1920 Leitrim County Council election
31 May 1920
All 19 seats on Leitrim County Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent 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
Independent Nationalist 0 300 8.03
Totals 19 3,738 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballinamore

Ballinamore - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%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
    PartyCandidateFPv%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
      PartyCandidateFPv%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
        PartyCandidateFPv%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
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123
          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
          Independent Nationalist Bernard Connolly 218 234 238
          Independent Nationalist Thomas McGovern 82 89 92
          Valid:   Quota: 748   Turnout: 3,738 (?%)  

            References

            1. ↑ "Irish Election Literature".
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