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1960 Donegal County Council election
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1960 Irish local government election
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1960 Donegal County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1955 Donegal County Council election 1955 1967 Donegal County Council election 1967 All 28 seats on Donegal County Council 30 June 1960 Fianna Fáil 13 Fine Gael 8 Sinn Féin 1 Ratepayers 1 Donegal in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Donegal County Council Council control Council control after election Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil 1 2 New New 5 1 Independent politician (Ireland)
An election to all 28 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 30 June 1960 as part of the Irish local elections.2011-10-28 Donegal County Council 1955 to 2009 https://irishelectionliterature.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/donecoc.xlsx 2024-07-28 irishelectionliterature.com XLSX 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).
Results by party
PartySeats1st pref First preference votesFPv% First preference votes percentage Fianna Fáil1317,28141.07% Fine Gael812,61429.98% Sinn Féin11,7414.14%Labour Party (Ireland)02400.57% Independent politician (Ireland)610,20224.16%Total2842,076100.00%
Results by local electoral area
Sitting in italics
Buncrana
Buncrana: 6 seatsDonegal County Council: (Buncrana) 1967 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers https://irelandelection.com/electiondetail.php?elecid=167&constitid=282&electype=5 2024-07-28 irelandelection.com 5
Fianna Fáil Liam Cunningham* 1,499 18.9%
Fianna Fáil Alex Diver* 1,238 15.6% count
Fianna Fáil Michael Deery* 1,142 14.4%
Fine Gael James McEleney* 835 10.5% 851 885 888 1,199
Fianna Fáil Robert Doherty 801 10.1% 909 927 996 1,030
Fine Gael James J. McGettigan 749 9.5% 757 766 790 —
Fine Gael James Deeney* 692 8.7% 726 902 907 941
Fianna Fáil Sean McLaughlin* 574 7.2% 762 837 841 860
Independent politician (Ireland) Alfred Bateman 389 4.9% 409 —
5 15,558 7,927 1,133 8,027
Donegal
Donegal: 6 seatsDonegal County Council: (Donegal) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=166&constitid=132&electype=5 2024-07-28 irelandelection.com 11
Fine Gael
Christy Gallagher
1,004
10.0%
1,009
1,012
1,017
1,084
1,101
1,110
1,116
1,247
1,328
Fine Gael
Michael Melly*
889
8.9%
909
932
1,019
1,021
1,027
1,051
1,136
1,147
'1,328
Fianna Fáil
Frank Muldoon*
882
8.8%
890
911
915
927
935
974
1,211
1,225
1,281
1,392
Independent politician (Ireland)
Brian McRory
848
8.5%
857
858
860
879
892
1,064
1,067
1,090
1,106
1,156
Fianna Fáil
Michael O'Donnell
831
8.3%
833
839
842
842
895
919
946
1,033
1,046
1,387
Independent politician (Ireland)
Robert Anderson*
826
8.2%
831
835
842
980
983
995
1,006
1,008
1,039
1,052
Fianna Fáil
James Callaghan
798
8.0%
798
798
799
801
819
844
857
885
897
—
Independent politician (Ireland)
Joseph Doherty
704
7.0%
711
729
778
779
782
802
842
842
—
Fine Gael
Seamus McShane
627
6.3%
631
634
636
642
672
695
702
918
923
1,022
Sinn Féin
Eamonn Monaghan
469
4.7%
477
478
482
488
501
—
Fine Gael
Patrick Cunningham*
441
4.4%
445
446
447
449
674
699
699
—
Fianna Fáil
Alex McKeaney
440
4.4%
446
549
574
579
582
582
—
Fine Gael
Hugh Gallagher
425
4.2%
428
432
432
444
—
Independent politician (Ireland)
Albert Ellis
311
3.1%
312
312
312
—
Independent politician (Ireland)
Edward Doherty
218
2.2%
220
239
—
Fianna Fáil
Anthony King
214
2.1%
220
—
Independent politician (Ireland)
Bernard Mangan
112
1.1%
—
11
10,039
130
1,435
10,169
Glenties
Glenties: 6 seatsDonegal County Council: (Glenties) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=166&constitid=133 2024-07-28 irelandelection.com
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Fine Gael
Patrick O'Donnell*
1,490
19.1%
Fianna Fáil
Louis Walsh*
1,393
17.8%
Fianna Fáil
Cormac Breslin*
1,202
15.4%
Fine Gael
Charles Greene*
1,126
14.4%
Sinn Féin
Seamus Rogers
961
12.3%
1,082
1,103
1,118
Fianna Fáil
Sean O'Cinneide*
803
10.3%
871
878
1,105
Fine Gael
Charles McDyre
727
9.3%
902
915
949
Independent politician (Ireland)
Patrick A. McCarthy
116
8.7%
125
—
4
7,818
84
1,117
7,902
Letterkenny
Letterkenny: 6 seatsDonegal County Council: (Letterkenny) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=166&constitid=135&electype=5 2024-07-28 irelandelection.com
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Independent politician (Ireland)
William Buchanan*
1,899
16.7%
Fine Gael
Paddy Harte TD
1,249
11.0%
1,251
1,254
1,260
1,342
1,353
1,440
1,690
Independent politician (Ireland)
Peter Dunnion*
1,166
10.2%
1,168
1,178
1,196
1,231
1,235
1,290
1,358
1,362
1,495
Fianna Fáil
Paddy McGowan
1,019
8.9%
1,022
1,028
1,034
1,101
1,133
1,169
1,209
1,211
1,243
Fianna Fáil
Bernard McGlinchey
924
8.1%
924
951
981
1,161
1,311
1,347
1,394
1,395
1,528
Independent politician (Ireland)
Samuel Patterson*
880
7.7%
1,117
1,132
1,137
1,142
1,205
1,220
1,248
1,250
1,290
Independent politician (Ireland)
Charles O'Donnell*
741
6.5%
742
779
811
824
895
948
967
967
—
Fine Gael
Hugh McKendrick*
710
6.2%
711
759
811
824
895
948
967
1,012
1,226
Fine Gael
John F. Hunter*
684
6.0%
694
697
709
722
725
790
—
Fianna Fáil
John J. Sheridan
555
4.9%
560
569
576
596
—
Independent Republican (Ireland)
Frank Morris
554
4.9%
556
572
626
644
648
—
Fianna Fáil
Charles Doherty
475
4.2%
478
481
511
—
Sinn Féin
Patrick J. Dawson
311
2.7%
314
332
—
Labour Party (Ireland)
John Nugent
240
2.1%
240
—
10
11,407
144
1,630
11,551
Milford
Milford: 4 seatsDonegal County Council: (Milford) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=166&constitid=281&electype=5 2024-07-28 irelandelection.com
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Fianna Fáil
Harry Blaney*
1,533
31.4%
Independent politician (Ireland)
Samuel Baxter*
834
17.1%
863
867
893
917
1,006
Fine Gael
Patrick Kelly*
650
13.3%
680
687
740
911
976
Fianna Fáil
John Harkin*
577
11.8%
747
749
765
813
871
Independent politician (Ireland)
Charles Harley
378
7.7%
394
411
422
443
—
Fianna Fáil
Michael Byrne
371
7.6%
656
660
664
674
717
Fine Gael
Maurice Ferry
316
6.5%
330
335
345
—
Independent politician (Ireland)
William McGrory
181
3.7%
188
191
—
Independent politician (Ireland)
Edward Helferly
45
0.9%
49
—
6
4,885
114
978
4,999
References
External links
irelandelection.com results for the 1960 Donegal County Council elections.
Irishelectionliterature link for old election results, with the results for Donegal between 1955 and 2009 here.
Category:Donegal County Council elections
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