1973 Dungannon District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Dungannon District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Dungannon District Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 20 seats to Dungannon District Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	11
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	5
Party3:	Unity (Northern Ireland)
Seats3:	2
Party4:	Independent Republican (Ireland)
Seats4:	2

Elections to Dungannon District 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 20 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	11		11,422	50.2
	5		4,913	21.6
	2		2,297	10.1
	2		1,333	5.9
	0		1,348	5.9
	0		634	2.8
	0		413	1.8
	0		225	1.0
	0		179	0.8
Totals	align=right	20		align=right	22,764	100.0	—

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Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|19.8|2|22.3|1|5.1|0|5|-|align="left"|Area B|27.4|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|35.0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|7.2|0|30.4|2|5|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="40BFF5"|67.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|16.3|1|3.7|0|13.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Area D|bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|15.4|1|7.7|1|24.6|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|50.2|11|21.6|5|10.1|2|18.1|2|20|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity

Area B

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Republican, 1 x UUP

Area C

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

Area D

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity

Notes and References

Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Dungannon. 9 August 2021.