1974 Irish local elections

The 1974 Irish local elections were held in counties, cities and towns of Ireland to elect the councils of all local authorities in the country on Tuesday, 18 June 1974.

1974 Irish local elections

8 June 1974

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Jack Lynch	Liam Cosgrave	Brendan Corish
Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour
Leader since	9 November 1966	21 April 1965	2 March 1960
Seats won	352	280	79
Seat change	91	49	20
Popular vote	494,926	417,854	158,444
Percentage	39.8%	33.6%	12.8%
Swing	0.3%	0.1%	1.2%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party
			IFF
Leader	Ruairí Ó Brádaigh	Tomás Mac Giolla	Neil Blaney
Party	Sinn Féin (Provisional)	Sinn Féin (Official)	Independent Fianna Fáil
Leader since	October 1970	14 October 1962	1972
Seats won	7	6	4
Seat change	New	New	New
Popular vote	22,543	16,623	7,240
Percentage	1.8%	1.3%	0.8%
Swing	New	New	New

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