1973 Down District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Down District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Down District Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 20 seats to Down District Council
Majority Seats:	11
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	8
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	2
Party4:	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Seats4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1

Elections to Down District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	8		8,930	38.6%
	8		8,101	35.0%
	2		2,847	12.3%
	1		1,639	7.1%
	1		1,046	4.5%
	0		563	2.4%
Totals	align=right	20		align=right	23,126	100.0%	—

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Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="40BFF5"|53.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|19.8|1|11.5|1|12.8|1|2.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Area B|23.7|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|45.4|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|15.4|1|0.0|0|15.5|0|6|-|align="left"|Area C|36.3|3|bgcolor="#99FF66"|41.3|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|10.4|0|0.0|0|12.0|0|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|38.6|8|35.0|8|12.3|2|4.5|1|9.6|1|20|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Vanguard

Area B

1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

Area C

1973: 4 x SDLP, 3 x UUP

Notes and References

Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Down. 28 June 2021.