1974 Donegal County Council election
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All 29 seats on Donegal County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Independent Fianna Fáil | Seats won | 11 | 10 | 4 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | Party | Sinn Féin (Official) | Donegal Progressive Party | Independent | Seats won | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Map showing the area of Donegal County Council |
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An election to all 29 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 18 June 1974 as part of the Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[1]
Results by party
Party | Seats | 1st pref | FPv% |
| Fianna Fáil | 11 | 19,767 | 35.64% |
| Fine Gael | 10 | 19,085 | 34.41% |
| Independent Fianna Fáil | 4 | 6,143 | 11.07% |
| Sinn Féin (Official) | 1 | 2,178 | 3.93% |
| Donegal Progressive Party | 1 | 1,745 | 3.14% |
| Sinn Féin (Provisional) | 0 | 1,021 | 1.84% |
| Labour | 0 | 242 | 0.44% |
| Independent | 2 | 7,029 | 9.52% |
Total | 28 | 55,465 | 100.00% |
Results by local electoral area
Buncrana
Donegal
Donegal: 6 seats[3] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Fianna Fáil | Clement Coughlan* | 18.50% | 2,1621 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Melly* | 14.60% | 1,703 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Murrin* | 11.90% | 1,391 | 1,496 | 1,496 | 1,499 | 1,506 | 1,578 | 1,626 |
| Fianna Fáil | Sean McEniff* | 11.70% | 1,370 | 1,418 | 1,424 | 1,427 | 1,448 | 1,522 | 1,598 |
| Fine Gael | Francis Cunningham* | 11.1% | 1,294 | 1,308 | 1,314 | 1,317 | 1,339 | 1,351 | 1,374 |
| Fine Gael | Colm Gallagher* | 9.7% | 1,130 | 1,238 | 1,253 | 1,267 | 1,401 | 1,444 | 1,618 |
| Sinn Féin (Provisional) | Joe O'Neill | 8.8% | 1,021 | 1,053 | 1,058 | 1,062 | 1,064 | 1,103 | 1,284 |
| Independent | Frank Muldoon | 6.5% | 754 | 820 | 821 | 826 | 866 | 954 | — |
| Independent | Fredrick Scott | 3.6% | 417 | 436 | 438 | 444 | — | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon Timoney | 3.1% | 366 | 463 | 464 | 473 | 501 | — | |
| Independent | Thomas McCormack | 0.5% | 57 | 63 | 63 | — | | | |
Electorate: 15,408 Valid: 11,665 (98.85%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,842 Turnout: 11,800 (76.58%) |
Glenties
Glenties: 6 seats[4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Delap* | 21.2% | 2,294 | | | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin (Official) | Seamus Rogers* | 14.6% | 1,580 | | | | | | | |
| Independent Fianna Fáil | John Kelly* | 11.2% | 1,209 | 1,281 | 1,287 | 1,292 | 1,323 | 1,342 | 1,348 | 1,372 |
| Fine Gael | John Gorman* | 9.0% | 971 | 996 | 1,004 | 1,005 | 1,222 | 1,228 | 1,248 | 1,255 |
| Fine Gael | Donal Whelan | 8.2% | 883 | 886 | 966 | 1,146 | 1,176 | 1,181 | 1,188 | 1,188 |
| Fine Gael | James Doohan* | 8.1% | 873 | 904 | 913 | 915 | 1,208 | 1,216 | 1,219 | 1,220 |
| Fianna Fáil | Joseph Campbell* | 7.1% | 771 | 849 | 925 | 1,220 | 1,228 | 1,710 | | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Doherty | 6.4% | 689 | 831 | 840 | — | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Peter J. O'Keefe | 6.0% | 647 | 986 | 987 | 1,025 | 1,039 | — | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Gallagher | 5.5% | 598 | 652 | 742 | — | | | | |
| Independent | Anne Barton | 2.7% | 289 | 295 | — | | | | | |
Electorate: 16,603 Valid: 10,804 Quota: 1,544 |
Letterkenny
Milford
References
- ^ Donegal County Council (Amendment) Order 1974 (S.I. No. 51 of 1974). Signed on 28 February 1974. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Buncrana) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Donegal) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Glenties) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Letterkenny) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Milford) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
External links
- Irelandelection.com results for 1974 Donegal County Council elections
- Irishelectionliterature
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