1974 Donegal County Council election
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All 28 seats on Donegal County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map showing the area of Donegal County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election to all 28 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 18 June 1974 as part of the Irish local elections. Councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[1]
| Party | Seats | 1st pref | FPv% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 10 | 19,767 | 35.64% | |
| Fine Gael | 10 | 19,085 | 34.41% | |
| Independent Fianna Fáil | 4 | 6,143 | 11.07% | |
| Sinn Féin (Official) | 1 | 2,178 | 3.93% | |
| Donegal Progressive Party | 1 | 1,745 | 3.14% | |
| Sinn Féin (Provisional) | 0 | 1,021 | 1.84% | |
| Labour | 0 | 242 | 0.44% | |
| Independent | 2 | 7,029 | 9.52% | |
| Total | 28 | 55,465 | 100.00% | |