Irish local elections, 1974

The 1974 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on 18 June 1974.^[1]

Results

Party		Seats	±
	Fianna Fáil	352	+19
	Fine Gael	288	+3
	Labour Party	79	-1
	Sinn Féin (Provisional)	7	New
	Sinn Féin (Official)	7	New
	Independent and others	69^[2]
Total		802	+23

County councils

Authority		FF		FG		Lab		PSF		OSF		Other	Total
Carlow	9		7		3						2		21
Cavan	12		10						1		2		25
Clare	19		7		2		1				2		31
Cork County	20		17		6				1		2		46
Donegal	7		11						1		4^[3]		23
Dublin	10		8		5						2		25
Galway County	16		9		1		2				3		31
Kerry	13		7		3				1		2		26
Kildare	10		7		3						1		21
Kilkenny	13		11		2								26
Laois	11		12		2								25
Leitrim	8		12				1				1		22
Limerick County	14		11		2								27
Longford	7		8				1				5		21
Louth	11		11		1		1		1		1		26
Mayo	17		11								3		31
Meath	14		8		5						2		29
Monaghan	7		8				1				2^[4]		20
Offaly	8		9		2						1		20
Roscommon	12		12								2		26
Sligo	9		12		1						2		24
Tipperary North	8		6		3						3		20
Tipperary South	11		10		4						1		26
Waterford County	13		6		2						2		21
Westmeath	11		6		2						4		23
Wexford	9		6		3				1		2		21
Wicklow	9		6		3						2		20

Large corporations

Authority		FF		FG		Lab	PSF		OSF		Other	Total
Cork Corporation	16		11		2					2		31
Dublin Corporation	15		13		10					7^[5]		45
Corporation of Dún Laoghaire	2		8		5							15
Limerick Corporation	5		5		5					2		17
Waterford Corporation	6		3		2			1		3		15

Small corporations

Authority		FF		FG		Lab	PSF	OSF		Other	Total
Galway Corporation	4		1		2				5		12
Kilkenny Corporation	3		3		4				2		12
Sligo Corporation	3		3		1				5		12
Wexford Corporation	3		2		4				3		12

References

↑ "Local government election results". The Irish Times. 22 June 1974. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
↑ 57 Independents, 6 Dublin Community councillors, 4 Independent Fianna Fáil and 2 Monaghan Protestant Association members.
↑ The Donegal non-party councillors were members of the Independent Fianna Fáil organisation.
↑ The non-party Monaghan councillors were nominated by the Protestant Association.
↑ Six of the seven non-party members of Dublin Corporation were elected as Community candidates, including Seán Dublin Bay Loftus and Carmencita Hederman.

Elections and referendums in the Republic of Ireland

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Referendums	1937 1959 1968 1972 (May) 1972 (Dec) 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1992 (Jun) 1992 (Nov) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 (Mar) 2002 (Oct) 2004 2008 2009 2011 2012 (May) 2012 (Nov) 2013 2015

See also: Elections in the Kingdom of Ireland Elections in Ireland as part of the UK Elections in Northern Ireland

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