1973 Coleraine Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Coleraine Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Coleraine Borough Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 20 seats to Coleraine Borough Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	13
Party2:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats2:	3
Party3:	Independent (politician)
Seats3:	2
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	1
Party5:	Independent Unionist
Seats5:	1

Elections to Coleraine 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 20 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	13		12,451	57.2
	3		2,869	13.2
	2		2,677	12.3
	1		1,483	6.8
	1		1,121	5.1
	0		659	3.0
	Loyalist	0		325	1.5
	0		200	0.9
Totals	align=right	20		align=right	21,785	100.0	—

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Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|51.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|4.7|0|15.9|1|27.6|1|6|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|63.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|5|21.3|2|5.3|0|10.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="40BFF5"|56.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|13.1|1|0.0|0|30.8|2|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|57.2|13|13.2|3|6.8|1|22.8|3|20|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Area B

1973: 5 x UUP, 2 x Alliance

Area C

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance

Notes and References

Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Coleraine. 16 July 2021.