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-only election for the

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. It usually shares boundaries with the Belfast South UK Parliament constituency, however the boundaries of the two constituencies were slightly different from 1983 to 1986 and 2010–2011 as the Assembly boundaries had not caught up with Parliamentary boundary changes and from 1996 to 1997 when members of the

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had been elected from the newly drawn Parliamentary constituencies but the 51st

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, elected in 1992 under the 1983–95 constituency boundaries, was still in session. Members were then elected from the constituency to the 1975 Constitutional Convention, the 1982 Assembly, the 1996 Forum and then to the current Assembly from 1998. The constituency is formed from the

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districts of Balmoral and Botanic as well as one ward from

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and a number of wards from Lisnasharragh and

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. For further details of the history and boundaries of the constituency, see

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Members

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

Northern Ireland Assembly

2022

2017

2016

2011

Note: Charles Smyth sought election as a ''Procapitalism'' candidate, and appeared as such on the ballot paper.

2007

2003

1998

1996 forum

Successful candidates are shown in bold.1996 Candidates – South Belfast
, Northern Ireland Elections

1984 by-election

1982

1975 Constitutional Convention

1973

References

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