Galway City Council: (Galway) 1974 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis

Seats: 12

Quota: 857

Seat	Candidate	Share	First Pref Votes
5	Michéal Ó hUiginn (FF)	5.6%	626
1	Michael D. Higgins (LAB)	9.5%	1053
2	Fintan Coogan (FG)	6.1%	681
3	Sheila Jordan (IND)	5.8%	644
4	Martin Walsh (IND)	5.8%	649
6	Mary Byrne (FF)	4.5%	503
7	Bridie O'Flaherty (FF)	4.1%	451
8	Gerry Colgan (FF)	3.7%	413
9	Thomas Tierney (LAB)	2.6%	285
10	John F. King (IND)	2.7%	303
11	Pat McNamara (IND)	3.4%	375
12	Patrick O'Flaherty (IND)	3.3%	364
	Brendan Holland (CoC)	2.1%	231
	Tommy Warren (FG)	2.1%	237
	Eugene Shaw (RP)	2.7%	300
	Micheal Leahy (FF)	3.0%	337
	Claude Toft (IND)	2.4%	270
	Stephen Carty (IND)	2.4%	269
	Henry O'Connor (FF)	2.7%	300
	Patrick D. Ryan (CoC)	2.5%	277
	Edward King (IND)	2.4%	267
	William Walsh (FG)	1.9%	207
	Stephen Deveney (LAB)	1.6%	175
	Martin Divilly (FF)	2.1%	236
	Murtagh Rabbitt (FG)	1.6%	180
	Jimmy Brick (SF)	1.9%	209
	Kieran Dooley (LAB)	1.5%	167
	Jack Geary (FG)	1.6%	179
	Paschal Walsh (FG)	1.5%	165
	Padraic Conneely (FG)	1.1%	117
	Cyril Doyle (IND)	1.1%	119
	Michael Carey (FG)	1.0%	116
	Coleman Smyth (LAB)	0.9%	100
	Joe Curley (CoC)	0.9%	99
	Michael Carr (LAB)	0.8%	92
	Paul Hayes (CoC)	0.7%	74
	Peter Curley (LAB)	0.5%	59

Incumbent in Bold

Electorate: 21352

Turnout: 11424

Valid: 11131

Galway City Council (Galway)1974 Local Election