There were also local elections in Northern Ireland around that time and, although Sinn Féin did not contest them, some smaller groups and independents who supported the hunger strikers gained seats, such as the Irish Independence Party with 21 seats, while the Irish Republican Socialist Party (the INLA's political wing) and People's Democracy (a Trotskyist group) gained two seats each, and a number of pro-hunger strike independent candidates also won seats.
Det hölls även lokala val i Nordirland runt den här tiden, och även om Sinn Féin inte ställde upp i dessa, så rönte mindre oberoende grupper framgångar, Irish Independence Party vann exempelvis 21 platser och Irish Republican Socialist Party (INLA:s politiska gren) och People's Democracy (en trotskistisk grupp) vann två platser vardera.