1974 Donegal County Council election

1974 Irish local government election April 2021 April 2021 1974 Donegal County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1967 Donegal County Council election 1967 1979 Donegal County Council election 1979 All 28 seats on Donegal County Council 18 June 1974 Fianna Fáil 10 Fine Gael 10 Independent Fianna Fáil 4 Sinn Féin (Official) 1 Donegal Progressive Party 1 Independent politician (Ireland) 2 Donegal in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Donegal County Council Council control Council control after election Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil An election to all 28 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 18 June 1974 as part of the Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).Donegal County Council (Amendment) Order 1974 1974 si 51 6 September 2023 28 February 1974 Results by party PartySeats1st pref First preference votesFPv% First preference votes percentage Fianna Fáil1019,76735.64% Fine Gael1019,08534.41% Independent Fianna Fáil46,14311.07% Sinn Féin (Official)12,1783.93% Donegal Progressive Party11,7453.14% Sinn Féin (Provisional)01,0211.84%Labour Party (Ireland)02420.44% Independent politician (Ireland)27,0299.52%Total2855,465100.00% Results by local electoral area Sitting in italics Buncrana Buncrana: 6 seatsDonegal County Council: (Buncrana) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers https://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=168&constitid=282&electype=5 2023-08-31 irelandelection.com 2 Fine Gael Bertie Boggs* 2,604 21.7%   Fianna Fáil Alex Diver* 1,237 10.3%   Fianna Fáil Hugh Conaghan* 1,204 10.0%   Independent politician (Ireland) Tony Gill* 1,145 9.5%   Fianna Fáil Conal Doogan* 963 8.0%   Fine Gael Sean McLaughlin 927 7.7%   Independent Fianna Fáil Michael Deery* 911 7.6%   Fine Gael Harry Gillen 845 7.0%   Fianna Fáil Dermot McLaughlin 836 7.0%   Fine Gael Patrick McLaughlin 687 5.7%   Fine Gael Helen O'Sullivan 317 2.6%   Independent Fianna Fáil Dermot Kelly 314 2.6%   2 16,729 11,990 1,650 Donegal Donegal: 6 seatsDonegal County Council: (Donegal) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers https://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=168&constitid=132&electype=5 2023-08-31 irelandelection.com 7 Fianna Fáil Clement Coughlan* 2,1621 18.50%             Fine Gael Michael Melly* 1,703 14.60%             Fianna Fáil Brendan Murrin* 1,391 11.90% 1,496 1,496 1,499 1,506 1,578 1,626 Fianna Fáil Sean McEniff* 1,370 11.70% 1,418 1,424 1,427 1,448 1,522 1,598 Fine Gael Francis Cunningham* 1,294 11.1% 1,308 1,314 1,317 1,339 1,351 1,374 Fine Gael Colm Gallagher* 1,130 9.7% 1,238 1,253 1,267 1,401 1,444 1,618 "background-color: Sinn Féin; width: 3px;" Sinn Féin (Provisional) Joe O'Neill 1,021 8.8% 1,053 1,058 1,062 1,064 1,103 1,284 Independent politician (Ireland) Frank Muldoon 754 6.5% 820 821 826 866 954 — Independent politician (Ireland) Fredrick Scott 417 3.6% 436 438 444 —     Fianna Fáil Eamon Timoney 366 3.1% 463 464 473 501 —   Independent politician (Ireland) Thomas McCormack 57 0.5% 63 63 —       7 15,408 11,665 (98.85%) 135 1,842 11,800 (76.58%) Glenties Glenties: 6 seatsDonegal County Council: (Glenties) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=168&constitid=133&electype=5 2023-08-31 irelandelection.com 8 Fianna Fáil Paddy Delap* 2,294 21.2%               Sinn Féin (Official) Seamus Rogers* 1,580 14.6%               Independent Fianna Fáil John Kelly* 1,209 11.2% 1,281 1,287 1,292 1,323 1,342 1,348 1,372 Fine Gael John Gorman* 971 9.0% 996 1,004 1,005 1,222 1,228 1,248 1,255 Fine Gael Donal Whelan 883 8.2% 886 966 1,146 1,176 1,181 1,188 1,188 Fine Gael James Doohan* 873 8.1% 904 913 915 1,208 1,216 1,219 1,220 Fianna Fáil Joseph Campbell* 771 7.1% 849 925 1,220 1,228 1,710     Fine Gael Patrick Doherty 689 6.4% 831 840 —         Fianna Fáil Peter J. O'Keefe 647 6.0% 986 987 1,025 1,039 —     Fianna Fáil Seamus Gallagher 598 5.5% 652 742 —         Independent politician (Ireland) Anne Barton 289 2.7% 295 —           8 16,603 10,804 1,544 Letterkenny Letterkenny: 6 seatsDonegal County Council: (Letterkenny) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers https://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=168&constitid=135&electype=5 2023-08-31 irelandelection.com 2 Fianna Fáil Paddy McGowan* 2,292 17.2%   Fine Gael Paddy Harte TD* 2,018 15.1%   Donegal Progressive Party Winston Patterson* 1,745 13.1%   Fianna Fáil Bernard McGlinchey* 1,729 12.9%   Fine Gael J.J. Reid* 862 6.5%   Independent politician (Ireland) James Fields 692 5.9%   Independent Fianna Fáil Charles O'Donnell* 730 5.5%   Independent Fianna Fáil Patrick Friel 726 5.4%   Independent Fianna Fáil Henry Patton 601 4.5%   Sinn Féin (Official) Sean O'Donnell 598 4.5%   Fine Gael Daniel Coyle 513 3.8%   Fine Gael May McClintock 508 3.8%   Labour Party (Ireland) Richard Duffy 242 1.8%   2 18,770 13 356 1,909 Milford Milford: 4 seatsDonegal County Council: (Milford) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers https://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=168&constitid=135&constitbutton=Next&electype=5 2023-08-31 irelandelection.com 2 Independent Fianna Fáil Harry Blaney* 1,695 19.4%   Independent politician (Ireland) Noel McGinley* 1,283 14.7%   Fine Gael Joachim Loughrey* 1,254 14.3%   Fine Gael William McCafferty* 1,152 13.2%   Fianna Fáil Ian McGarvey 680 7.8%   Independent Fianna Fáil Hugh Boyle 566 6.5%   Independent politician (Ireland) Joseph Gallagher 547 6.3%   Independent Fianna Fáil Hugh Gallagher 331 3.8%   Fianna Fáil Edward McGettigan 298 3.4%   Fianna Fáil Dorothy Borland 283 3.2%   Fine Gael Brendan McDaid 234 2.7%   Independent Fianna Fáil John Grier 157 1.8%   Fine Gael Manus Dennison 134 1.5%   Fianna Fáil John Boyce 133 1.5%   2 10,535 8,747(98.38%) 173 1,732 8,891 (83.03%) References External links Irelandelection.com results for 1974 Donegal County Council elections Irishelectionliterature Donegal Category:Donegal County Council elections