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Local Government Elections (NI) Thursday 5 May 2011


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Local Government Elections (NI)
Thursday 5 May 2011

## DRAFT RESULTS ##

This page contains the DRAFT results of the District Council (local government) Elections held on 5 May 2011 .

See also:

Introduction

The Local Government elections on Thursday 5 May 2011 were held to choose 582 councillors for the 26 District Councils in Northern Ireland. Voting in the election was by Proportional Representation (PR) using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system. A total of xxx candidates took part in the contest. The election took place on the same day as the election for the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) system..

Summary of Northern Ireland Results

Eligible Electorate:
Number of Votes Cast (Turnout / Poll):
Percentage Turnout / Poll:  %
Number of Invalid / Spoilt Votes:
Number of Valid Votes Cast:
Percentage Valid Votes Cast: %

Party

First Preference Votes

% Valid Poll

No. of Seats
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
27.2
175

Sinn Féin (SF)
24.8
138

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
15.2
99

Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)
15.0
87
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
7.4
44
Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
2.0
6
Green Party
1.0
3
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)
0.6
2

UK Independence Party (UKIP)
0.4
1

Irish Republican Socialist Party
0.3
0

People Before Profit Alliance
0.3
0
Conservative Party
0.2
0

Workers' Party (WP)
0.1
0

Socialist Party
0.1
0

Independent Republican Party
0.1
0

Community Partnership (Northern Ireland)
0.1
0
British National Party
0.1
0

Independent Candidates
5.1
27

Total
100.00%

582

Details of distribution of seats on the 26 District Councils

Council

DUP

SF

UUP

SDLP

APNI

Others

No.
Seats

Antrim
5
4
5
3
2

-
19

Ards
11
-
6
1
4
1
23

Armagh
4
6
6
5
-
1
22

Ballymena
12
2
4
2
1
3
24

Ballymoney
8
3
2
1
-
2
16

Banbridge
5
2
7
2
1
-
17

Belfast
15
16
3
8
6
3
51

Carrickfergus
8
-
4
-
3
2
17

Castlereagh
11
-
3
2
6
1
23

Coleraine
9
1
5
3
2
2
22

Cookstown
3
6
3
4
-
-
16

Craigavon
9
8
6
2
1
-
26

Derry
5
10
1
14
-
-
30

Down
3
5
3
9
1
2
23

Dungannon
6
8
4
3
-
1
22

Fermanagh
4
9
6
3
-
1
23

Larne
4
1
3
1
3
3
15

Limavady
3
6
2
3
-
1
15

Lisburn
14
5
5
3
3
-
30

Magherafelt
3
9
2
2
-
-
16

Moyle
2
3
3
2
-
5
15

Newry and Mourne
1
14
3
9
-
3
30

Newtownabbey
12
2
5
1
5
-
25

North Down
11
-
4
-
6
4
25

Omagh
3
10
3
3
-
2
21

Strabane
4
8
1
1
-
2
16

Total
175
138
99
87
44
39

582

 

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