The 1987 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 11 June with 17 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom.

1,090,389 people were eligible to vote, up 40,253 from the 1983 general election.

67.41% of eligible voters turned out, down 5.9 percentage points from the last general election.

[1] The Conservative Party led by Margaret Thatcher as prime minister won another term in government.

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