1974 Donegal County Council election

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1974 Donegal County Council election
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  1967 18 June 1974 1979  

All 28 seats on Donegal County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent Fianna Fáil
Seats won10104

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin (Official) Donegal Progressive Party Independent
Seats won112

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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]

Contents

Results by party

PartySeats1st prefFPv%
Fianna Fáil 1019,76735.64%
Fine Gael 1019,08534.41%
Independent Fianna Fáil 46,14311.07%
Sinn Féin (Official) 12,1783.93%
Donegal Progressive Party 11,7453.14%
Sinn Féin (Provisional) 01,0211.84%
Labour 02420.44%
Independent 27,0299.52%
Total2855,465100.00%

Results by local electoral area

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 McLaughlin7.7%927 
Independent Fianna Fáil Michael Deery*7.6%911 
Fine Gael Harry Gillen7.0%845 
Fianna Fáil Dermot McLaughlin7.0%836 
Fine Gael Patrick McLaughlin5.7%687 
Fine Gael Helen O'Sullivan2.6%317 
Independent Fianna Fáil Dermot Kelly2.6%314 
Electorate: 16,729  Valid: 11,990  Quota: 1,650  

    Donegal

    Donegal: 6 seats [3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Fianna Fáil Clement Coughlan *18.50%2,1621      
    Fine Gael Michael Melly*14.60%1,703      
    Fianna Fáil Brendan Murrin*11.90%1,3911,496 1,496 1,499 1,506 1,578 1,626
    Fianna Fáil Sean McEniff *11.70%1,3701,418 1,424 1,427 1,448 1,522 1,598
    Fine Gael Francis Cunningham*11.1%1,2941,308 1,314 1,317 1,339 1,351 1,374
    Fine Gael Colm Gallagher*9.7%1,1301,238 1,253 1,267 1,401 1,444 1,618
    Sinn Féin (Provisional) Joe O'Neill8.8%1,0211,053 1,058 1,062 1,064 1,103 1,284
    Independent Frank Muldoon6.5%754820 821 826 866 954
    Independent Fredrick Scott3.6%417436 438 444   
    Fianna Fáil Eamon Timoney3.1%366463 464 473 501  
    Independent Thomas McCormack0.5%5763 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
      12345678
      Fianna Fáil Paddy Delap*21.2%2,294       
      Sinn Féin (Official) Seamus Rogers*14.6%1,580       
      Independent Fianna Fáil John Kelly*11.2%1,2091,281 1,287 1,292 1,323 1,342 1,348 1,372
      Fine Gael John Gorman*9.0%971996 1,004 1,005 1,222 1,228 1,248 1,255
      Fine Gael Donal Whelan8.2%883886 966 1,146 1,176 1,181 1,188 1,188
      Fine Gael James Doohan*8.1%873904 913 915 1,208 1,216 1,219 1,220
      Fianna Fáil Joseph Campbell*7.1%771849 925 1,220 1,228 1,710  
      Fine Gael Patrick Doherty6.4%689831 840     
      Fianna Fáil Peter J. O'Keefe6.0%647986 987 1,025 1,039   
      Fianna Fáil Seamus Gallagher5.5%598652 742     
      Independent Anne Barton2.7%289295      
      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 Fields5.9%692 
        Independent Fianna Fáil Charles O'Donnell*5.5%730 
        Independent Fianna Fáil Patrick Friel5.4%726 
        Independent Fianna Fáil Henry Patton4.5%601 
        Sinn Féin (Official) Sean O'Donnell4.5%598 
        Fine Gael Daniel Coyle3.8%513 
        Fine Gael May McClintock3.8%508 
        Labour Richard Duffy1.8%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 McGarvey7.8%680 
          Independent Fianna Fáil Hugh Boyle6.5%566 
          Independent Joseph Gallagher6.3%547 
          Independent Fianna Fáil Hugh Gallagher3.8%331 
          Fianna Fáil Edward McGettigan3.4%298 
          Fianna Fáil Dorothy Borland3.2%283 
          Fine Gael Brendan McDaid2.7%234 
          Independent Fianna Fáil John Grier1.8%157 
          Fine Gael Manus Dennison1.5%134 
          Fianna Fáil John Boyce1.5%133 
          Electorate: 10,535  Valid: 8,747(98.38%)  Spoilt: 173  Quota: 1,732  Turnout: 8,891 (83.03%)  

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            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.
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