1960 Irish local government election
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
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
- ^ a b c d e f g "Donegal County Council 1955 to 2009" (XLSX). irishelectionliterature.com. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Buncrana) 1967 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Donegal) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Glenties) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Letterkenny) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Donegal County Council: (Milford) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
External links
- [1]irelandelection.com results for the 1960 Donegal County Council elections.
- Irishelectionliterature link for old election results, with the results for Donegal between 1955 and 2009 here.