1920 Sligo County Council election explained

Election Name:1920 Sligo County Council election
Country:United Kingdom
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:1914 Sligo County Council election
Previous Year:1914
Next Election:1925 Sligo County Council election
Next Year:1925
Seats For Election:All 20 seats on Sligo County Council
Majority Seats:11
Election Date:4 June 1920
Party1:Sinn Féin
Seats1:20
Party2:Independent Nationalist
Seats2:0
Map Size:300px
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
After Election:Sinn Féin

An election to Sligo County Council took place on 4 June 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from 5 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Sinn Féin won every seat for election, and also won a massive majority of the vote.[1]

Results by party

Partyvalign=topSeatsvalign=top±valign=topFirst Pref. votesvalign=topFPv%valign=top±%
2013,61791.92
03182.15
03882.62
04913.31
Totalsalign=right 20align=right 14,814100.00

Results by local electoral area

Sligo

Notes and References

  1. News: Irish Election Literature.