Armagh (Assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 54°20′53″N 6°39′22″W / 54.348°N 6.656°W / 54.348; -6.656 Armagh was a constituency used for the Northern Ireland Assembly.^[1]

The seat was first used for a Northern Ireland-only election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973. Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention and the 1982 Assembly. After the Assembly dissolved in 1986, the constituency was not used again, its area being represented by parts of Newry and Armagh and Upper Bann.

It usually shared boundaries with the Armagh UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes.

For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see Armagh (UK Parliament constituency).

Members

Election
1973	Hugh News (SDLP)	Seamus Mallon (SDLP)	Paddy O'Hanlon (SDLP)	Herbert Whitten (UUP)	James Stronge (UUP)	Thomas Carson (Vanguard)	Douglas Hutchinson (DUP)
1975			Michael Armstrong (UUP)	Herbert Whitten (UUP)	Alistair Black (Vanguard)	Thomas Carson (Vanguard)	Douglas Hutchinson (DUP)
1982			Jim McAllister (Sinn Féin)	Mary Simpson (UUP)	Jim Nicholson (UUP)	Harold McCusker (UUP)	David Calvert (DUP)
1983 by-election		Jim Speers (UUP)	Jim McAllister (Sinn Féin)	Mary Simpson (UUP)	Jim Nicholson (UUP)	Harold McCusker (UUP)	David Calvert (DUP)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

1983 by-election

1983 by-election: Armagh - 1 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	UUP	Jim Speers	84.5	26,907
	Workers' Party	Tom French	15.5	4,920
Electorate: 95,100 Valid: 31,827 Spoilt: 0 Quota: 15,914 Turnout: 31,827 (34.07%)

1982 Assembly Election

1982 Assembly election: Armagh - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14
	UUP	Harold McCusker	31.6	19,547
	SDLP	Seamus Mallon	13.8	8,528
	UUP	Jim Nicholson	4.2	2,590	7,155	7,156	7,384	7,472	7,472	8,137
	Sinn Féin	Jim McAllister	8.4	5,182	5,188	5,230	5,247	5,248	7,717	7,720	7,721	8,090
	UUP	Mary Simpson	1.2	721	3,838	3,838	4,147	4,360	4,361	4,857	5,126	5,220	5,221	8,212
	DUP	David Calvert	4.3	2,661	3,110	3,110	3,124	3,873	3,873	4,845	4,868	4,887	4,887	5,135	5,310	9,459
	SDLP	Hugh News	4.7	2,871	2,883	3,256	3,578	3,580	3,778	3,781	3,781	5,460	5,566	5,570	5,571	5,576	5,607
	SDLP	Paddy O'Hanlon	6.8	4,231	4,239	4,501	4,688	4,691	4,799	4,800	4,801	5,199	5,245	5,252	5,254	5,255	5,288
	DUP	Douglas Hutchinson	3.8	2,333	2,894	2,894	2,915	3,630	3,631	4,259	4,280	4,297	4,298	4,741	5,016
	UUP	Jim Speers	3.0	1,836	3,438	3,438	3,538	3,623	3,625	3,858	3,953	3,981	3,982
	Workers' Party	Tom French	4.6	2,826	2,850	2,872	3,270	3,272	3,470	3,494	3,494
	UUUP	Alistair Black	3.3	2,014	2,873	2,873	2,941	3,096	3,096
	Sinn Féin	Jim O'Hagan	4.9	3,042	3,049	3,072	3,088	3,088
	DUP	Woolsey Smith	2.8	1,716	2,028	2,028	2,039
	Alliance	William Jeffrey	2.9	1,806	1,942	1,958
Electorate: 95,610 Valid: 61,904 Spoilt: 2,078 (3.25%) Quota: 7,739 Turnout: 63,982 (66.9%)

1975 Constitutional Convention

1975 Constitutional Convention: Armagh - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	SDLP	Seamus Mallon	15.2	8,999
	UUP	Michael Armstrong	14.8	8,802
	DUP	Douglas Hutchinson	13.0	7,746
	UUP	Herbert Whitten	8.2	4,843	4,843	5,198	5,240	5,242	5,276	5,381	5,383	7,021
	Vanguard	Thomas Carson	10.1	5,974	5,974	6,225	6,367	6,371	6,388	6,439	6,448	6,885
	Vanguard	Alistair Black	9.2	5,435	5,435	6,064	6,180	6,188	6,213	6,283	6,287	6,789
	SDLP	Hugh News	5.6	3,303	4,261	4,261	4,261	4,327	4,375	5,074	6,140	6,457
	SDLP	Paddy O'Hanlon	7.9	4,710	5,095	5,095	5,095	5,190	5,206	5,678	6,243	6,361
	Unionist Party NI	John Maginnis	4.7	2,797	2,798	2,860	2,867	2,870	3,002	3,838	3,856
	Republican Clubs	Malachy McGurran	4.3	2,577	2,650	2,650	2,650	3,587	3,602	3,761
	Alliance	Michael Connolly	2.9	1,742	1,781	1,787	1,788	1,806	2,828
	Alliance	Brian English	2.2	1,307	1,318	1,327	1,328	1,332
	Republican Clubs	Patrick Houlahan	1.0	617	636	636	637
	Republican Clubs	Thomas Moore	0.9	536	546	546	546
Electorate: 90,640 Valid: 59,388 Spoilt: 2,011 (3.3%) Quota: 7,424 Turnout: 61,399 (67.7%)

1973 Assembly Election

1973 Assembly election: Armagh - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12
	SDLP	Paddy O'Hanlon	13.4	8,219
	SDLP	Seamus Mallon	13.0	7,995
	UUP	Herbert Whitten	11.2	6,891	6,891.24	7,127.30	7,127.58	7,208.62	7,284.62	8140.62
	Vanguard	Thomas Carson	11.1	6,866	6,866.66	6,936.66	6,936.74	6,955.86	7,432.86	7,505.86	7,810.86
	UUP	James Stronge	7.1	4,335	4,336.44	4,458.56	4,458.72	4,524.72	4,537.78	5,235.84	5,383.84	5,526.94	8,693.94
	SDLP	Hugh News	7.7	4,731	5,163.30	5,278.40	5,564.96	5,670.04	5,672.08	5,677.18	5,677.18	5,677.73	5,688.79	5,691.03	7,832.03
	DUP	Douglas Hutchinson	7.4	4,552	4,552.12	4,598.18	4,598.50	4,612.50	4,821.50	4,902.56	6,620.56	6,644.76	6,887.40	7,237.40	7,431.40
	Vanguard	Frederick Crowe	4.0	2,465	2,465.12	2,492.12	2,492.24	2,503.28	3,639.34	3,689.34	4,168.34	4,190.89	4,447.37	4,904.33	5,093.33
	Alliance	Michael Connolly	4.2	2,572	2,589.70	2,763.38	2,780.06	4,268.62	4,275.72	4,292.72	4,302.72	4,304.37	4,329.30	4,630.34
	UUP	Alexander Greer	4.3	2,630	2,630.36	2,689.42	2,689.56	2,762.60	2,771.66	3,603.80	3,697.80	3,869.95
	DUP	Thomas Willey	4.3	2,616	2,616	2,639.06	2,639.14	2,642.14	2,726.14	2,773.14
	UUP	Robert James Mitchell	4.2	2,571	2,571.42	2,625.48	2,625.84	2,653.84	2,673.64
	Vanguard	Samuel McCammick	3.3	2,018	2,018.30	2,034.36	2,034.48	2,040.52
	Alliance	Howard McNally	2.7	1,637	1,642.58	1,940.60	1,945.54
	NI Labour	Thomas Newell	1.7	1,044	1,053.90
	Independent	Robert Murphy	0.4	238	244
Electorate: 89,056 Valid: 61,400 Spoilt: 1,955 (3.1%) Quota: 7,676 Turnout: 63,355 (71.1%)

References

↑ Armagh constituency at ARK

Northern Ireland Assembly

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Committees	Executive Office Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Communities Economy Education Finance Health Infrastructure

Constituencies	Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West East Antrim East Londonderry Fermanagh and South Tyrone Foyle Lagan Valley Mid Ulster Newry and Armagh North Antrim North Down South Antrim South Down Strangford Upper Bann West Tyrone

Parties	Current: Alliance Democratic Unionist Green People Before Profit Alliance Sinn Féin Social Democratic and Labour Traditional Unionist Voice Ulster Unionist

Elections	1998 2003 2007 2011 2016

Procedure	Cross-community vote

See also	Good Friday Agreement St Andrews Agreement

Parliamentary constituencies in County Armagh

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Armagh Borough (1613–1800)
Armagh County (???–1800)
Charlemont (1613–1800)
Newry (???–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Armagh (1801–85, 1922–83)
Armagh City (1801–85)
Mid Armagh (1885–1922)
North Armagh (1885–1922)
South Armagh (1885–1922)
Newry & Armagh (1983—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	Armagh

No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland 1921–72

Armagh (1921–29)
Central Armagh (1929–72)
Mid Armagh (1929–72)
North Armagh (1929–72)
South Armagh (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Armagh

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Newry & Armagh Upper Bann

European Parliament
1979–present

Northern Ireland (1979—)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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