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South Down — 2024
Chris Hazzard (Sinn Féin) was elected with 19,698 votes— 43.5% of 45,243 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 43.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,243
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Hazzard | Sinn Féin (Sinn Fein) | 19,698 | 43.5% | −6.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Colin McGrath | Social Democratic and Labour Party | 10,418 | 23.0% | — | |
| 3 | Diane Forsythe | Democratic Unionist Party | 7,349 | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | Andrew McMurray | Alliance | 3,187 | 7.0% | — | |
| 5 | Jim Wells | Traditional Unionist Voice | 1,893 | 4.2% | — | |
| 6 | Michael O'Loan | Ulster Unionist Party | 1,411 | 3.1% | — | |
| 7 | Rosemary McGlone | Aontú | 797 | 1.8% | — | |
| 8 | Declan Walsh | Green Party Northern Ireland | 444 | 1.0% | — | |
| 9 | Hannah Westropp | Conservative Party | 46 | 0.1% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.