1920 Leitrim County Council election
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 local electoral area [ edit ]
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 - 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 - 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 - 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%)