1920 Leitrim County Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png)
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← 1914 | 31 May 1920 | 1925 → |
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All 19 seats on Leitrim County Council 11 seats needed for a majority |
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| First party | Second party | | | | Party | Sinn Féin | Independent Nationalist | Seats won | 19 | 0 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Leitrim_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Leitrim_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council |
| Council control after election Sinn Féin | |
An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 31 May 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 19 councillors were elected from 5 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.
Sinn Féin won every seat for election. The large majority of seats were uncontested, although in Manorhamilton, where seats were contested, Sinn Féin won a massive majority of the votes and as such still secured every seat.[1]
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| Sinn Féin | 19 | +19 | 3,438 | 91.97 | |
| Independent Nationalist | 0 | | 300 | 8.03 | |
Totals | 19 | | 3,738 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Ballinamore
Ballinamore - 3 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 |
| Sinn Féin | Eugene Deane | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Sinn Féin | Malachy Fanning | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Sinn Féin | Francis Maguire | Unopposed | Unopposed |
Valid: 6,832 (71.31%) Quota: Turnout: 6,891 (71.92%) |
Carrick-on-Shannon
Carrick-on-Shannon - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 |
| Sinn Féin | Michael Beirne | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Sinn Féin | John Costello | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Sinn Féin | Francis Dolan | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Sinn Féin | Andrew Mooney | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Sinn Féin | Con Reynolds | Unopposed | Unopposed |
Valid: 6,832 (71.31%) Quota: Turnout: 6,891 (71.92%) |
Carrigallen
Carrigallen - 3 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 |
| Sinn Féin | John Harte | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Sinn Féin | William Murphy | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Sinn Féin | James O'Rourke | Unopposed | Unopposed |
Valid: 6,832 (71.31%) Quota: Turnout: 6,891 (71.92%) |
Dromahair
Dromahair - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 |
| Sinn Féin | John Dolan | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Sinn Féin | Michael Fox | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Sinn Féin | Peter Keany | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Sinn Féin | Hugh McPartland | Unopposed | Unopposed |
Valid: 6,832 (71.31%) Quota: Turnout: 6,891 (71.92%) |
Manorhamilton
References
- ^ "Irish Election Literature".
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