1920 Sligo County Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png)
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← 1914 | 4 June 1920 | 1925 → |
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All 20 seats on Sligo County Council 11 seats needed for a majority |
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| First party | Second party | | | | Party | Sinn Féin | Independent Nationalist | Seats won | 20 | 0 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Sligo_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Sligo_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Sligo County Council |
| Council control after election Sinn Féin | |
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.
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% | ±% |
| 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 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Ballymote
Ballinamore – 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 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
Tubbercurry – 4 seats 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 Quota: |
Dromore
Dromore – 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 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 Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 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%) |
References
- ^ "Irish Election Literature".
(1919 ←) ![United Kingdom](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) 1920 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1921) |
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