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Local Government Elections (NI) Thursday 22 May 2014


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Local Government Elections (NI)
Thursday 22 May 2014

## DRAFT RESULTS ##

This page contains the DRAFT results of the District Council (local government) Elections held on 22 May 2014 .

See also:

Introduction

The Local Government elections on Thursday 22 May 2014 were held to choose 462 councillors for the new 11 District Councils in Northern Ireland. The new councils were to operate in 'shadow form' until they took on full powers and responsibilities on 1 April 2015. Voting in the election was by Proportional Representation (PR) using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system. A total of 905 candidates took part in the contest. The election took place on the same day as the election for the European Parliament.

Summary of Northern Ireland Results

Eligible Electorate: 1,243,649
Number of Votes Cast (Turnout / Poll): 638,332
Percentage Turnout / Poll:  51.33%
Number of Invalid / Spoilt Votes: 10,261
Number of Valid Votes Cast: 627,777? [figure needs to be checked]
Percentage Valid Votes Cast: %

Party First Preference Votes % Valid Poll

No. of Seats
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 144928 23.09 130
Sinn Féin (SF) 151137 24.07 105
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 101385 16.15 88
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) 85237 13.58 66
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) 41769 6.65 32
Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) 28310 4.51 13
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) 12753 2.03 4
Green Party 5515 0.88 4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 9311 1.48 3
NI21 11495 1.83 1
People Before Profit Alliance 1923 0.31 1
Conservative Party 2527 0.40 0
Eirigi 1756 0.28 0
Workers' Party (WP) 985 0.16 0
Fermanagh Against Fracking 555 0.09 0
Republican Network for Unity (RNU) 502 0.08 0
Community Partnership (Northern Ireland) 388 0.06 0
Socialist Party 272 0.04 0
British National Party (BNP) 174 0.03 0
Democracy First 173 0.03 0
Independent Candidates 26682 4.25 15
Total 627777 100.00 462

 

Details of distribution of seats on the 11 District Councils

Council DUP SF UUP SDLP APNI Others No.
Seats
Antrim and Newtownabbey              
Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon              
Belfast              
Causeway Coast and Glens              
Derry and Strabane              
Fermanagh and Omagh              
Lisburn and Castlereagh              
Mid and East Antrim              
Mid Ulster              
Newry, Mourne and
Down		              
North Down and Ards              
Total              

 

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