See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.
Election Name: | 1973 Fermanagh District Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Next Election: | 1977 Fermanagh District Council election |
Next Year: | 1977 |
Seats For Election: | All 20 seats to Fermanagh District Council |
Majority Seats: | 11 |
Party1: | Ulster Unionist Party |
Seats1: | 8 |
Party2: | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
Seats2: | 4 |
Party3: | Unity (Northern Ireland) |
Seats3: | 4 |
Party4: | Independent Unionist |
Seats4: | 2 |
Party5: | Independent Nationalist |
Seats5: | 2 |
Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.
Party | valign=top | Seats | valign=top | ± | valign=top | First Pref. votes | valign=top | FPv% | valign=top | ±% |
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8 | 8,412 | 28.2 | ||||||||
4 | 7,212 | 24.3 | ||||||||
4 | 3,540 | 11.9 | ||||||||
2 | 3,504 | 11.7 | ||||||||
2 | 1,924 | 6.4 | ||||||||
0 | 2,285 | 7.7 | ||||||||
0 | 1,495 | 5.0 | ||||||||
0 | 1,482 | 5.0 | ||||||||
Totals | align=right | 20 | align=right | 29,854 | 100.0 | — |
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1973: 2 x Unity, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x Unity
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist