1973 Banbridge District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Banbridge District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Banbridge District Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Banbridge District Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	11
Party2:	Independent Nationalist
Seats2:	2
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	1
Party4:	Independent Unionist
Seats4:	1

Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used two 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	±%
	11		9,622	65.0
	2		1,353	9.1
	1		1,183	8.0
	1		283	1.9
	0		1,336	9.0
	0		850	5.7
	0		170	1.1
Totals	align=right	15		align=right	14,797	100.0	—

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Districts summary

^[1] |- class="unsortable" align="centre"!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|Total
Cllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|57.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|0.0|0|42.7|3|7|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|72.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|7|15.4|1|12.4|0|8|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|65.0|11|8.0|1|27.0|3|15|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist

Area B

1973: 7 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Banbridge. 22 June 2021.