1960 Donegal County Council election

1960 Donegal County Council election
← 1955 30 June 1960 1967 →
All 28 seats on Donegal County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 13 8 1
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease2 New
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Ratepayers Independent
Seats won 1 5
Seat change New Increase1
Map showing the area of Donegal County Council
Council control before election

Fianna Fáil

 Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

An election to all 28 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 30 June 1960 as part of the Irish local elections.[1] 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).

Results by party

Party Seats 1st pref FPv%
Fianna Fáil 15 17,281 41.07%
Fine Gael 11 12,614 29.98%
Sinn Féin 1 1,741 4.14%
Ratepayers 1 826 1.96%
Labour 0 240 0.57%
Independent 5 9,376 22.28%
Total[1] 28 42,076 100.00%

Results by local electoral area

  • Sitting in italics

Buncrana

Buncrana: 6 seats[2][1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Liam Cunningham* 18.9% 1,499        
Fianna Fáil Alex Diver* 15.6% 1,238      
Fianna Fáil Michael Deery* 14.4% 1,142        
Fine Gael James McEleney* 10.5% 835 851 885 888 1,199
Fianna Fáil Robert Doherty 10.1% 801 909 927 996 1,030
Fine Gael James J. McGettigan 9.5% 749 757 766 790 —
Fine Gael James Deeney* 8.7% 692 726 902 907 941
Fianna Fáil Sean McLaughlin* 7.2% 574 762 837 841 860
Independent Alfred Bateman 4.9% 389 409 —    
Electorate: 15,558   Valid: 7,927   Quota: 1,133   Turnout: 8,027  

Donegal

Donegal: 6 seats[3][1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fine Gael Christy Gallagher 10.0% 1,004 1,009 1,012 1,017 1,084 1,101 1,110 1,116 1,247 1,328
Fine Gael Michael Melly* 8.9% 889 909 932 1,019 1,021 1,027 1,051 1,136 1,147 '1,328
Fianna Fáil Frank Muldoon* 8.8% 882 890 911 915 927 935 974 1,211 1,225 1,281 1,392
Independent Brian McRory 8.5% 848 857 858 860 879 892 1,064 1,067 1,090 1,106 1,156
Fianna Fáil Michael O'Donnell 8.3% 831 833 839 842 842 895 919 946 1,033 1,046 1,387
Ratepayers Robert Anderson* 8.2% 826 831 835 842 980 983 995 1,006 1,008 1,039 1,052
Fianna Fáil James Callaghan 8.0% 798 798 798 799 801 819 844 857 885 897 —
Independent Joseph Doherty 7.0% 704 711 729 778 779 782 802 842 842 —  
Fine Gael Seamus McShane 6.3% 627 631 634 636 642 672 695 702 918 923 1,022
Sinn Féin Eamonn Monaghan 4.7% 469 477 478 482 488 501 —        
Fine Gael Patrick Cunningham* 4.4% 441 445 446 447 449 674 699 699 —    
Fianna Fáil Alex McKeaney 4.4% 440 446 549 574 579 582 582 —      
Fine Gael Hugh Gallagher 4.2% 425 428 432 432 444 —          
Independent Albert Ellis 3.1% 311 312 312 312 —            
Independent Edward Doherty 2.2% 218 220 239 —              
Fianna Fáil Anthony King 2.1% 214 220 —                
Independent Bernard Mangan 1.1% 112 —                  
Valid: 10,039   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,435   Turnout: 10,169  

Glenties

Glenties: 6 seats[4][1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael Patrick O'Donnell* 19.1% 1,490      
Fianna Fáil Louis Walsh* 17.8% 1,393      
Fianna Fáil Cormac Breslin* 15.4% 1,202      
Fine Gael Charles Greene* 14.4% 1,126      
Sinn Féin Seamus Rogers 12.3% 961 1,082 1,103 1,118
Fianna Fáil Sean O'Cinneide* 10.3% 803 871 878 1,105
Fine Gael Charles McDyre 9.3% 727 902 915 949
Independent Patrick A. McCarthy 8.7% 116 125 —  
Valid: 7,818   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,117   Turnout: 7,902  

Letterkenny

Letterkenny: 6 seats[5][1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent William Buchanan* 16.7% 1,899                  
Fine Gael Paddy Harte TD 11.0% 1,249 1,251 1,254 1,260 1,342 1,353 1,440 1,690    
Independent Peter Dunnion* 10.2% 1,166 1,168 1,178 1,196 1,231 1,235 1,290 1,358 1,362 1,495
Fianna Fáil Paddy McGowan 8.9% 1,019 1,022 1,028 1,034 1,101 1,133 1,169 1,209 1,211 1,243
Fianna Fáil Bernard McGlinchey 8.1% 924 924 951 981 1,161 1,311 1,347 1,394 1,395 1,528
Independent Samuel Patterson* 7.7% 880 1,117 1,132 1,137 1,142 1,205 1,220 1,248 1,250 1,290
Independent Charles O'Donnell* 6.5% 741 742 779 811 824 895 948 967 967 —
Fine Gael Hugh McKendrick* 6.2% 710 711 759 811 824 895 948 967 1,012 1,226
Fine Gael John F. Hunter* 6.0% 684 694 697 709 722 725 790 —    
Fianna Fáil John J. Sheridan 4.9% 555 560 569 576 596 —        
Ind. Republican Frank Morris 4.9% 554 556 572 626 644 648 —      
Fianna Fáil Charles Doherty 4.2% 475 478 481 511 —          
Sinn Féin Patrick J. Dawson 2.7% 311 314 332 —            
Labour John Nugent 2.1% 240 240 —              
Valid: 11,407   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 1,630   Turnout: 11,551  

Milford

Milford: 4 seats[6][1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Harry Blaney* 31.4% 1,533          
Independent Samuel Baxter* 17.1% 834 863 867 893 917 1,006
Fine Gael Patrick Kelly* 13.3% 650 680 687 740 911 976
Fianna Fáil John Harkin* 11.8% 577 747 749 765 813 871
Independent Charles Harley 7.7% 378 394 411 422 443 —
Fianna Fáil Michael Byrne 7.6% 371 656 660 664 674 717
Fine Gael Maurice Ferry 6.5% 316 330 335 345 —  
Independent William McGrory 3.7% 181 188 191 —    
Independent Edward Helferly 0.9% 45 49 —      
Valid: 4,885   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 978   Turnout: 4,999  

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Donegal County Council 1955 to 2009" (XLSX). irishelectionliterature.com. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Buncrana) 1967 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Donegal) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Glenties) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Letterkenny) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Milford) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.