1973 Armagh District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Armagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Armagh District Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 20 seats to Armagh District Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	11
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	5
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	2
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1

Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	11		10,405	45.4
	5		5,200	22.7
	2		2,601	11.3
	1		1,785	7.8
	1		1,130	4.9
	0		1,070	4.7
	0		583	2.5
	0		153	0.7
Totals	align=right	20		align=right	22,927	100.0	—

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Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|14.6|0|24.8|1|5.3|0|21.0|1|4|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|53.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|14.4|1|20.5|1|9.1|0|2.4|0|6|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|34.8|2|0.0|0|7.0|1|14.1|0|5|-|align="left"|Area D|bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|28.0|2|0.0|0|8.7|0|18.9|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|45.4|11|22.7|5|11.3|2|7.8|1|12.8|1|20|-|}

Districts results

Area A

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

Area B

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP

Notes and References

Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Banbridge. 26 June 2021.