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data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1945_Irish_local_elections" title="1945 Irish local elections">1945</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>20 September 1950</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1955_Irish_local_elections" title="1955 Irish local elections">1955</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> </table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Elections were held on 20 September 1950 for the councils of most of the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">counties, cities and towns of the Republic of Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-si1950n49_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si1950n49-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The exceptions were three councils which had been elected in 1948:<sup id="cite_ref-si1950n49_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si1950n49-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dublin_County_Council" title="Dublin County Council">Dublin County Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerry_County_Council" title="Kerry County Council">Kerry County Council</a>, which were reinstated in 1948 after earlier suspension;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in <a href="/wiki/Tramore" title="Tramore">Tramore</a>, which gained <a href="/wiki/Town_commissioners" title="Town commissioners">town commissioners</a> in 1948 for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bad weather on 20 September prevented election officials reaching the islands of <a href="/wiki/Inishbofin,_County_Donegal" title="Inishbofin, County Donegal">Inishbofin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inishmeane" title="Inishmeane">Inishmeane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Owey_Island" title="Owey Island">Owey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tory_Island" title="Tory Island">Tory</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">County Donegal</a>, so polling was held there on a later date.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_Irish_local_elections&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"><b>Party</b> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Seats</b> </td> <td valign="top" align="center"><b>±</b> </td> <td valign="top"><b>First pref. votes</b> </td> <td valign="top"><b>% FPV</b> </td> <td valign="top" align="center"><b>±%</b> 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<td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DDFFDD;" data-sort-value="Clann na Poblachta"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Clann_na_Poblachta" title="Clann na Poblachta">Clann na Poblachta</a> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #e30511;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (Ireland)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour</a> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician (Ireland)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: 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elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Irish_local_elections" title="1999 Irish local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Irish_local_elections" title="2004 Irish local elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Irish_local_elections" title="2009 Irish local elections">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Irish_local_elections" title="2014 Irish local elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Irish_local_elections" title="2019 Irish local elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_local_elections" title="2024 Irish local elections">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland">Referendums</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adoption_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland#Plebiscite" title="Adoption of the Constitution of Ireland">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1958" title="Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1958">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="1968 Irish constitutional referendums">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1972 (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="1972 Irish constitutional referendums">1972 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="1979 Irish constitutional referendums">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Ninth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1986" title="Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1986">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1992 (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Irish_constitutional_referendums" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 Irish constitutional referendums">1992 (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="1998 Irish constitutional referendums">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="2001 Irish constitutional referendums">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2001" title="Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001">2002 (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-sixth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2002 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2008" title="Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="2011 Irish constitutional referendums">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2012 (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2012 (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="2013 Irish constitutional referendums">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="2015 Irish constitutional referendums">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-sixth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2018 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