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1920 Sligo County Council election
← 1914 4 June 1920 1925 →
All 20 seats on Sligo County Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Sinn Féin Ind. 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.

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Sinn Féin 20 13,617 91.92
Ind. Nationalist 0 318 2.15
Sligo Ratepayers Association 0 388 2.62
Independent 0 491 3.31
Totals 20 14,814 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballymote

Ballinamore – 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 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
Ind. 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

Tubbercurry – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% 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   Quota:  

Dromore

Dromore – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 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
Ind. Nationalist Peter Cawley 129 138
Electorate: 5,302   Valid: 3,890 (73.37%)   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 779   Turnout: 3,996 (75.37%)  

Sligo

Sligo – 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 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".
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