1974 Irish local elections

1974 Irish local elections
18 June 1974
Turnout62.13%
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Jack Lynch Liam Cosgrave Brendan Corish
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Alliance National Coalition National Coalition
Leader since 9 November 1966 21 April 1965 2 March 1960
Seats won 352 280 79
Seat change Increase 91 Increase 49 Increase 20
Popular vote 494,926 417,854 158,444
Percentage 39.8% 33.6% 12.8%
Swing Increase 0.3% Decrease 0.1% Decrease 1.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Ruairí Ó Brádaigh Tomás Mac Giolla Neil Blaney
Party Sinn Féin (Provisional) Sinn Féin (Official) Independent Fianna Fáil
Leader since October 1970 14 October 1962 1972
Seats won 7 6 4
Seat change New New New
Popular vote 22,543 16,623 7,240
Percentage 1.8% 1.3% 0.8%
Swing New New New

The 1974 Irish local elections were held in counties, cities and towns of Ireland to elect the councils of all local authorities in the country on Tuesday, 18 June 1974.[1]

Results

Total seats

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv%[2] ±%
Fianna Fáil 352 Increase 91 494,926 39.8 +0.3
Fine Gael 280 Increase 49 417,854 33.6 −0.1
Labour 79 Increase 20 158,444 12.8 −1.2
Sinn Féin (Provisional) 7 New 22,543 1.8 New
Sinn Féin (Official) 6 New 16,623 1.3 New
Independent Fianna Fáil 4 New 7240 0.6 New
Protestant Association 2 Decrease 1 2,313 0.2 −0.1
Clann na Poblachta [a] 1 Decrease 1 1,082 0.1 −0.2
Independent 74 Increase 30 118,242 9.5 +1.1
Total 1,421,494 100.0 —

County councils

Authority FF FG Lab SF (P) SF (O) Other Total
Carlow 9 7 3 2 21
Cavan 12 10 1 2 25
Clare 19 7 2 1 2 31
Cork County 20 17 6 1 2 46
Donegal 7 11 1 4 [b] 23
Dublin 10 8 5 2 25
Galway County 16 9 1 2 3 31
Kerry 13 7 3 1 2 26
Kildare 10 7 3 1 21
Kilkenny 13 11 2 26
Laois 11 12 2 25
Leitrim 8 12 1 1 22
Limerick County 14 11 2 27
Longford 7 8 1 5 21
Louth 11 11 1 1 1 1 26
Mayo 17 11 3 31
Meath 14 8 5 2 29
Monaghan 7 8 1 2 [c] 20
Offaly 8 9 2 1 20
Roscommon 12 12 2 26
Sligo 9 12 1 2 24
Tipperary North 8 6 3 3 20
Tipperary South 11 10 4 1 26
Waterford County 13 6 2 2 21
Westmeath 11 6 2 4 23
Wexford 9 6 3 1 2 21
Wicklow 9 6 3 2 20

County borough corporations

Authority FF FG Lab SF (P) SF (O) Other Total
Cork Corporation 16 11 2 2 31
Dublin Corporation 15 13 10 7 [d] 45
Limerick Corporation 5 5 5 2 17
Waterford Corporation 6 3 2 1 3 15

Borough corporations

Authority FF FG Lab SF (P) SF (O) Other Total
Dún Laoghaire Corporation 2 8 5 15
Galway Corporation 4 1 2 5 12
Kilkenny Corporation 3 3 4 2 12
Sligo Corporation 3 3 1 5 12
Wexford Corporation 3 2 4 3 12

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Clann na Poblachta" officially dissolved in 1965; however, local election candidates continued to use the name of the party until the 1974 local elections.
  2. ^ The Donegal non-party councillors were members of Independent Fianna Fáil.
  3. ^ The non-party Monaghan councillors were nominated by the Protestant Association.
  4. ^ Six of the seven non-party members of Dublin Corporation were elected as Community candidates, including Seán Dublin Bay Loftus and Carmencita Hederman.

References

  1. ^ "Local government election results". The Irish Times. 22 June 1974. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. ^ "1974 Local Election". Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.


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