2001 Omagh District Council election

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2001 Omagh District Council election
 1997 7 June 2001 (2001-06-07) 2005 

All 21 seats to Omagh District Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin SDLP UUP
Seats won 8 6 3
Seat change Increase 2 Steady 0 Decrease 1

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Independent Alliance
Seats won 2 2 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2 Decrease 1

  Seventh party
 
Party Labour Coalition
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Omagh District Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 21 councillors.

Omagh District Council Election Result 2001[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Sinn Féin 8 2 0 Increase2 38.1 40.4 10,771 Increase9.0
  SDLP 6 0 0 Steady0 28.6 22.0 5,848 Decrease1.2
  UUP 3 0 1 Decrease1 14.3 15.6 4,158 Decrease3.3
  DUP 2 0 1 Decrease1 9.5 13.5 3,592 Decrease1.1
  Independent 2 2 0 Increase2 9.5 7.7 2,054 Increase7.7
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.8 211 Decrease1.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

District results

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