1973 Magherafelt District Council election

Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

Election results PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% 65,52032.2 54,97829.1United Loyalist11,74910.2 11,5629.1 11,0836.3 18885.2 07884.6 03772.2 01861.1Totals1517,131100.0—

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | RC !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Vanguard !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.6 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |28.1 |1 |20.5 |1 |0.0 |0 |7.8 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Area B |24.0 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|35.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |0.0 |0 |19.2 |1 |20.9 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Area C |29.0 |2 |23.3 |2 |6.8 |0 |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="darkorange"|40.9 |bgcolor="darkorange"|1 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |32.2 |6 |29.1 |5 |9.1 |1 |6.3 |1 |23.3 |2 |15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs

Data missing from stages 9 and 10

Area B

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Vanguard, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Area C

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x United Loyalist

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