.4% 15.4% 9.5% 2.0% 1.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2.8%

Seats won by party 2005 - 2017

The number of seats won by parties by election year.

Year DUP SF Alliance SDLP Green UUP Con UKIP UCU Others
2005 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 19.8%
1 Belfast West 53.3%
2 Belfast East 19.8%
3 Belfast South 4.6%
4 Belfast North 4.5%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Most marginal seats by majority (%) Average: 19.8%
1 Belfast North 4.5%
2 Belfast South 4.6%
3 Belfast East 19.8%
4 Belfast West 53.3%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 49.4%
1 Belfast West 66.7%
2 Belfast East 55.8%
3 Belfast North 46.2%
4 Belfast South 30.4%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Lowest winning vote share % Average: 49.4%
1 Belfast South 30.4%
2 Belfast North 46.2%
3 Belfast East 55.8%
4 Belfast West 66.7%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 66.5%
1 Belfast East 67.5%
2 Belfast North 67.3%
3 Belfast South 66.1%
4 Belfast West 65.1%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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Lowest % turnout Average: 66.5%
1 Belfast West 65.1%
2 Belfast South 66.1%
3 Belfast North 67.3%
4 Belfast East 67.5%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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