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1958 Northern Ireland general election
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The 1958 Northern Ireland general election was called on 27 February by 1st Viscount Brookeborough[1] to be held on 20 March 1958.
Quick Facts All 52 seats to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 27 seats were needed for a majority, First party ...
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Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. The Northern Ireland Labour Party returned to the Commons after being wiped out in the 1949 election.