1920 Sligo County Council election
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.
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All 20 seats to Sligo County Council 11 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||
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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% | ±% | |
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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% | — |
Results by Electoral Area
Ballymote
Ballinamore – 6 seats | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 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 | |||||
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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 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 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 | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 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%) |
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References
Preceded by 1914 Sligo County Council election |
Sligo County Council elections | Succeeded by 1925 Sligo County Council election |
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