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1920 Sligo County Council election
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%
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Results by 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
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
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 Valid: Quota: Turnout:
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
Independent 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 [ ]
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