1973 Omagh District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Omagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Omagh District Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 20 seats to Omagh District Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	6
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	4
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	3
Party4:	Independent Nationalist
Seats4:	3
Party5:	Independent Unionist
Seats5:	2
Party6:	Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)
Seats6:	1
Party7:	Independent Republican (Ireland)
Seats7:	1

Elections to Omagh 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	±%
	6		5,399	28.7
	4		3,279	17.4
	3		3,000	16.0
	3		2,298	12.2
	2		1,737	9.2
	1		934	5.0
	1		740	3.9
	United Loyalist Coalition	0		771	4.1
	0		397	2.1
	0		242	1.3
Totals	align=right	20		align=right	18,797	100.0	—

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Districts summary

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

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|27.7|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|31.7|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|7.1|0|0.0|0|33.5|2|5|-|align="left"|Area B|27.0|1|0.0|0|16.7|1|0.0|0|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|56.3|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|2|4|-|align="left"|Area C|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|25.9|2|15.0|1|15.0|1|10.4|0|7|-|align="left"|Area D|23.2|1|0.0|0|9.8|1|0.0|0|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|67.0|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|2|4|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|28.7|6|17.4|4|12.2|3|5.0|1|36.7|6|20|-|}

Districts results

Area A

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

Area B

1973: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist

Area C

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Nationalist, 1 x Alliance

Area D

1973: 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Republican

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Omagh. 16 August 2021.