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Northern Ireland 1921–72 
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The Northern Ireland House of Commons existed from 1921 to 1973 as the lower House of the devolved legislature of the part of the United Kingdom called Northern Ireland.
As in the UK Parliament the constituencies were classified as borough, county or university constituencies.
In 1921-29 the 52 provincial Members of Parliament were elected using proportional representation by the single transferable vote in multi member constituencies. The constituencies which returned one or two members to the UK Parliament, between 1922 and 1950, were used for Northern Ireland devolved elections in the 1921-29 period.
Between 1929 and 1969 there were 48 single member constituencies, using the first past the post method of election. The non-territorial University constituency continued to return 4 members using the single transferable vote.
For the 1969 election 4 new territorial constituencies were created to replace the University seats. The 52 constituencies ceased to exist after the Parliament of Northern Ireland was suspended in 1972 and abolished in 1973.
Period Constituency Type Notes 1921-1929 Antrim county 7 MPs 1929-1973 Antrim Borough county 1929-1973 Bann Side county 1929-1973 Carrick county 1969-1973 Larkfield county 1929-1973 Larne county 1929-1973 Mid Antrim county 1969-1973 Newtownabbey county 1929-1973 North Antrim county 1929-1973 South Antrim county 1921-1929 Armagh county 4 MPs 1929-1973 Central Armagh county 1929-1973 Mid Armagh county 1929-1973 North Armagh county 1929-1973 South Armagh county 1929-1973 Belfast Ballynafeigh borough 1929-1973 Belfast Bloomfield borough 1929-1973 Belfast Central borough 1929-1973 Belfast Clifton borough 1929-1973 Belfast, Cromac borough 1929-1973 Belfast Dock borough 1929-1973 Belfast Duncairn borough 1921-1929 Belfast East borough 4 MPs 1929-1973 Belfast Falls borough 1921-1929 Belfast North borough 4 MPs 1929-1973 Belfast Oldpark borough 1929-1973 Belfast Pottinger borough 1929-1973 Belfast St Anne's borough 1929-1973 Belfast Shankill borough 1921-1929 Belfast South borough 4 MPs 1929-1973 Belfast Victoria borough 1921-1929 Belfast West borough 4 MPs 1929-1973 Belfast Willowfield borough 1929-1973 Belfast Windsor borough 1929-1973 Belfast Woodvale borough 1921-1929 Down county 8 MPs 1929-1973 Ards county 1969-1973 Bangor county 1929-1973 East Down county 1929-1973 Iveagh county 1969-1973 Lagan Valley county 1929-1973 Mid Down county 1929-1973 Mourne county 1929-1973 North Down county 1929-1973 South Down county 1929-1973 West Down county 1921-1929 Fermanagh and Tyrone county 8 MPs 1929-1973 Enniskillen county 1929-1973 Lisnaskea county 1929-1973 South Fermanagh county 1921-1929 Londonderry county 5 MPs 1929-1973 City of Londonderry borough 1929-1973 Foyle borough 1929-1973 Mid Londonderry county 1929-1973 North Londonderry county 1929-1973 South Londonderry county 1921-1969 Queen's University, Belfast university 4 MPs 1929-1973 East Tyrone county 1929-1973 Mid Tyrone county 1929-1973 North Tyrone county 1929-1973 South Tyrone county 1929-1973 West Tyrone county Sources:
- Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results 1921-1972, compiled and edited by Sydney Elliott (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- For the exact definition of constituency boundaries see http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/boundaries.html
State and Government in Northern Ireland (1922–1972) Executive 
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