East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)
Elections in the 1910s
Table:
General Election 1918: East Antrim

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Irish Unionist

Robert McCalmont

15,206

94.6

N/A

Sinn Féin

Daniel Dumigan

861

5.4

N/A

Majority

14,345

89.3

N/A

Turnout

16,067

64.8

N/A

Registered electors

24,798

Irish Unionist hold

Swing

Drawing on the data within the table titled East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency) in the "Elections in the 1910s" section, provide an answer in a short sentence to the question below: How did the Unionist Candidate perform in the East Antrim election in the 1910's? Provide just your answer in a JSON object {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: The Unionist candidate had a victory by 15,206 votes to Sinn Féin's 861 votes.