| Election Name: | 1949 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1947 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1947 |
| Next Election: | 1950 Sale Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1950 |
| Seats For Election: | 9 of 32 seats to Sale Municipal Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 27 |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seats After1: | 30 |
| Popular Vote1: | 10,663 |
| Percentage1: | 66.4% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 3 |
| Seats2: | 0 |
| Seats After2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,901 |
| Percentage2: | 24.3% |
Elections to Sale Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1949. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 10,663 (66.4%) | 0.2 | 9 (100.0%) | 3 | 30 (93.7%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 3,901 (24.3%) | 0.9 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 | 2 (6.3%) | |||||
| Residents | 898 (5.6%) | 2.7 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| Independent Conservative | 589 (3.7%) | 3.7 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| 2 | 30 |
| 1 | 7 |
| 1 | 23 |