1974 Donegal County Council election

1974 Donegal County Council election
18 June 1974
All 28 seats on Donegal County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent Fianna Fáil
Seats won 10 10 4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Donegal Progressive Party Independent
Seats won 1 1 2
Map showing the area of Donegal County Council
Council control before election

Fianna Fáil

 Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

An election to all 28 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 10 19,767 35.64%
Fine Gael 10 19,085 34.41%
Independent Fianna Fáil 4 6,143 11.07%
Sinn Féin 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

  • Sitting in italics

Buncrana

Buncrana: 6 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
Fine Gael Bertie Boggs* 21.7% 2,604  
Fianna Fáil Alex Diver* 10.3% 1,237  
Fianna Fáil Hugh Conaghan* 10.0% 1,204  
Independent Tony Gill* 9.5% 1,145  
Fianna Fáil Conal Doogan* 8.0% 963  
Fine Gael Sean McLaughlin 7.7% 927  
Independent Fianna Fáil Michael Deery* 7.6% 911  
Fine Gael Harry Gillen 7.0% 845  
Fianna Fáil Dermot McLaughlin 7.0% 836  
Fine Gael Patrick McLaughlin 5.7% 687  
Fine Gael Helen O'Sullivan 2.6% 317  
Independent Fianna Fáil Dermot Kelly 2.6% 314  
Electorate: 16,729   Valid: 11,990   Quota: 1,650  

Donegal

Donegal: 6 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Paddy Delap* 21.2% 2,294              
Sinn Féin 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

Letterkenny: 6 seats[5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
Fianna Fáil Paddy McGowan* 17.2% 2,292  
Fine Gael Paddy Harte TD* 15.1% 2,018  
Donegal Progressive Party Winston Patterson* 13.1% 1,745  
Fianna Fáil Bernard McGlinchey* 12.9% 1,729  
Fine Gael J.J. Reid* 6.5% 862  
Independent James Fields 5.9% 692  
Independent Fianna Fáil Charles O'Donnell* 5.5% 730  
Independent Fianna Fáil Patrick Friel 5.4% 726  
Independent Fianna Fáil Henry Patton 4.5% 601  
Sinn Féin Sean O'Donnell 4.5% 598  
Fine Gael Daniel Coyle 3.8% 513  
Fine Gael May McClintock 3.8% 508  
Labour Richard Duffy 1.8% 242  
Electorate: 18,770   Valid: 13 356   Quota: 1,909  

Milford

Milford: 4 seats[6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
Independent Fianna Fáil Harry Blaney* 19.4% 1,695  
Independent Noel McGinley* 14.7% 1,283  
Fine Gael Joachim Loughrey* 14.3% 1,254  
Fine Gael William McCafferty* 13.2% 1,152  
Fianna Fáil Ian McGarvey 7.8% 680  
Independent Fianna Fáil Hugh Boyle 6.5% 566  
Independent Joseph Gallagher 6.3% 547  
Independent Fianna Fáil Hugh Gallagher 3.8% 331  
Fianna Fáil Edward McGettigan 3.4% 298  
Fianna Fáil Dorothy Borland 3.2% 283  
Fine Gael Brendan McDaid 2.7% 234  
Independent Fianna Fáil John Grier 1.8% 157  
Fine Gael Manus Dennison 1.5% 134  
Fianna Fáil John Boyce 1.5% 133  
Electorate: 10,535   Valid: 8,747(98.38%)   Spoilt: 173   Quota: 1,732   Turnout: 8,891 (83.03%)  

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Donegal County Council: (Buncrana) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Donegal County Council: (Donegal) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Donegal County Council: (Glenties) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Donegal County Council: (Letterkenny) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Donegal County Council: (Milford) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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