1973 Antrim District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Antrim District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Antrim Borough Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Antrim District Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	9
Party2:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats2:	2
Party3:	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Seats3:	1
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	1

Elections to Antrim District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	9		7,038	49.4
	2		2,291	16.1
	1		2,079	14.6
	1		866	6.1
	1		748	5.3
	1		584	4.1
	0		343	2.4
	0		287	2.0
Totals	align=right	15		align=right	14,236	100.0	—

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Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|32.2|2|7.7|0|0.0|0|16.2|1|bgcolor="DDDDDD"|43.9|bgcolor="DDDDDD"|2|5|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|72.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|12.1|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|15.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|26.3|1|15.9|1|0.0|0|11.7|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|49.4|9|16.1|2|6.1|1|5.3|1|23.1|2|15|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Area C

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard

Notes and References

Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Antrim. 29 June 2021.