1960 Irish local elections

Nationwide local authority elections January 2020 November 2021 November 2021 1960 Irish local elections Republic of Ireland parliamentary 1955 Irish local elections 1955 1967 Irish local elections 1967 23 – 30 June 1960 The 1960 Irish local elections were held from 23 to 30 June 1960 for the council seats in all counties, cities and towns of the Republic of Ireland.Department of Local Government 1963, p.221960 Local Elections http://electionsireland.org/results/local/1960local.cfm ElectionsIreland.org https://web.archive.org/web/20210301005720/https://electionsireland.org/results/local/1960local.cfm 1 March 2021 liveOld Local Election Results https://irishelectionliterature.com/others-project/old-local-election-results/ Irish Election Literature https://web.archive.org/web/20180528182206/https://irishelectionliterature.com/others-project/old-local-election-results/ 28 May 2018 October 28, 2011 live A total of 2,745 candidates stood for 1,454 seats. Summary Elections were uncontested in nine urban councils (the urban district councils of Monaghan, Castleblayney, and Westport, and the town commissioners of Ballybay, Ballyshannon, Belturbet, Boyle, Lismore and Mountmellick) and one local electoral area (LEA) of Monaghan County Council. Elsewhere, voter turnout was 54%, ranging from 29% for Dublin City Council to over 80% in Ballina, Cashel, Clonakilty and Kilkee. The county boroughs of Cork, Limerick, and Waterford each formed a single LEA with large numbers of seats and counts: respectively 21 and 63, 17 and 26, and 15 and 34.http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1941/act/5/enacted/en/print#sec3 Cork City Management (Amendment) Act, 1941 Irish Statute Book sections 2, 3 y 18 March 2016 25 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160325214932/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1941/act/5/enacted/en/print#sec3 live ; 1950 24 2 Increase of number of members of the Council Limerick City Management Act 1950 26 July 1950 12 April 2016 2 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170202012149/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1950/act/24/section/2/enacted/en/html live ; http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1939/act/25/enacted/en/print#sec4 Waterford City Management Act 1939 Irish Statute Book sections 4–6 y 18 March 2016 25 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160325202229/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1939/act/25/enacted/en/print#sec4 live A Carlow–Kilkenny by-election was held on 23 June, the same day as the local elections in the corresponding areas.Department of Local Government 1963, p.21 The Elections Act 1960 enabled the by-election and local elections to use the same administration, giving cost savings estimated at £1,400.Department of Local Government 1963, p.19; Elections Act 1960 1960 14 24 May 1960 3 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200103175056/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1960/act/14/enacted/en/index.html live ; Elections Bill, 1960—Second and Subsequent Stages https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1960-05-18/9/ Seanad Éireann (9th Seanad) Houses of the Oireachtas 3 January 2020 en-ie 18 May 1960 3 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200103175058/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1960-05-18/9/ live Details January 2020 1960 Cork Corporation election References Sources Department of Local Government Report 1960–61 1963 Stationery Office Dublin Citations See also Local government in the Republic of Ireland Local elections Irish local 1960 Irish local elections