Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 30 May 1973 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used six district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
Election results PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% 1310,29135.3 54,41215.1 43,93913.5 33,75712.9 23,16010.8 21,2564.3 18813.0 08863.0 02901.0 02881.0Totals3029,160100.0—
Districts summary
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | RC !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |17.8 |1 |4.3 |0 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |0.0 |0 |25.2 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="#99FF66"|37.9 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |19.8 |1 |13.0 |0 |12.8 |0 |29.3 |1 |4 |- |align="left"|Area C |bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.3 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |0.0 |0 |6.4 |0 |7.0 |0 |46.3 |2 |4 |- |align="left"|Area D |bgcolor="#99FF66"|38.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |10.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |15.7 |1 |35.0 |2 |7 |- |align="left"|Area E |bgcolor="#99FF66"|46.3 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |5.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |16.1 |1 |32.3 |2 |6 |- |align="left"|Area F |37.8 |2 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|42.1 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2 |0.0 |0 |16.1 |0 |4.0 |0 |6 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |35.3 |13 |13.5 |4 |12.9 |3 |10.8 |2 |27.5 |8 |30
Districts results
Area A
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Area B
1973: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Area C
1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist
Area D
1973: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs
Area E
1973: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Independent Republican
Area F
1973: 2 x Alliance, 2 x SDLP
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