1973 Northern Ireland local elections

Politics of Northern Ireland
Interim bodies
Northern Ireland Assembly (1973) Northern Ireland Executive (1974) Constitutional Convention (1975) Northern Ireland Assembly (1982) Northern Ireland Forum (1996)
Elections
1973 1975 1982 1996
Members
1973 1975 1982 1996
See also
Anglo-Irish Agreement New Ireland Forum 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections 1973 Northern Ireland border poll
Other countries
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1973 Northern Ireland local elections

30 May 1973 1977 →
All council seats
First party Second party Third party   Leader Brian Faulkner Gerry Fitt Oliver Napier Party UUP SDLP Alliance Seats won 194 82 63 Popular vote 255,187 92,600 94,474 Percentage 37.4% 13.4% 13.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader N/A N/A Ian Paisley Party Independent Ind. Unionist DUP Seats won 52 26 21 Popular vote 48,947 31,866 28,811 Percentage 7.0% 4.4% 4.1%
Colours denote the winning party with outright control
Colours denote the party with the most seats

Local government in Northern Ireland was reorganised in 1973 by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 and the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. The county councils, county borough and municipal borough corporations and urban and rural district councils were replaced by twenty-six local government districts.

Elections took place for all the seats on the district councils on 30 May 1973. Elections were by proportional representation, using the single transferable vote system. The district councils came into their powers on 1 October.^[1][2][3][4]