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Castlereagh

Shows the general election results for Castlereagh, which is a county in Northern Ireland. It is comprised of 3 constituencies (showhide). In 2017 it had a total electorate of 193,927 and a turnout of 64.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

Electorate
193,927
Turnout
64.6%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
DUP 48.9%
Alliance 23.2%
SDLP 11.1%
SF 7.3%
UUP 5.9%
Green 2.7%
Con 1.0%
Others 0.0%

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 Alliance SDLP SF UUP Green Con Others Total
Seats won 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Change +1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Votes (000s) 61 29 14 9 7 3 1 0 125
% vote 48.9% 23.2% 11.1% 7.3% 5.9% 2.7% 1.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Change +10.4% -2.0% +0.4% +1.0% -1.6% -0.2% -2.5% -1.8% 0%
Candidates 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 22
Deposits lost 0 0 1 2 2 2 3 1 11

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year DUP Alliance SDLP SF UUP Green Con UKIP UCU Others
2005 45.2% 0.0% 13.7% 4.9% 24.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.8%
2010 33.9% 20.5% 16.4% 2.0% 0.0% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 22.0% 3.6%
2015 38.5% 25.2% 10.7% 6.3% 7.5% 2.9% 3.4% 3.7% 0.0% 1.8%
2017 48.9% 23.2% 11.1% 7.3% 5.9% 2.7% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Seats won by party 2005 - 2017

The number of seats won by parties by election year.

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

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 23.0%
1 Strangford 47.3%
2 Belfast East 19.8%
3 Belfast South 4.6%

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: 23.0%
1 Belfast South 4.6%
2 Belfast East 19.8%
3 Strangford 47.3%

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: 48.9%
1 Strangford 62.0%
2 Belfast East 55.8%
3 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: 48.9%
1 Belfast South 30.4%
2 Belfast East 55.8%
3 Strangford 62.0%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 64.6%
1 Belfast East 67.5%
2 Belfast South 66.1%
3 Strangford 60.2%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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Lowest % turnout Average: 64.6%
1 Strangford 60.2%
2 Belfast South 66.1%
3 Belfast East 67.5%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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