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Irish republican electoral results, Northern Ireland local elections

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1973 local elections

Held on Wednesday 30 May 1973, a total of 526 councillors had to be elected to the 26 new District Councils of Northern Ireland. Proportional representation was used for the first time in Northern Ireland since the 1920s, on the basis of single transferable vote. Results for Irish republican parties were:

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Vote statistics:

  • Total valid vote: 690,979
  • Percentage turnout: 68.1%
  • Total republican vote: 25,185
  • Total percentage of republican vote: 3.65%

    • Councillors elected to:

  • Republican Clubs - Armagh (1), Belfast (2), Cookstown (1), Londonderry (1), Magherafelt (1), Newry & Mourne (2)
  • Independent Republican - Dungannon (2), Omagh (1)

    • 1977 local elections

    Held on Wednesday 18 May 1977, a total of 526 councillors had to be elected to the 26 District Councils of Northern Ireland. As in 1973, proportiinal representation using the single transferable vote system was used. Results for republican parties were:

    Vote statistics:

  • Total valid vote: 556,707
  • Total republican vote: 14,277
  • Total percentage of republican vote: 2.56%

    • Councillors elected to:

  • Republican Clubs - Belfast (3), Craigavon (1), Magherafelt (1), Omagh (1)

    • 1981 local elections

    Held on Wednesday 20 May 1981, as before 526 councillors were to be elected to the 26 District Councils bia proportioinal representation.

    Vote statistics:

  • Total valid vote: 665,502
  • Turnout: 66.2%
  • Total republican vote: 41,572
  • Total percentage of republican vote: 6.25%

    • Councillors elected to:

  • Irish Independence Party - Antrim (1), Dungannon (1), Fermanagh (4), Limavady (1), Londonderry (4), Magherafelt (1), Newry & Mourne (4), Omagh (5)
  • Workers' Party of Ireland/Republican Clubs - Craigavon (2), Down (1)
  • Irish Republican Socialist Party - Belfast (2)

    • 1985 local elections

    Held on Wednesday 15 May 1985, the independent Boundary Commission increased the number of councillors from 526 to 566 for the 26 District Councils. This election would see Sinn Féin run for the first time, having won a by-election in Omagh 'Area D' in March 1983. Sinn Féin's vote would come at the expense of the Irish Independence Party's vote.

    Vote statistics:

  • Total valid vote: 639,622
  • Total republican vote: 94,136
  • Total percentage of republican vote: 14.72%

    • Councillors elected:

  • Sinn Féin - Antrim (1), Armagh (1), Ballymoney (1), Belfast (7), Cookstown (4), Craigavon (2), Down (2), Dungannon (4), Fermanagh (8), Limavady (2), Lisburn (2), Londonderry (5), Magherafelt (4), Moyle (2), Newry & Mourne (5), Omagh (6), Strabane (3)
  • Worker's Party of Ireland - Belfast (1), Craigavon (2), Down (1)
  • Irish Independence Party - Fermanagh (1), Londonderry (1), Newry & Mourne (1), Omagh (1)

    • References

    Irish republican electoral results, Northern Ireland local elections Wikipedia
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