1982 Belfast South by-election
Results

1982 Belfast South by-election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

UUP	Martin Smyth	17,123	39.3	22.4

Alliance	David Cook	11,726	26.9	+1.8

DUP	William McCrea	9,818	22.6	N/A

SDLP	Alasdair McDonnell	3,839	8.8	+0.9

Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party	John McMichael	576	1.3	N/A

United Labour Party	Brian Caul	303	0.7	N/A

One Human Family	Jagat Narain	137	0.3	N/A

Peace State	Simon Hall-Raleigh	12	0.03	N/A

Majority	5,397	12.4	24.2

Turnout	43,534	66.2	1.7

Registered electors	66,219

UUP hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

In the 1982 Belfast South by-elections, UUP held the seat with 39.3% of the votes.

final_sentence: In the 1982 Belfast South by-elections, UUP held the seat with 39.3% of the votes.