1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election information
1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election
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All 78 seats to the Northern Ireland Assembly 40 seats were needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
James Molyneaux
Ian Paisley
John Hume
Party
UUP
DUP
SDLP
Leader since
September 1979
September 1971
November 1979
Leader's seat
South Antrim
North Antrim
Londonderry
Last election
19 seats, 25.4%
12 seats, 14.8%
17 seats, 23.7%
Seats won
26
21
14
Seat change
7
9
3
Popular vote
188,277
145,528
118,891
Percentage
29.7%
23.0%
18.8%
Swing
3.9%
8.2%
4.9%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Oliver Napier
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh
James Kilfedder
Party
Alliance
Sinn Féin
UPUP
Leader since
1972
October 1970
1980
Leader's seat
Belfast East
None
North Down
Last election
8 seats, 9.8%
Did not contest
Not established
Seats won
10
5
1
Seat change
2
5
1
Popular vote
58,851
64,191
14,916
Percentage
9.3%
10.1%
2.3%
Swing
0.5%
n/a
n/a
Percentage of seats gained by each of the party.
Chief Executive before election
None
Chief Executive after election
None
Politics of Northern Ireland
Interim bodies
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)
Northern Ireland Executive (1974)
Constitutional Convention (1975)
Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
Northern Ireland Forum (1996)
Elections
1973
1975
1982
1996
Members
1973
1975
1982
1996
See also
Anglo-Irish Agreement
New Ireland Forum
1986 Northern Ireland by-elections
1973 Northern Ireland border poll
Other countries
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The 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly elections were held on 20 October 1982 in an attempt to re-establish devolution and power-sharing in Northern Ireland. Although the Northern Ireland Assembly officially lasted until 1986 (and was seen as being a continuation of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention of 1975) it met infrequently.
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