1973 Ballymena Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Ballymena Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Ballymena Borough Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 21 seats to Ballymena Borough Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	9
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Party3:	Independent Unionist
Seats3:	3
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Seats4:	2
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	1
Party6:	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Seats6:	1

Elections to Ballymena Borough 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 21 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	9		8,688	37.9%
	5		5,607	37.9%
	3		2,142	9.3%
	2		3,324	14.5%
	1		1,469	6.4%
	1		1,276	5.6%
	0		438	1.9%
Totals	align=right	21		align=right	22,944	100.0%	—

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Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|13.6|1|2.3|0|0.0|0|38.8|1|4|-|align="left"|Area B|16.0|1|39.1|2|5.3|0|0.0|0|bgcolor="DDDDDD"|39.6|bgcolor="DDDDDD"|3|6|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="40BFF5"|40.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|18.4|1|4.5|0|22.4|1|13.8|0|5|-|align="left"|Area D|bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|22.8|1|11.7|1|0.0|0|14.7|1|6|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|37.9|9|24.2|5|6.4|1|5.6|1|25.9|5|21|-|}

Districts results

Area A

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

Area B

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

Area C

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

Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Data missing from stage 9

Notes and References

Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Ballymena. 9 July 2021.