1960 Irish local elections

The 1960 local elections were held from 23 to 30 June 1960 for the council seats in all counties, cities and towns of the Republic of Ireland.^[1]^[2]^[3] A total of 2,745 candidates stood for 1,454 seats.^[1]

Summary

Elections were uncontested in nine urban councils (the urban district councils of Monaghan, Castleblayney, and Westport, and the town commissioners of Ballybay, Ballyshannon, Belturbet, Boyle, Lismore and Mountmellick) and one local electoral area (LEA) of Monaghan County Council. Elsewhere, voter turnout was 54%, ranging from 29% for Dublin City Council to over 80% in Ballina, Cashel, Clonakilty and Kilkee.

The county boroughs of Cork, Limerick, and Waterford each formed a single LEA with large numbers of seats and counts: respectively 21 and 63, 17 and 26, and 15 and 34.^[1]^[4]

A Dáil by-election for Carlow–Kilkenny was held on 23 June, the same day as the local elections in the corresponding areas.^[5] The Elections Act 1960 enabled the by-election and local elections to use the same administration, giving cost savings estimated at £1,400.^[6]

Details

1960 Cork Corporation election

References

Sources

Department of Local Government (1963). Report 1960–61. Dublin: Stationery Office.

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Department of Local Government 1963, p.22
^ "1960 Local Elections". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021.
^ "Old Local Election Results". Irish Election Literature. 28 October 2011. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018.
^ "Cork City Management (Amendment) Act, 1941". Irish Statute Book. sections 2, 3. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.; Limerick City Management Act 1950, s. 2: Increase of number of members of the Council (No. 24 of 1950, s. 2). Enacted on 26 July 1950. Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 April 2016.; "Waterford City Management Act 1939". Irish Statute Book. sections 4–6. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
^ Department of Local Government 1963, p.21
^ Department of Local Government 1963, p.19; Elections Act 1960 (No. 14 of 1960). Enacted on 24 May 1960. Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.; "Elections Bill, 1960—Second and Subsequent Stages". Houses of the Oireachtas. Seanad Éireann (9th Seanad). 18 May 1960. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.