1973 Craigavon Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Craigavon Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Craigavon Borough Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 25 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	10
Party2:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats2:	4
Party3:	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Seats3:	4
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Party5:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats5:	2
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	1
Party7:	Independent Unionist
Seats7:	1

Elections to Craigavon 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 25 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	10		11,589	36.9%
	4		5,014	16.0%
	4		5,014	16.0%
	3		3,647	11.6%
	2		2,092	6.7%
	1		821	2.6%
	1		621	2.0%
	0		1,879	6.0%
	0		363	1.2%
	0		384	1.2%
Totals	align=right	25		align=right	32,662	100.0%	—

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Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Vanguard!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|22.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|1|14.7|1|0.0|0|13.8|1|17.7|1|20.9|1|5|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|21.7|2|19.8|2|8.1|0|0.0|0|14.9|1|7|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|16.2|1|18.9|1|5.5|0|14.3|1|11.9|0|6|-|align="left"|Area D|bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|11.0|0|20.0|1|18.6|2|0.0|0|0.0|0|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|36.9|10|16.0|4|16.0|4|11.6|3|6.7|2|12.8|2|25|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Area B

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

Area C

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard

Area D

1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Vanguard

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Craigavon. 20 June 2021.