1920 Leitrim County Council election

1920 Leitrim County Council election
← 1914 31 May 1920 1925 →
All 19 seats on Leitrim County Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Sinn Féin Ind. Nationalist
Seats won 19 0
Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council
Council control after election

Sinn Féin

An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 31 May 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 19 councillors were elected from 5 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Sinn Féin won every seat for election. The large majority of seats were uncontested, although in Manorhamilton, where seats were contested, Sinn Féin won a massive majority of the votes and as such still secured every seat.[1]

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Sinn Féin 19 +19 3,438 91.97
Ind. Nationalist 0 300 8.03
Totals 19 3,738 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballinamore

Ballinamore - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Sinn Féin Eugene Deane Unopposed Unopposed
Sinn Féin Malachy Fanning Unopposed Unopposed
Sinn Féin Francis Maguire Unopposed Unopposed
Valid: 6,832 (71.31%)   Quota:   Turnout: 6,891 (71.92%)  

Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Sinn Féin Michael Beirne Unopposed Unopposed
Sinn Féin John Costello Unopposed Unopposed
Sinn Féin Francis Dolan Unopposed Unopposed
Sinn Féin Andrew Mooney Unopposed Unopposed
Sinn Féin Con Reynolds Unopposed Unopposed
Valid: 6,832 (71.31%)   Quota:   Turnout: 6,891 (71.92%)  

Carrigallen

Carrigallen - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Sinn Féin John Harte Unopposed Unopposed
Sinn Féin William Murphy Unopposed Unopposed
Sinn Féin James O'Rourke Unopposed Unopposed
Valid: 6,832 (71.31%)   Quota:   Turnout: 6,891 (71.92%)  

Dromahair

Dromahair - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Sinn Féin John Dolan Unopposed Unopposed
Sinn Féin Michael Fox Unopposed Unopposed
Sinn Féin Peter Keany Unopposed Unopposed
Sinn Féin Hugh McPartland Unopposed Unopposed
Valid: 6,832 (71.31%)   Quota:   Turnout: 6,891 (71.92%)  

Manorhamilton

Manorhamilton - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Sinn Féin Patrick Fergus 1,490    
Sinn Féin Patrick McDermott 943    
Sinn Féin Francis Fox 555 1,094  
Sinn Féin Thomas Gilgunn 450 632 820
Ind. Nationalist Bernard Connolly 218 234 238
Ind. Nationalist Thomas McGovern 82 89 92
Quota: 748   Turnout: 3,738 (?%)  

References

  1. ^ "Irish Election Literature".