1920 Kildare County Council election

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1920 Kildare County Council election
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  1914 23 June 1925 1925  

All 20 seats to Kildare County Council
11 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Sinn Féin Labour Independent
Seats won1451

Council control after election

Sinn Féin

The 1920 Kildare County Council election was held on Friday, 4 June 1920.

Contents

Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Sinn Féin 144,63753.96
Labour 52,40527.99
Independent 11,55118.05
Totals208,593100.00

Results by local electoral area

Athy

Athy - 4 seats [1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Labour C. J. Supple504
Sinn Féin W. Mahon312
Sinn Féin Patrick Dooley205
Sinn Féin George Harbourne177
Independent James Flynn125
Labour M. Tomlinson120
Sinn Féin W. Murray*115
Sinn Féin J. J. Kehoe103
Independent R. Wright*94
Independent John Conlan*84
Independent Thomas Hickey*23
Electorate: 4,093  Valid: 1,862  Spoilt: 114  Quota: 373  Turnout: 1,976  

    Kildare

    Kildare - 5 seats [1]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Sinn Féin E. Moran547
    Sinn Féin Nicholas Hanagan415
    Labour James Cregan368
    Labour Arthur Murphy290
    Independent Chas. Bergin*249
    Sinn Féin Francis Doran224
    Labour Chr. Kenny211
    Independent James Sunderland*91
    Electorate: 4,321  Valid: 2,395  Spoilt: 145  Quota: 400  Turnout: 2,540  

      Naas

      Naas - 5 seats [1]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Sinn Féin Daniel Buckley 754
      Sinn Féin James O'Connor396486
      Sinn Féin T. Harris 360542
      Independent M. Fitzsimons301312 313
      Sinn Féin John Lawler210215 228
      Sinn Féin Nicholas Travers198220 248
      Sinn Féin Mark Carroll170206 207
      Labour J. J. J. Flanagan147155
      Independent E. Farrell5062
      Independent T. Lacy5052 53 (eliminated)
      Electorate: 4,741  Valid: Spoilt: 140  Quota: 440  Turnout: 2,776  

        Newbridge

        Newbridge - 4 seats [1]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Labour Michael Smyth508
        Sinn Féin Thomas Doran313329 337 347 347 454
        Sinn Féin J. Fitzgerald293305 310 340 343 370
        Labour Hugh Colohan 257361 363 376
        Independent Henry C. Fay*152155 168 196-elim
        Independent George Wolfe*137138 159 196 197 221
        Independent P. J. Doyle*123126 141-elim
        Independent Joseph O'Connor*7275-elim
        Electorate: 3,626  Valid: 1,700  Spoilt: 157  Quota: 372  Turnout: 1,857  

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