Sligo County Council election, 1920

Sligo County Council election, 1920

4 June 1920

All 20 seats to Sligo County Council 11 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   Party Sinn Féin Independent Nationalist Seats won 20 0

Map showing the area of Sligo County Council

Council control after election Sinn Féin

An election to Sligo County Council took place on 4 June 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from 5 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Sinn Féin won every seat for election, and also won a massive majority of the vote.^[1]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Sinn Féin	20		13,617	91.92
	Independent Nationalist	0		318	2.15
	Sligo Ratepayers Association	0		388	2.62
	Independent	0		491	3.31
Totals		20		14,814	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ballymote

Ballinamore - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Sinn Féin	Alex McCabe		1,056
	Sinn Féin	Bernard Conlon		1,040
	Sinn Féin	John J. McMorrow		944
	Sinn Féin	Thomas O'Donnell		868
	Sinn Féin	Michael Finn		322	439	684
	Sinn Féin	Michael Gray		316	523	607	841
	Independent Nationalist	Patrick McManamy		189	226	244	254
	Independent	James Wynne		26	30	32	38
	Independent	Patrick Gildea		15	23	31	42
Electorate: 9,285   Valid: 4,776 (51.44%)   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 683   Turnout: 4,921 (53.00%)

Tubbercurry

Carrickon-Shannon - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	Sinn Féin	John P. Brennan	Unopposed	Unopposed
	Sinn Féin	James Gilligan	Unopposed	Unopposed
	Sinn Féin	John Mullarkey	Unopposed	Unopposed
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Murricane	Unopposed	Unopposed
Electorate: 5,378   Valid:   Quota:   Turnout:

Dromore

Ballinamore - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2
	Sinn Féin	Michael J. Hanley		1,194
	Sinn Féin	John C. Clancy		914
	Sinn Féin	Dudley M. Hanley		818
	Sinn Féin	Daniel Kilcullen		687	1,086
	Independent	A. J. Crichton		148	155
	Independent Nationalist	Peter Cawley		129	138
Electorate: 5,302   Valid: 3,890 (73.37%)   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 779   Turnout: 3,996 (75.37%)

Sligo

Ballinamore - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Sinn Féin	John Hennigan		1,256
	Sinn Féin	Patrick J. Rooney		957
	Sinn Féin	John Lynch		957
	Sinn Féin	Denis Leonard		876	Elected
	Sinn Féin	Laurence McHugh		707				Elected
	Sinn Féin	James McGowan		705			Elected
	Independent	John Jinks		302
	Sligo Ratepayers Association	Percy Kerr		186
	Sligo Ratepayers Association	Henry Wood-Martin		126
	Sligo Ratepayers Association	Patrick Jordan		76
Electorate: 8,077   Valid: 6,148 (76.12%)   Spoilt: 203   Quota: 879   Turnout: 6,351 (78.63%)

References

1. "Irish Election Literature".