An election to the Carmarthen Rural District Council in Wales was held on 5 April 1937.
It was preceded by the 1934 election but some wards had been contested in 1935 following the amalgamation of Whitland RDC. Due to the Second World War it was followed by the 1946 election.
Boundary changes There were no boundary changes at this election.
Candidates As was usual in rural Wales during the inter-war period, the election was largely fought on a non-political basis. Twenty candidates were returned unopposed; nineteen of whom were Independent candidates. Gwilym Rees, who had won the Llanddarog ward for Labour in 1934 was also returned unopposed. The only other Labour candidates defended seats at Llanarthney and Llangyndeyrn.
Outcome The first election to the enlarged council, following the amalgamation of Whitland RDC provided few surprises. The most noted result was the defeat of Hannah Mary Rees, the only woman member, at Whitland. She was defeated by W.S. Cole, a past chairman of the Whitland RDC. At Llanarthney, Thomas Thomas, a former Labour chairman of the council, who had lost his seat in 1931, was returned at the head of the poll.
Ward results
Abergwili (one seat)
Abernant (one seat)
Cilymaenllwyd (one seat)
Conwil (two seats)
Eglwyscummin (one seat)
Henllanfallteg (one seat)
Laugharne Township (one seat)
Llanarthney North Ward (one seat)
Llanarthney South Ward (two seats)
Llanboidy Ward No. 1 (one seat)
Llanboidy Ward No. 2 (one seat)
Llandissilio East (one seat)
Llanddarog (one seat)
Llanddowror (two seats)
Llandyfaelog (one seat)
Llanfihangel Abercowin (one seat)
Llangain (one seat)
Llangendeirne (two seats)
Llangunnor (one seat)
Llangynin (one seat)
Llangynog (one seat)
Llanllawddog (one seat)
Llanpumsaint (one seat)
Llanstephan (one seat)
Mydrim (one seat)
Newchurch (one seat)
Pendine (one seat)
St Clears (one seat)
St Ishmaels (one seat)
Trelech a'r Betws (one seat)
Whitland (two seats)
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