1973 Irish presidential election

none November 2021 November 2021 1973 Irish presidential election Ireland presidential no 1966 Irish presidential election 1966 1974 Irish presidential election 1974 62.2% ( 3.1 pp) 1st preference 30 May 1973 Erskine Childers, 20 June 1938 (cropped).png Erskine H. Childers Fianna Fáil 635,867 (52.0%) Thomas O'Higgins, 1954 (cropped).png 120 120 160 0 0 Tom O'Higgins Fine Gael 587,771 (48.0%) President Éamon de Valera Fianna Fáil Erskine H. Childers Fianna Fáil The 1973 Irish presidential election was held on Wednesday, 30 May 1973. The outgoing president Éamon de Valera was ineligible for re-election after serving two terms in office. Former Tánaiste Erskine H. Childers, nominated by Fianna Fáil, was elected as president of Ireland, defeating Fine Gael deputy leader, Tom O'Higgins, who had come within 1% of defeating Éamon de Valera in the 1966 presidential election. Nomination process Under Article 12 of the Constitution of Ireland, a candidate for president could be nominated by: at least twenty of the 204 serving members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, or at least four of 31 councils of the administrative counties, including county boroughs. On 25 April, the Minister for Local Government made the order for the presidential election, with noon on 8 May as the date for nominations, and 30 May as the date of polling.Closing date for presidential nominations The Irish Times 26 April 1973 Campaign O'Higgins was approved as the Fine Gael candidate on 31 January.Childers may go for the presidency The Irish Times 5 April 1973 Childers was approved as the Fianna Fáil candidate on 6 April.Childers would expand the dimension of the presidency The Irish Times 7 April 1973 George Colley was director of elections for Childers.Colley made F.F. director for election The Irish Times 14 April 1973 O'Higgins was the early favourite to win, with odds of 1/2, against 6/4 for Childers.Irish Presidential Elections [ad for Terry Rogers bookmakers] The Irish Times 27 April 1973 Result Nominated by Erskine H. Childers Oireachtas: Fianna Fáil 635867 Fianna Fáil Tom O'Higgins Oireachtas: Fine Gael 587771 Fine Gael 6946 1977817 http://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/migrated-files/en/Publications/LocalGovernment/Voting/FileDownLoad%2C661%2Cen.pdf Presidential Elections 1938–2011 Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government 25 August 2018 28 20 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171220201718/http://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/migrated-files/en/Publications/LocalGovernment/Voting/FileDownLoad,661,en.pdf live Results by constituency ConstituencyChildersO'HigginsVotes%Votes%Carlow–Kilkenny23,23152.021,45848.0Cavan14,00151.113,39948.9Clare16,41261.410,33538.6Clare–South Galway14,47056.910,94643.1Cork City North-West15,58962.99,19637.1Cork City South-East15,91860.010,62540.0Cork Mid21,60353.219,01146.8Cork North-East20,88754.817,25345.2Cork South-West13,74547.615,10252.4Donegal North-East12,25356.89,32943.2Donegal–Leitrim14,32655.111,68944.9Dublin Central12,08147.413,38552.6Dublin County North18,62549.518,99350.5Dublin County South15,56148.416,58651.6Dublin North-Central14,01248.015,16252.0Dublin North-East16,61347.918,08152.1Dublin North-West12,10248.212,98151.8Dublin South-Central15,11749.515,39950.5Dublin South-East11,54049.711,69850.3Dublin South-West10,92446.412,64153.6Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown18,03747.919,65552.1Galway North-East12,00550.511,75649.5Galway West12,92055.310,45844.7Kerry North12,20652.511,03847.5Kerry South12,28052.611,07147.4Kildare15,68954.113,29145.9Laois–Offaly21,07850.420,74049.6Limerick East17,89751.416,95248.6Limerick West16,01355.612,77244.4Longford–Westmeath17,32451.916,05048.1Louth14,55655.711,57544.3Mayo East11,29048.212,14151.8Mayo West10,98348.711,55851.3Meath14,54253.712,53446.3Monaghan13,70652.812,26147.2Roscommon–Leitrim12,88447.714,12752.3Sligo–Leitrim12,83250.012,82950.0Tipperary North14,72353.612,74846.4Tipperary South20,00255.016,33945.0Waterford15,78554.613,11645.4Wexford16,27946.318,87853.7Wicklow13,82652.312,61347.7Total635,86752.0587,77148.0 References collapsed Category:1973 elections in the Republic of Ireland Presidential Category:Presidential elections in Ireland Category:May 1973 in Europe