Sligo County Council (Dromore)
1955 Local Election

Seats: 5Quota: 864


 
Higgins's
surplus of 101
Distribution
McGowan's 207
Distribution
O’Hara's 344
Distribution
Donegan's 405
Distribution
Keaveney's 463
Finnerty's
surplus of 39
SeatPartyCandidateShareCount 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
1
Francis W. Higgins (FG)
18.6%
965
3
George Finnerty (FF)
12.0%
623624
(1)
664
(40)
747
(83)
917
(170)
2
Patrick O’Neill (FG)
14.4%
748791
(43)
798
(7)
847
(49)
917
(70)
4
William McDonagh (FF)
10.7%
556566
(10)
574
(8)
613
(39)
680
(67)
881
(201)
5
Michael J. Hanley (IND)
8.3%
428438
(10)
476
(38)
551
(75)
607
(56)
734
(127)
771
(37)
John Nicholson (FF)
12.2%
631643
(12)
647
(4)
652
(5)
656
(4)
672
(16)
674
(2)
James Keaveney (IND)
8.0%
413432
(19)
435
(3)
456
(21)
463
(7)
Joseph Donegan (FF)
5.7%
296297
(1)
366
(69)
405
(39)
Patrick O’Hara (IND)
6.0%
313317
(4)
344
(27)
James McGowan (FF)
4.0%
206207
(1)
Electorate: 7155Turnout: 5216Valid: 5179