1973 Strabane District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Strabane District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Strabane District Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Strabane District Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	6
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	4
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	2
Party4:	Independent Nationalist
Seats4:	2
Party5:	United Loyalist Coalition
Seats5:	1

Elections to Strabane District 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	6		7,120	38.9
	4		4,789	26.2
	2		2,025	11.1
	2		1,757	9.6
	United Loyalist Coalition	1		1,048	5.7
	0		709	3.9
	0		459	2.5
	0		91	0.5
Totals	align=right	15		align=right	18,298	100.0	—

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Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|57.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|22.5|1|5.6|0|14.8|1|5|-|align="left"|Area B|bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|27.6|1|11.8|1|23.9|1|5|-|align="left"|Area C|20.6|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|34.2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|11.7|1|33.5|1|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|38.9|6|26.2|4|9.6|2|25.3|3|15|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Area B

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Loyalist Coalition

Area C

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

Data missing from stages 9 to 11

Notes and References

Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Strabane. 13 August 2021.