An election to all 28 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 30 June 1960 as part of the Irish local elections.[1] Councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party

Party Seats 1st pref FPv%
Fianna Fáil 15 17,281 41.07%
Fine Gael 11 12,614 29.98%
Sinn Féin 1 1,741 4.14%
Ratepayers 1 826 1.96%
Labour 0 240 0.57%
Independent 5 9,376 22.28%
Total[1] 28 42,076 100.00%

Results by local electoral area

  • Sitting in italics

Buncrana

Buncrana: 6 seats[2][1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Liam Cunningham* 18.9% 1,499        
Fianna Fáil Alex Diver* 15.6% 1,238      
Fianna Fáil Michael Deery* 14.4% 1,142        
Fine Gael James McEleney* 10.5% 835 851 885 888 1,199
Fianna Fáil Robert Doherty 10.1% 801 909 927 996 1,030
Fine Gael James J. McGettigan 9.5% 749 757 766 790 —
Fine Gael James Deeney* 8.7% 692 726 902 907 941
Fianna Fáil Sean McLaughlin* 7.2% 574 762 837 841 860
Independent Alfred Bateman 4.9% 389 409 —    
Electorate: 15,558   Valid: 7,927   Quota: 1,133   Turnout: 8,027  

Donegal

Donegal: 6 seats[3][1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fine Gael Christy Gallagher 10.0% 1,004 1,009 1,012 1,017 1,084 1,101 1,110 1,116 1,247 1,328
Fine Gael Michael Melly* 8.9% 889 909 932 1,019 1,021 1,027 1,051 1,136 1,147 '1,328
Fianna Fáil Frank Muldoon* 8.8% 882 890 911 915 927 935 974 1,211 1,225 1,281 1,392
Independent Brian McRory 8.5% 848 857 858 860 879 892 1,064 1,067 1,090 1,106 1,156
Fianna Fáil Michael O'Donnell 8.3% 831 833 839 842 842 895 919 946 1,033 1,046 1,387
Ratepayers Robert Anderson* 8.2% 826 831 835 842 980 983 995 1,006 1,008 1,039 1,052
Fianna Fáil James Callaghan 8.0% 798 798 798 799 801 819 844 857 885 897 —
Independent Joseph Doherty 7.0% 704 711 729 778 779 782 802 842 842 —  
Fine Gael Seamus McShane 6.3% 627 631 634 636 642 672 695 702 918 923 1,022
Sinn Féin Eamonn Monaghan 4.7% 469 477 478 482 488 501 —        
Fine Gael Patrick Cunningham* 4.4% 441 445 446 447 449 674 699 699 —    
Fianna Fáil Alex McKeaney 4.4% 440 446 549 574 579 582 582 —      
Fine Gael Hugh Gallagher 4.2% 425 428 432 432 444 —          
Independent Albert Ellis 3.1% 311 312 312 312 —            
Independent Edward Doherty 2.2% 218 220 239 —              
Fianna Fáil Anthony King 2.1% 214 220 —                
Independent Bernard Mangan 1.1% 112 —                  
Valid: 10,039   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,435   Turnout: 10,169  

Glenties

Glenties: 6 seats[4][1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael Patrick O'Donnell* 19.1% 1,490      
Fianna Fáil Louis Walsh* 17.8% 1,393      
Fianna Fáil Cormac Breslin* 15.4% 1,202      
Fine Gael Charles Greene* 14.4% 1,126      
Sinn Féin Seamus Rogers 12.3% 961 1,082 1,103 1,118
Fianna Fáil Sean O'Cinneide* 10.3% 803 871 878 1,105
Fine Gael Charles McDyre 9.3% 727 902 915 949
Independent Patrick A. McCarthy 8.7% 116 125 —  
Valid: 7,818   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,117   Turnout: 7,902  

Letterkenny

Letterkenny: 6 seats[5][1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent William Buchanan* 16.7% 1,899                  
Fine Gael Paddy Harte TD 11.0% 1,249 1,251 1,254 1,260 1,342 1,353 1,440 1,690    
Independent Peter Dunnion* 10.2% 1,166 1,168 1,178 1,196 1,231 1,235 1,290 1,358 1,362 1,495
Fianna Fáil Paddy McGowan 8.9% 1,019 1,022 1,028 1,034 1,101 1,133 1,169 1,209 1,211 1,243
Fianna Fáil Bernard McGlinchey 8.1% 924 924 951 981 1,161 1,311 1,347 1,394 1,395 1,528
Independent Samuel Patterson* 7.7% 880 1,117 1,132 1,137 1,142 1,205 1,220 1,248 1,250 1,290
Independent Charles O'Donnell* 6.5% 741 742 779 811 824 895 948 967 967 —
Fine Gael Hugh McKendrick* 6.2% 710 711 759 811 824 895 948 967 1,012 1,226
Fine Gael John F. Hunter* 6.0% 684 694 697 709 722 725 790 —    
Fianna Fáil John J. Sheridan 4.9% 555 560 569 576 596 —        
Ind. Republican Frank Morris 4.9% 554 556 572 626 644 648 —      
Fianna Fáil Charles Doherty 4.2% 475 478 481 511 —          
Sinn Féin Patrick J. Dawson 2.7% 311 314 332 —            
Labour John Nugent 2.1% 240 240 —              
Valid: 11,407   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 1,630   Turnout: 11,551  

Milford

Milford: 4 seats[6][1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Harry Blaney* 31.4% 1,533          
Independent Samuel Baxter* 17.1% 834 863 867 893 917 1,006
Fine Gael Patrick Kelly* 13.3% 650 680 687 740 911 976
Fianna Fáil John Harkin* 11.8% 577 747 749 765 813 871
Independent Charles Harley 7.7% 378 394 411 422 443 —
Fianna Fáil Michael Byrne 7.6% 371 656 660 664 674 717
Fine Gael Maurice Ferry 6.5% 316 330 335 345 —  
Independent William McGrory 3.7% 181 188 191 —    
Independent Edward Helferly 0.9% 45 49 —      
Valid: 4,885   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 978   Turnout: 4,999  

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Donegal County Council 1955 to 2009" (XLSX). irishelectionliterature.com. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Buncrana) 1967 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Donegal) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Glenties) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Letterkenny) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Donegal County Council: (Milford) 1960 Local Election Results, Counts, Transfers". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Donegal_County_Council_election
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