Westmeath County Council (Mullingar)
1974 Local Election

Seats: 8Quota: 750


 
Bennett's
surplus of 187
L'Estrange's
surplus of 94
Distribution
Gorman's 135
Distribution
Murtagh's 174
Distribution
Cleary's 205
Distribution
Brophy's 228
Distribution
McCormack's 273
Distribution
McKeon's 330
Mallon's
surplus of 15
Distribution
Foley's 371
Distribution
Bruton's 397
SeatPartyCandidateShareCount 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 12
1
Jimmy Bennett (LAB)
13.9%
937
2
Gerry L'Estrange (FG)
12.5%
844
3
John Keegan (FG)
11.2%
756
4
Aeline Mallon (FF)
8.6%
578587
(9)
592
(5)
602
(10)
615
(13)
623
(8)
631
(8)
695
(64)
765
(70)
5
Jimmy O'Brien (FF)
7.9%
534539
(5)
540
(1)
551
(11)
574
(23)
576
(2)
580
(4)
612
(32)
675
(63)
685
(10)
766
(81)
6
Joe Feely (FF)
5.9%
397414
(17)
417
(3)
449
(32)
452
(3)
468
(16)
490
(22)
539
(49)
599
(60)
602
(3)
702
(100)
755
(53)
7
Dan McCarthy (IND)
6.3%
427434
(7)
441
(7)
445
(4)
454
(9)
511
(57)
520
(9)
529
(9)
543
(14)
543
(0)
573
(30)
606
(33)
8
Richard O'Neill (FG)
4.9%
332335
(3)
360
(25)
361
(1)
376
(15)
378
(2)
407
(29)
410
(3)
413
(3)
413
(0)
425
(12)
572
(147)
Robert Cornally (LAB)
3.7%
247313
(66)
316
(3)
323
(7)
394
(71)
419
(25)
443
(24)
459
(16)
477
(18)
477
(0)
483
(6)
532
(49)
Eddie Bruton (FG)
4.0%
267277
(10)
295
(18)
296
(1)
296
(0)
298
(2)
365
(67)
374
(9)
381
(7)
381
(0)
397
(16)
Patrick Foley (FF)
4.7%
319322
(3)
324
(2)
329
(5)
333
(4)
338
(5)
340
(2)
353
(13)
369
(16)
371
(2)
Frank McKeon (FF)
3.3%
224231
(7)
234
(3)
261
(27)
264
(3)
275
(11)
286
(11)
330
(44)
Patrick McCormack (FF)
3.5%
235243
(8)
245
(2)
261
(16)
261
(0)
264
(3)
273
(9)
Vincent Brophy (FG)
2.5%
171198
(27)
219
(21)
222
(3)
223
(1)
228
(5)
William Cleary (SF)
2.9%
195202
(7)
203
(1)
205
(2)
205
(0)
Tony Murtagh (LAB)
2.3%
156169
(13)
171
(2)
174
(3)
Thomas Gorman (FF)
1.9%
129134
(5)
135
(1)
Electorate: 10987Turnout: 6858Valid: 6748