1973 Northern Ireland local elections
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local government districts
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Elections took place for all the seats on the district councils on 30 May 1973. Elections were by proportional representation, using the single transferable vote system. The district councils came into their powers on 1 October.[1][2][3][4]
Results
Overall
Party[5] | Councillors | Votes | |||
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Total | +/- | % share | Total | ||
Ulster Unionist | 194 | N/A | 37.4 | 255,187 | |
Alliance | 63 | N/A | 13.7 | 94,474 | |
SDLP | 82 | N/A | 13.4 | 92,600 | |
Independent
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52 | N/A | 7.0 | 48,947 | |
Ind. Unionist | 26 | N/A | 4.4 | 31,866 | |
United Loyalist | 20 | N/A | 4.2 | 28,906 | |
DUP | 21 | N/A | 4.1 | 28,811 | |
Republican Clubs
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8 | N/A | 3.0 | 20,680 | |
NI Labour | 4 | N/A | 2.5 | 17,422 | |
Independent Loyalist
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16 | N/A | 1.4 | 17,360 | |
Vanguard | 10 | N/A | 1.6 | 13,305 | |
Unity | 6 | N/A | 1.5 | 10,281 | |
Loyalist Coalition | 3 | N/A | 1.0 | 7,495 | |
Nationalist | 4 | N/A | 0.5 | 3,784 | |
Independent Community
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3 | N/A | 0.4 | 3,036 | |
Republican Labour | 0 | N/A | 0.4 | 2,594 | |
Independent Republican | 3 | N/A | 0.2 | 1,911 | |
Ulster Liberal | 0 | N/A | 0.1 | 704 | |
Independent Ratepayer
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1 | N/A | 0.1 | 841 | |
Independent Radical
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1 | N/A | 0.1 | 533 | |
Communist | 0 | N/A | 0.1 | 363 | |
Irish Labour
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0 | N/A | 0.0 | 290 | |
Independent Nationalist | 0 | N/A | 0.0 | 147 | |
Independent Labour
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0 | N/A | 0.0 | 91 | |
Total | 462 | 100.0% | 681,628 |
Results by council
References
- ^ Local Government Elections 1973 (Ark Social & Political Archive)
- ^ Big Roman Catholic turnout in poll despite threats, The Times, 31 May 1973
- ^ Party accused over Ulster poll, The Times, 31 May 1973
- ^ Unionist supporters elect many hard-line men in Ulster local government poll, The Times, 2 June 1973
- ^ Local Government Elections 1973, Northern Ireland Elections