The 1945 local elections in Ireland were held on 14 June 1945 to fill all council seats for most counties and county boroughs and municipal towns. The state was still under the Emergency of the Second World War. As a cost-saving measure, electoral law was amended to bring forward the date of the local elections a few weeks to coincide with the 1945 presidential election.[1]

Dublin County Council and Kerry County Council had been dissolved,[2] and no elections were held for their councils.[3] There was no poll for six urban district councils and four town commissioners because the number of candidates did not exceed the number of seats.[3]

Results

The elections were by single transferable vote. The total valid votes cast was 1,152,691.[3] Totals of invalid votes were not aggregated from local counts.[3] Fianna Fáil lost votes to Independents.[4] Prior to the 1960s, Fine Gael did not contest local elections in all areas; some of those who voted for it in Dáil elections voted at local elections for local groups including the Cork Civic Party and Limerick Progressive Party.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2018)
1945 local election results: county and county boroughs
percentage / count of seats (S) and first-preference votes (V)
Council Total Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour C na Talmhan Independents and others
S V S V S V S V S V S V
Cavan 25 30,327 44 / 11 45 / 13,611 0 / 0 1 / 351 0 / 0 0 / 0 12 / 3 14 / 4,361 44 / 11 40 / 12,004
Cork city[5] 21 28,262 33 / 7 28 / 7,907 14 / 3 10 / 2,817 5 / 1 5 / 1,506 0 / 0 0 / 0 48 / 10[n 1] 51 / 14,458
Galway 31 57,580 55 / 17 47 / 27,131 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 1 4 / 2,115 19 / 6 25 / 14,508 23 / 7 24 / 13,826
Leitrim 22 20,825 36 / 8 41 / 8,523 9 / 3 21 / 4,338 0 / 0 0 / 0 13 / 4 16 / 3,378 22 / 7 24 / 5,070
Limerick city[6] 15 53 / 8 0 / 0 7 / 1 0 / 0 47 / 7[n 2]
Mayo 31 56,166 52 / 16 46 / 25,969 13 / 4 15 / 8,661 0 / 0 0 / 187 26 / 8 30 / 17,115 10 / 3[n 3] 8 / 4,234
Meath 29 23,916 48 / 14 49 / 11,832 3 / 1 5 / 1,263 10 / 3 13 / 3,159 7 / 2 5 / 1,328 31 / 9[n 4] 26 / 6,334
Monaghan 20 24,957 55 / 11 52 / 13,056 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 10 / 2 13 / 2,942 35 / 7[n 5] 36 / 8,959
Offaly 21 19,819 43 / 9 19 / 4 10 / 2 10 / 2 19 / 4[n 6]
Roscommon 26 32,986 54 / 14 53 / 17,545 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 38 / 10 37 / 12,104 8 / 2 10 / 3,337
Sligo 24 25,948 38 / 9 32 / 8,398 38 / 9 43 / 11,214 4 / 1 2 / 633 8 / 2 10 / 2,692 13 / 3 12 / 3,011
Tipperary North 21 24,690 48 / 10 46 / 11,256 19 / 5 21 / 5,270 10 / 2 18 / 4,422 0 / 0 0 / 0 19 / 4[n 7] 23 / 5,705
Westmeath 23 21,261 39 / 9 39 / 8,298 0 / 0 0 / 0 22 / 5 18 / 3,804 0 / 0 0 / 0 39 / 9 43 / 9,159
Notes
  1. ^ Includes 5 Cork Civic Party, 1 National Labour, and 1 Ailtirí na hAiséirghe.
  2. ^ Includes 2 Gluais Linn, 2 Progressive Party, and 1 National Labour.
  3. ^ Includes 1 Independent Republican.
  4. ^ Includes 1 Old IRA and 1 National Labour.
  5. ^ Includes 3 Monaghan Protestant Association
  6. ^ Includes 1 Monetary Reform
  7. ^ Includes 1 National Labour.

References

Sources

Citations

  1. ^ "Presidential and Local Elections Bill, 1945—Second and Subsequent Stages". Seanad Éireann debates. Oireachtas. 25 April 1945. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.; "Presidential and Local Elections Act, 1945". Irish Statute Book. 1 May 1945. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. ^ Potter, Matthew (2011). The Municipal Revolution in Ireland: A Handbook of Urban Government in Ireland Since 1800. Irish Academic Press. pp. 444–445. ISBN 9780716530824.
  3. ^ a b c d "Written Answers — Voting Statistics". Dáil Éireann debate. Oireachtas. 2 December 1958. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ^ Whelan, Noel (2011). "Government in Wartime: 1939–1948". Fianna Fáil: A biography of the party. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 9780717151981. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ^ Moran, John (1972). "Local Elections in Cork City (1929–1967)" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society: 124–133 : 130. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  6. ^ Cusack, John; Hanley, Liam (2009). "Limerick Municipal Elections 1841-2009" (PDF). Limerick City and County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2018.


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