Elections
- Electorate 53,977; Valid votes 46,532; Quota 9,307
| 24 May 1921 General Election: Armagh (4 seats) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Ulster Unionist | Richard Best | 15,988 | 34.36 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sinn Féin | Michael Collins | 12,656 | 27.20 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ulster Unionist | David Graham Shillington | 9,730 | 20.91 | 3 | 1 | |
| Irish Nationalist | John Dillon Nugent | 6,857 | 14.74 | 4 | 2 | |
| Sinn Féin | Frank Aiken | 1,301 | 2.80 | |||
| Turnout | 86.2 | N/A | ||||
- Second count (distribution of Best's surplus)
- R. Best (U) (-6,681) 9,307 (elected)
- M. Collins (SF) (..) 12,656 (elected)
- D.G. Shillington (U) (..) 9,730 (elected)
- J.D. Nugent (N) (+103) 6,960 (elected)
- F. Aiken (SF) (+28) 1,329 (runner up)
- non-transferable (+6,550) 6,550
- Seat vacant at dissolution (death of Collins)
- Electorate 54,082; Valid votes 42,595; Quota 8,520
| 3 April 1925 General Election: Armagh (4 seats) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Ulster Unionist | Richard Best | 15,969 | 37.50 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ulster Unionist | David Graham Shillington | 10,575 | 24.83 | 2 | 1 | |
| Irish Republican | Eamon Donnelly | 5,778 | 13.57 | 3 | 3 | |
| Irish Nationalist | John Henry Collins | 5,272 | 12.38 | 4 | 3 | |
| Irish Nationalist | John Dillon Nugent | 4,991 | 11.72 | |||
| Turnout | 78.8 | -9.1 | ||||
- Appointment of Best as Lord Justice of Appeal
| Armagh by-election, 1925 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | John Clarke Davison | 22,390 | 79.20 | N/A | |
| Unbought Tenants | W. R. Todd | 5,880 | 20.80 | N/A | |
| Majority | 16,510 | 58.40 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 54,082 | 52.3 | -26.5 | ||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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