Belfast East - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Belfast East constituency.

Note: Smaller parties may be omitted. The candidate with the largest vote who does not belong to one of the main parties is listed as 'Minor'. Votes listed for 'Other' are calculated by taking the votes from the main parties and 'Minor' away from the total votes cast.

Name	Belfast East
Region	Northern Ireland
1st in 2024		DUP
2nd in 2024		Alliance NI
Swing To Lose	3.13%

Note: 'Swing To Lose' is the swing needed by the 2nd placed party against the 1st placed party to win the seat.

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 2024	DUP
	Election 2019 (New Boundaries)	DUP
	Election 2019	DUP
	Election 2017	DUP
	Election 2015	DUP
	Election 2010	Alliance NI
	Election 2005 (New Boundaries)	DUP
	Election 2005	DUP
	Election 2001	DUP
	Election 1997	DUP
	Election 1992	DUP
	Election 1987	DUP
	Election 1983	DUP
	Election 1979	DUP
	Election 1974 (October)	Vanguard
	Election 1974 (February)	Vanguard

Election 2024

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	19,894	46.58%	-1.32%
	Alliance NI	17,218	40.32%	-1.76%
	TUV	1,918	4.49%	N/A
	UUP	1,818	4.26%	-1.46%
	Green	1,077	2.52%	N/A
	SDLP	619	1.45%	-2.85%
	Minor	162	0.38%	N/A
Majority		2,676	6.27%
Turnout		42,706	58.57%	-5.83%
Electorate		72,917
Swing from APNI to DUP			0.22%
Swing from DUP to TUV			2.90%
Swing from APNI to TUV			3.13%
	DUP hold

Election 2019 (New Boundaries)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	21,616	47.90%	-1.28%
	Alliance NI	18,990	42.08%	-2.81%
	UUP	2,581	5.72%	-0.21%
	SDLP	1,939	4.30%	N/A
Majority		2,626	5.82%
Turnout		45,126	64.40%	+0.32%
Electorate		70,076
Swing from APNI to DUP			0.77%
Swing from DUP to UUP			0.53%
Swing from APNI to UUP			1.30%
	DUP hold

Election 2019

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	20,874	49.18%	-6.58%
	Alliance NI	19,055	44.89%	+8.89%
	UUP	2,516	5.93%	+2.64%
Majority		1,819	4.29%
Turnout		42,445	64.07%	-3.48%
Electorate		66,245
Swing from DUP to APNI			7.74%
Swing from DUP to UUP			4.61%
Swing from UUP to APNI			3.12%
	DUP hold

Election 2017

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	23,917	55.76%	+6.43%
	Alliance NI	15,443	36.01%	-6.78%
	UUP	1,408	3.28%	N/A
	Sinn Fein	894	2.08%	+0.01%
	Green	561	1.31%	-1.36%
	Conservative	446	1.04%	-1.79%
	SDLP	167	0.39%	+0.07%
	Minor	54	0.13%	N/A
Majority		8,474	19.76%
Turnout		42,890	67.55%	+4.72%
Electorate		63,495
Swing from APNI to DUP			6.61%
Swing from UUP to DUP			1.58%
Swing from APNI to UUP			5.03%
	DUP hold

Election 2015

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	19,575	49.33%	+16.55%
	Alliance NI	16,978	42.79%	+5.56%
	Conservative	1,121	2.82%	N/A
	Green	1,058	2.67%	N/A
	Sinn Fein	823	2.07%	-0.29%
	SDLP	127	0.32%	-0.74%
Majority		2,597	6.54%
Turnout		39,682	62.83%	+4.38%
Electorate		63,157
Swing from APNI to DUP			5.49%
Swing from CON to DUP			6.86%
Swing from CON to APNI			1.37%
	DUP gain from Alliance NI

Election 2010

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Alliance NI	12,839	37.23%	N/A
	DUP	11,306	32.78%	-16.36%
	UCU-NF	7,305	21.18%	N/A
	TUV	1,856	5.38%	N/A
	Sinn Fein	817	2.37%	-0.97%
	SDLP	365	1.06%	-1.68%
Majority		1,533	4.45%
Turnout		34,488	58.45%	+0.47%
Electorate		59,007
Swing from DUP to APNI			26.80%
Swing from UCU-NF to APNI			8.02%
Swing from DUP to UCU-NF			18.77%
	Alliance NI gain from DUP

Election 2005 (New Boundaries)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	15,152	49.15%	0.00%
	UUP	9,275	30.08%	0.00%
	Minor	3,746	12.15%	N/A
	Sinn Fein	1,029	3.34%	0.00%
	SDLP	844	2.74%	0.00%
	Others	785	2.55%	N/A
Majority		5,877	19.06%
Turnout		30,831	57.98%	-0.30%
Electorate		53,176
Swing from UUP to DUP			0.00%
Swing from DUP to MIN			5.78%
Swing from UUP to MIN			5.78%
	DUP hold

Election 2005

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	15,152	49.15%	+6.61%
	UUP	9,275	30.08%	+6.87%
	Alliance NI	3,746	12.15%	-3.69%
	Sinn Fein	1,029	3.34%	-0.02%
	SDLP	844	2.74%	+0.35%
	Conservative	434	1.41%	-0.76%
	Minor	179	0.58%	N/A
	Others	172	0.56%	N/A
Majority		5,877	19.06%
Turnout		30,831	58.28%	-4.72%
Electorate		52,899
Swing from DUP to UUP			0.13%
Swing from APNI to DUP			5.15%
Swing from APNI to UUP			5.28%
	DUP hold

Election 2001

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	15,667	42.54%	-0.10%
	UUP	8,550	23.22%	-2.11%
	Alliance NI	5,832	15.84%	-7.96%
	Minor	3,669	9.96%	N/A
	Sinn Fein	1,237	3.36%	+1.28%
	SDLP	880	2.39%	+0.78%
	Conservative	800	2.17%	-0.21%
	Others	194	0.53%	N/A
Majority		7,117	19.32%
Turnout		36,829	63.00%	-0.21%
Electorate		58,455
Swing from UUP to DUP			1.01%
Swing from APNI to DUP			3.93%
Swing from APNI to UUP			2.92%
	DUP hold

Election 1997

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	16,640	42.63%	-8.88%
	UUP	9,886	25.33%	N/A
	Alliance NI	9,288	23.80%	-5.96%
	Conservative	928	2.38%	-6.88%
	Sinn Fein	810	2.08%	+0.18%
	SDLP	629	1.61%	N/A
	Minor	541	1.39%	N/A
	Others	307	0.79%	N/A
Majority		6,754	17.31%
Turnout		39,029	63.21%	-4.49%
Electorate		61,744
Swing from DUP to UUP			17.10%
Swing from DUP to APNI			1.46%
Swing from APNI to UUP			15.64%
	DUP hold

Election 1992

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	18,437	51.51%	-10.39%
	Alliance NI	10,650	29.76%	-2.37%
	Conservative	3,314	9.26%	N/A
	Minor	2,256	6.30%	N/A
	Sinn Fein	679	1.90%	-0.07%
	Others	455	1.27%	N/A
Majority		7,787	21.76%
Turnout		35,791	67.70%	+7.46%
Electorate		52,869
Swing from DUP to APNI			4.01%
Swing from DUP to CON			9.83%
Swing from APNI to CON			5.82%
	DUP hold

Election 1987

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	20,372	61.90%	+16.59%
	Alliance NI	10,574	32.13%	+8.04%
	Minor	1,314	3.99%	N/A
	Sinn Fein	649	1.97%	+0.22%
Majority		9,798	29.77%
Turnout		32,909	60.24%	-9.82%
Electorate		54,628
Swing from APNI to DUP			4.28%
Swing from MIN to DUP			7.05%
Swing from MIN to APNI			2.78%
	DUP hold

Election 1983

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	17,631	45.31%	+13.94%
	UUP	9,642	24.78%	-6.46%
	Alliance NI	9,373	24.09%	-5.46%
	Sinn Fein	682	1.75%	N/A
	Minor	584	1.50%	N/A
	SDLP	519	1.33%	N/A
	Others	480	1.23%	N/A
Majority		7,989	20.53%
Turnout		38,911	70.06%	+2.51%
Electorate		55,539
Swing from UUP to DUP			10.20%
Swing from APNI to DUP			9.70%
Swing from UUP to APNI			0.50%
	DUP hold

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	DUP	15,994	31.37%	N/A
	UUP	15,930	31.24%	N/A
	Alliance NI	15,066	29.55%	N/A
	Unionist Party of Northern Ireland	2,017	3.96%	-23.03%
	NI Labour Party	1,982	3.89%	-9.99%
Majority		64	0.13%
Turnout		50,989	67.55%	+0.46%
Electorate		75,481
Swing from UUP to DUP			0.06%
Swing from APNI to DUP			0.91%
Swing from APNI to UUP			0.85%
	DUP gain from Vanguard

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Vanguard	31,594	59.14%	+10.77%
	Unionist Party of Northern Ireland	14,417	26.98%	-7.92%
	NI Labour Party	7,415	13.88%	-0.24%
Majority		17,177	32.15%
Turnout		53,426	67.09%	-5.88%
Electorate		79,629
Swing from UPNI to VG			9.35%
Swing from NILAB to VG			5.51%
Swing from UPNI to NILAB			3.84%
	Vanguard hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Vanguard	27,817	48.36%	N/A
	Unionist Party of Northern Ireland	20,077	34.91%	N/A
	NI Labour Party	8,122	14.12%	N/A
	SDLP	1,502	2.61%	N/A
Majority		7,740	13.46%
Turnout		57,518	72.98%	N/A
Electorate		78,818

	Vanguard win

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