The 1974 Irish local elections were held in counties, cities and towns of Ireland to elect the councils of all local authorities in the country on Tuesday, 18 June 1974.[1]

1974 Irish local elections
8 June 1974
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jack Lynch Liam Cosgrave Brendan Corish
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Leader since 9 November 1966 21 April 1965 2 March 1960
Seats won 352 280 79
Seat change Increase 91 Increase 49 Increase 20
Popular vote 494,926 417,854 158,444
Percentage 39.8% 33.6% 12.8%
Swing Increase 0.3% Decrease 0.1% Decrease 1.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
IFF
Leader Ruairí Ó Brádaigh Tomás Mac Giolla Neil Blaney
Party Sinn Féin (Provisional) Sinn Féin (Official) Independent Fianna Fáil
Leader since October 1970 14 October 1962 1972
Seats won 7 6 4
Seat change New New New
Popular vote 22,543 16,623 7,240
Percentage 1.8% 1.3% 0.8%
Swing New New New

Results

Total seats

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv%[2] ±%
Fianna Fáil 352 Increase 91 494,926 39.8 +0.3
Fine Gael 280 Increase 49 417,854 33.6 −0.1
Labour 79 Increase 20 158,444 12.8 −1.2
Sinn Féin (Provisional) 7 New 22,543 1.8 New
Sinn Féin (Official) 6 New 16,623 1.3 New
Independent Fianna Fáil 4 New 7240 0.6 New
Protestant Association 2 Decrease 1 2,313 0.2 −0.1
Clann na Poblachta [lower-alpha 1] 1 Decrease 1 1,082 0.1 −0.2
Independent 74 Increase 30 118,242 9.5 +1.1
Total 1,421,494 100.0 —

County councils

Authority FF FG Lab SF (P) SF (O) Other Total
Carlow 9 7 3 2 21
Cavan 12 10 1 2 25
Clare 19 7 2 1 2 31
Cork County 20 17 6 1 2 46
Donegal 7 11 1 4 [lower-alpha 2] 23
Dublin 10 8 5 2 25
Galway County 16 9 1 2 3 31
Kerry 13 7 3 1 2 26
Kildare 10 7 3 1 21
Kilkenny 13 11 2 26
Laois 11 12 2 25
Leitrim 8 12 1 1 22
Limerick County 14 11 2 27
Longford 7 8 1 5 21
Louth 11 11 1 1 1 1 26
Mayo 17 11 3 31
Meath 14 8 5 2 29
Monaghan 7 8 1 2 [lower-alpha 3] 20
Offaly 8 9 2 1 20
Roscommon 12 12 2 26
Sligo 9 12 1 2 24
Tipperary North 8 6 3 3 20
Tipperary South 11 10 4 1 26
Waterford County 13 6 2 2 21
Westmeath 11 6 2 4 23
Wexford 9 6 3 1 2 21
Wicklow 9 6 3 2 20

County borough corporations

Authority FF FG Lab SF (P) SF (O) Other Total
Cork Corporation 16 11 2 2 31
Dublin Corporation 15 13 10 7 [lower-alpha 4] 45
Limerick Corporation 5 5 5 2 17
Waterford Corporation 6 3 2 1 3 15

Borough corporations

Authority FF FG Lab SF (P) SF (O) Other Total
Dún Laoghaire Corporation 2 8 5 15
Galway Corporation 4 1 2 5 12
Kilkenny Corporation 3 3 4 2 12
Sligo Corporation 3 3 1 5 12
Wexford Corporation 3 2 4 3 12

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Clann na Poblachta" officially dissolved in 1965; however, local election candidates continued to use the name of the party until the 1974 local elections.
  2. ↑ The Donegal non-party councillors were members of Independent Fianna Fáil.
  3. ↑ The non-party Monaghan councillors were nominated by the Protestant Association.
  4. ↑ Six of the seven non-party members of Dublin Corporation were elected as Community candidates, including Seán Dublin Bay Loftus and Carmencita Hederman.

References

  1. ↑ "Local government election results". The Irish Times. 22 June 1974. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "1974 Local Election". Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.


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