1973 Strabane District Council election

Elections to Strabane 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%±% 67,12038.9 44,78926.2 22,02511.1 21,7579.6United Loyalist Coalition11,0485.7 07093.9 04592.5 0910.5Totals1518,298100.0—

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |bgcolor="40BFF5"|57.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |22.5 |1 |5.6 |0 |14.8 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |27.6 |1 |11.8 |1 |23.9 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Area C |20.6 |1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|34.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |11.7 |1 |33.5 |1 |5 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |38.9 |6 |26.2 |4 |9.6 |2 |25.3 |3 |15

Districts results

Area A

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Area B

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

Area C

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

Data missing from stages 9 to 11

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