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This page contains the results of the 7 June 2001 District Council (local government) Elections. |
|
Party |
First Preference Votes |
% Valid Poll |
No. of Seats |
|
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) |
181,336 |
(22.95%) |
154 |
|
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) |
169,477 |
(21.45%) |
131 |
|
Sinn Féin (SF) |
163,269 |
(20.66%) |
108 |
|
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP) |
153,424 |
(19.42%) |
117 |
|
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) |
40,443 |
(5.12%) |
28 |
|
Others |
82,119 |
(10.39%) |
44 |
|
Total |
790,068 |
(100.00%) |
582 |
Details of distribution of seats on the 26 District Councils
|
Council |
UUP |
DUP |
SDLP |
SF |
APNI |
Others |
No. |
|
Antrim |
7 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
|
Ards |
8 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
23 |
|
Armagh |
7 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
|
Ballymena |
7 |
11 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
24 |
|
Ballymoney |
5 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
|
Banbridge |
7 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
|
Belfast |
11 |
10 |
9 |
14 |
3 |
4 |
51 |
|
Carrickfergus |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
17 |
|
Castlereagh |
5 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
23 |
|
Coleraine |
10 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
22 |
|
Cookstown |
3 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
|
Craigavon |
8 |
6 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
26 |
|
Derry |
2 |
4 |
14 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
|
Down |
6 |
2 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
|
Dungannon |
6 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
22 |
|
Fermanagh |
7 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
|
Larne |
4 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
|
Limavady |
3 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
15 |
|
Lisburn |
13 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
30 |
|
Magherafelt |
2 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
|
Moyle |
3 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
15 |
|
Newry and Mourne |
4 |
1 |
10 |
13 |
0 |
2 |
30 |
|
Newtownabbey |
9 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
25 |
|
North Down |
8 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
7 |
25 |
|
Omagh |
3 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
21 |
|
Strabane |
2 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
|
Total |
154 |
131 |
117 |
108 |
28 |
44 |
582 |
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