Nationwide local authority elections
1974 Irish local elections![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png)
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← 1967 | 18 June 1974 | 1979 → |
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The 1974 Irish local elections were held in counties, cities and towns of Ireland to elect the councils of all local authorities in the country on Tuesday, 18 June 1974.[1]
Results
Total seats
Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv%[2] | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | 352 | 91 | 494,926 | 39.8 | +0.3 |
| Fine Gael | 280 | 49 | 417,854 | 33.6 | −0.1 |
| Labour | 79 | 20 | 158,444 | 12.8 | −1.2 |
| Sinn Féin (Provisional) | 7 | New | 22,543 | 1.8 | New |
| Sinn Féin (Official) | 6 | New | 16,623 | 1.3 | New |
| Independent Fianna Fáil | 4 | New | 7240 | 0.6 | New |
| Protestant Association | 2 | 1 | 2,313 | 0.2 | −0.1 |
| Clann na Poblachta [a] | 1 | 1 | 1,082 | 0.1 | −0.2 |
| Independent | 74 | 30 | 118,242 | 9.5 | +1.1 |
Total | | | 1,421,494 | 100.0 | — |
County councils
County borough corporations
Borough corporations
Authority | | FF | | FG | | Lab | | SF (P) | | SF (O) | | Other | Total |
Dún Laoghaire Corporation | 2 | 8 | 5 | | | | 15 |
Galway Corporation | 4 | 1 | 2 | | | 5 | 12 |
Kilkenny Corporation | 3 | 3 | 4 | | | 2 | 12 |
Sligo Corporation | 3 | 3 | 1 | | | 5 | 12 |
Wexford Corporation | 3 | 2 | 4 | | | 3 | 12 |
- ^ "Clann na Poblachta" officially dissolved in 1965; however, local election candidates continued to use the name of the party until the 1974 local elections.
- ^ The Donegal non-party councillors were members of Independent Fianna Fáil.
- ^ The non-party Monaghan councillors were nominated by the Protestant Association.
- ^ Six of the seven non-party members of Dublin Corporation were elected as Community candidates, including Seán Dublin Bay Loftus and Carmencita Hederman.
References
- ^ "Local government election results". The Irish Times. 22 June 1974. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "1974 Local Election". Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- Carlow
- Cavan
- Clare
- Cork City
- Cork County
- Donegal
- Dublin City
- Dublin County
- Galway
- Kerry
- Kildare
- Kilkenny
- Laois
- Leitrim
- Limerick City
- Limerick County
- Longford
- Louth
- Mayo
- Meath
- Monaghan
- Offaly
- Roscommon
- Sligo
- North Tipperary
- South Tipperary
- Waterford City
- Waterford County
- Westmeath
- Wexford
- Wicklow
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