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Down
FormerCounty constituency for theParliament of Northern Ireland
Down shown withinNorthern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1929
Election method	Single transferable vote

Down was acountyconstituency of theParliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned eight MPs, usingproportional representation by means of thesingle transferable vote.

Down was created by theGovernment of Ireland Act 1920 and consisted of theadministrativeCounty Down, excluding the parts of the historic county within theCounty Borough of Belfast. TheHouse of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 divided the constituency into eight constituencies elected underfirst past the post:Ards,East Down,Iveagh,Mid Down,Mourne,North Down,South Down andWest Down.^[1]

In May 1921,Dáil Éireann, the parliament of theself-declaredIrish Republic run bySinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring thatelections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would also serve as the election for theSecond Dáil.^[2] All those elected were on the roll of the Second Dáil, butÉamon de Valera, who was also elected forClare, was the only MP elected for Down to sit as a TD in Dáil Éireann.^[3]

Down had aUnionist majority, but with strongNationalist support in the south. In both elections, six Unionists were elected, alongside one Nationalist and one Republican.

• Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies established in 1921
• Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies disestablished in 1929
• Constituencies of the Northern Ireland Parliament
• Historic constituencies in County Down
• Dáil constituencies in Northern Ireland (historic)

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