1973 Limavady District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Limavady Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Limavady District Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	United Unionist
Seats1:	8
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	4
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	2
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Seats4:	1

Elections to Limavady Borough 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	United Unionist	8		5,535	47.6%
	4		3,485	30.0%
	2		1,305	11.2%
	1		810	7.0%
	0		483	4.1%
Totals	align=right	15		align=right	11,618	100.0%	—

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Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|37.5|2|14.3|1|bgcolor="#0077FF"|48.2|bgcolor="#0077FF"|3|6|-|align="left"|Area B|32.8|2|1.7|0|bgcolor="#0077FF"|65.5|bgcolor="#0077FF"|3|5|-|align="left"|Area C|18.1|0|17.8|1|bgcolor="#0077FF"|64.1|bgcolor="#0077FF"|3|4|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|30.0|4|11.2|2|58.8|9|15|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

Area B

1973: 2 x United Unionist, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

Area C

1973: 3 x United Unionist, 1 x Alliance

Notes and References

Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Limavady. 18 July 2021.