1973 Ballymoney District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	4
Party2:	Independent Unionist
Seats2:	4
Party3:	Independent (politician)
Seats3:	3
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	2
Party5:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats5:	1
Party6:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats6:	1
Party7:	Independent Nationalist
Seats7:	1

Elections to Ballymoney Borough 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	4		2,933	33.3%
	4		1,898	21.5%
	3		1,877	21.3%
	2		824	9.3%
	1		702	8.0%
	1		687	7.8%
	1		679	7.7%
Totals	align=right	16		align=right	8,815	100.0%	—

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Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|17.1|1|0.0|0|34.2|1|0.0|0|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|48.7|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2|4|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|19.3|2|0.0|0|3.9|0|40.9|3|8|-|align="left"|Area C|1.7|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|20.1|1|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|78.2|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|3|4|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|33.3|4|9.3|2|7.8|1|7.7|1|41.9|8|16|-|}

Districts results

Area A

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

Area B

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Area C

1973: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

Notes and References

Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Ballymoney. 11 July 2021.