1973 Magherafelt District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1973.

Election Name:	1973 Magherafelt District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	1977 Magherafelt District Council election
Next Year:	1977
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Magherafelt District Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	6
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Party3:	Republican Clubs
Seats3:	1
Party4:	Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Seats4:	1
Party5:	United Loyalist
Seats5:	1
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	1

Elections to Magherafelt 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	6		5,520	32.2
	5		4,978	29.1
	United Loyalist	1		1,749	10.2
	1		1,562	9.1
	1		1,083	6.3
	1		888	5.2
	0		788	4.6
	0		377	2.2
	0		186	1.1
Totals	align=right	15		align=right	17,131	100.0	—

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Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Area A|bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.6|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|28.1|1|20.5|1|0.0|0|7.8|1|5|-|align="left"|Area B|24.0|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|0.0|0|19.2|1|20.9|1|5|-|align="left"|Area C|29.0|2|23.3|2|6.8|0|0.0|0|bgcolor="darkorange"|40.9|bgcolor="darkorange"|1|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|32.2|6|29.1|5|9.1|1|6.3|1|23.3|2|15|-|}

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs

Data missing from stages 9 and 10

Area B

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist

Notes and References

Web site: Local Government Elections 1973 - 1981: Magherafelt. 4 August 2021.