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All councillors across the Irish Free State | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1934 Irish local elections were held in most of the counties, cities and towns of Ireland in 1934. Excepted were some in Dublin city and county, which had held elections in June 1933. The election was the first test for Fine Gael, which had been formed in September 1933. Fianna Fáil won majorities in fifteen councils while Fine Gael won majorities in eight. [1]
Party | Seats | ± | First pref. votes | % FPV | ±% | |
Fianna Fáil | 728 | |||||
Fine Gael | 596 | |||||
Labour | 185 | |||||
Independent, Sinn Féin and others | 371 | |||||
Total | 1,880 | 100 | — |
Authority | FF | FG | Lab | Ind | Other | Total | Result | Details | ||||||
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Kildare | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 [2] | No overall control | Details | ||||||
Sligo | 9 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 [3] | Fine Gael | |||||||
Sligo Corporation | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 24 [4] | No overall control | |||||||
Totals |
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