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Local Government Election (NI)
19 May 1993
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Text: Martin Melaugh ... Research: Fionnuala
McKenna
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Local Government Election (NI)
19 May 1993
The following is a first draft (v1) of the results of the 1993
District Council (local government) elections held in Northern
Ireland on 19 May 1993.
Introduction
The elections on 19 May 1993 were held
to elect 582 councilors to the 26 District Councils of Northern
Ireland. The voting in this election was by means of 'proportional
representation'. The elections used the new boundaries which
resulted from a review by the Local Government Boundaries Commissionioner
during 1991 and 1992. In additional to some changes to the boundaries
of wards there was an increase in the number of wards by 16 from
566 to 582.
Summary of Results
Electorate:
Total valid vote: 629,106
Spoiled votes:
Percentage turnout: 56.6
| Party | First Preference Votes
| % Valid Poll |
| Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) | 184,608
| (29.4%) |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP)
| 138,619 | (22.0%)
|
| Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) | 108,863
| (17.3%) |
| Sinn Féin (SF) | 78,092
| (12.4%) |
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) |
47,649 | (7.6%)
|
| Loyalist / Unionist (Loy./U.) | 17,025
| (2.7%) |
| Conservative Party (Cons) | 9,437
| (1.5%) |
| Independent Nationalist (Ind. Nat.) | 1,762
| (0.3%) |
| N. Cusack, Labour (Lab) | 43,051
| (0.3%) |
| Others | 971
| (6.8%) |
| Total | 629,106
| |
Source: Flackes and Elliott (1980)
Details of distribution of seats on the 26 District Councils
| Council
| DUP
| Loy./U.
| UUP
| Cons.
| APNI
| DL.
| WP
| SDLP
| SF
| Ind. Nat.
| Others
|
| Antrim |
3
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Ards | 6
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Armagh |
2
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Ballymena |
9
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Ballymoney
| 6
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Banbridge |
2
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Belfast |
9
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| Carrickfergus
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Castlereagh
| 9
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Coleraine |
5
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Cookstown |
3
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Craigavon |
4
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Derry |
5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| Down | 3
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Dungannon |
3
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1
|
| Fermanagh |
2
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 3
|
| Larne |
4
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Limavady |
1
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Lisburn |
3
| 1
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
|
| Magherafelt
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| Moyle |
3
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
| Newry and Mourne
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 5
| 0
| 3
|
| Newtownabbey
| 5
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| North Down
| 3
| 3
| 6
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| Omagh |
3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 1
| 1
|
| Strabane |
3
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| 103
| 22
| 197
| 6
| 44
| 1
| 1
| 127
| 51
| 1
| 29
|
Source: Flackes and Elliott (1980)
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