Notional results for a UK general election on 5 May 2005 Elections contested by Democratic Unionist Party

Elections contested Elections won

A notional general election to the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 40,611,844, having 24,814,623 valid votes.

Constituency Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Position
Belfast East 52,899 58.3% 15,152 49.1% 1st
Belfast North 52,535 58.1% 13,935 45.6% 1st
Belfast South 52,218 61.3% 9,104 28.4% 2nd
Belfast West 53,536 64.5% 3,652 10.6% 3rd
East Antrim 57,966 54.8% 15,766 49.6% 1st
East Londonderry 58,461 60.7% 15,225 42.9% 1st
Fermanagh and South Tyrone 66,415 73.5% 14,056 28.8% 2nd
Foyle 68,758 66.3% 6,557 14.4% 3rd
Lagan Valley 70,238 60.6% 23,289 54.7% 1st
Mid Ulster 62,088 73.2% 10,665 23.5% 2nd
Newry and Armagh 71,771 70.6% 9,311 18.4% 3rd
North Antrim 73,938 62.1% 25,156 54.8% 1st
North Down 59,358 54.4% 11,324 35.1% 2nd
South Antrim 66,580 57.0% 14,507 38.2% 1st
South Down 73,175 65.8% 8,815 18.3% 3rd
Strangford 68,570 54.0% 20,921 56.5% 1st
Upper Bann 71,645 62.0% 16,679 37.5% 1st
West Tyrone 59,842 72.7% 7,742 17.8% 3rd

Turnout as calculated by the House of Commons Library, is the total number of votes cast and not spoiled, divided by the size of the electorate.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.

Estimates of the 2005 general election result in new constituencies

Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, then at the University of Plymouth, produced estimates of the 2005 general election result as if the new constituencies recommended by the separate Parliamentary Boundary Commissions for England, Wales and Northern Ireland had then been in existence.

The Elections Centre, established by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, moved to the University of Exeter in 2003.