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2009 Irish local elections

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2009 Irish local elections

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883 County and City Council seats; 744 Borough and Town Council seats
Turnout57.77% Decrease0.87pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Enda Kenny Brian Cowen Eamon Gilmore
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Leader since 6 June 2002 7 May 2008 6 September 2007
Percentage 32.2% 25.4% 14.7%
Largest Party 24 3 4
Councillors 556
(340 C&C, 216 B&T)
407
(218 C&C, 189 B&T)
231
(132 C&C, 99 B&T)
Councillors +/- Increase88 Decrease135 Increase43

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Gerry Adams John Gormley Séamus Healy
Party Sinn Féin Green Workers and Unemployed
Leader since 13 November 1983 17 July 2007 1997
Percentage 7.4% 2.3% 0.2%
Largest Party 1 N/A N/A
Councillors 127
(54 C&C, 73 B&T)
18
(3 C&C, 15 B&T)
7
(2 C&C, 5 B&T)
Councillors +/- Increase2 Decrease14 Increase5

The 2009 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Friday, 5 June 2009, on the same day as the European Parliament election and two by-elections (Dublin South and Dublin Central).[1]

Overview

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The election results were significant for a number of reasons:

  • Fine Gael gained 88 seats and became the largest party at local level for the first time ever.
  • Fianna Fáil lost 135 seats and became the second-largest party nationally, and the third-largest in Dublin.
  • The Labour Party increased its seat total by 43 seats, and became the largest party on Dublin City Council. It also held the most seats on the four Dublin local authorities.
  • Sinn Féin support remained at almost the same level, gaining 2 seats.
  • The Green Party lost 14 seats and had 3 county councillors.
  • The People Before Profit Alliance won 5 seats in its first local elections.
  • The Socialist Party won 6 seats, a gain of 2 seats.

Results

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The total number of the Irish electorate eligible to vote in the election was 3,259,253. A total of 1,880,589 first preference votes were cast, representing a turnout of 57.7%.

The Progressive Democrats and Independent Fianna Fáil did not compete in the elections. As they competed in the previous elections, totals for vote and seat changes may not total zero. People Before Profit Alliance figures are compared to Socialist Workers Party figures from the previous local elections.

All councils

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Party County City Borough Town Total ±
Fine Gael 305 35 16 200 556 +88
Fianna Fáil 201 17 11 178 407 –135
Labour 94 38 13 86 231 +43
Sinn Féin 41 13 8 65 127 +2
Green 3 0 2 13 18 –14
Workers and Unemployed 2 0 4 1 7 +5
Socialist Party 3 1 1 1 6 +2
People Before Profit 3 2 0 0 5 +5
Workers' Party 0 2 0 0 2 +0
SKIA 1 0 0 1 2
Letterkenny Residents Party 0 0 0 1 1 New
Independent 102 22 10 141 275 +10
Total 753 130 60 684 1,627

County and city councils

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Posters for local and European election candidates and parties, Dublin, May 2009
Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 340 +47 605,333 32.2 +4.6
Fianna Fáil 218 –84 477,342 25.4 –6.4
Labour 132 +31 276,627 14.7 +3.3
Sinn Féin 54 Steady 138,405 7.4 –0.6
People Before Profit 5 +5 15,879 0.8 +0.5
Socialist Party 4 Steady 16,052 0.9 +0.2
Green 3 –15 44,152 2.3 –1.6
Workers' Party 2 Steady 4,771 0.3 +0.1
Workers and Unemployed 2 Steady 3,590 0.2
SKIA 1 Steady 2,536 0.1
Seniors Solidarity 0 Steady 1,319 0.1 New
Christian Solidarity 0 Steady 467 0.0
Independent 122 +37 294,094 15.6 +4.5
Total 883 1,880,589

Detailed results

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Authority FG FF Lab SF PBP SP GP WUA WP SKIA Ind Total Details
Carlow 10 4 5 2 21 Details
Cavan 13 8 4 25 Details
Clare 12 11 1 1 7 32 Details
Cork 22 12 7 1 6 48 Details
Cork City 8 6 7 4 1 1 4 31 Details
Donegal 8 10 2 4 5 29 Details
Dublin City 12 6 19 7 2 6 52 Details
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown 11 4 8 2 3 28 Details
Fingal 6 4 9 3 2 24 Details
Galway 13 7 1 1 8[a] 30 Details
Galway City 3 3 5 4 15 Details
Kerry 10 7 4 2 1 3 27 Details
Kildare 9 6 6 4 25 Details
Kilkenny 12 7 5 1 1 26 Details
Laois 12 8 1 1 3 25 Details
Leitrim 10 8 2 2 22 Details
Limerick 15 9 2 2 28 Details
Limerick City 8 1 4 1 3 17 Details
Longford 10 8 3 21 Details
Louth 8 5 2 6 1 4 26 Details
Mayo 17 7 2 5 31 Details
Meath 11 8 4 1 5 29 Details
Monaghan 6 5 7 2 20 Details
North Tipperary 4 6 3 1 7[b] 21 Details
Offaly 6 9 6 21 Details
Roscommon 10 8 1 7 26 Details
Sligo 12 7 2 1 3 25 Details
South Dublin 8 4 9 3 1 1 26 Details
South Tipperary 12 6 3 2 3 26 Details
Waterford 11 5 4 2 1 23 Details
Waterford City 4 1 3 1 1 5 15 Details
Westmeath 8 9 6 23 Details
Wexford 10 5 4 2 21 Details
Wicklow 9 4 6 2 3 24 Details
Total 340 218 132 54 5 4 3 2 2 1 122 883

Following the June 2009 local elections Fine Gael were the largest political party on 24 councils, the Labour Party on 4 councils, Fianna Fáil on 3 councils, Independents on 2 councils and Sinn Féin on 1 council.

Borough and town councils

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Party Seats ±
Fine Gael 216 Increase44
Fianna Fáil 189 Decrease53
Labour 99 Increase12
Sinn Féin 73 Increase2
Green 15 Increase1
Workers and Unemployed 5 Steady
SKIA 1 Steady
Letterkenny Residents Party 1 Increase1
Independent 144 Decrease7

Detailed results

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The five councils with the status of borough councils are marked as BC. All others are town councils.

Town FG Lab FF SF GP WUA SKIA Oth Total
Ardee 2 2 1 1 1 2 9
Arklow 3 1 2 3 9
Athlone 3 3 1 1 1 9
Athy 1 2 4 1 1 9
Balbriggan 1 1 3 1 3 9
Ballina 3 3 3 9
Ballinasloe 2 3 1 3 9
Ballybay 4 4 1 9
Ballyshannon 2 5 1 1 9
Bandon 4 3 1 1 9
Bantry 5 3 1 9
Belturbet 1 3 5 9
Birr 4 2 3 9
Boyle 2 4 1 2 9
Bray 2 3 3 2 1 1 12
Buncrana 2 3 2 2 9
Bundoran 3 2 2 2 9
Carlow 3 3 1 1 1 9
Carrickmacross 2 3 2 2 9
Carrick-on-Suir 2 1 1 1 1 3 9
Cashel 2 2 1 4 9
Castlebar 1 4 1 1 2 9
Castleblayney 3 2 3 1 9
Cavan 3 4 1 1 9
Clonakilty 2 2 1 1 3 9
Clones 2 2 3 2 9
Clonmel BC 2 2 2 4 2 12
Cobh 1 2 3 1 2 9
Cootehill 3 3 2 1 9
Drogheda BC 4 2 1 3 2 12
Dundalk 3 2 3 2 2 12
Dungarvan 2 3 3 1 9
Edenderry 3 2 1 3 9
Ennis 1 3 1 1 3 9
Enniscorthy 2 2 1 1 3 9
Fermoy 2 2 2 1 2 9
Gorey 4 4 1 9
Granard 3 2 1 3 9
Greystones 2 4 2 1 9
Kells 3 2 2 1 1 9
Kilkee 4 4 1 9
Kilkenny BC 4 2 4 1 1 12
Killarney 2 1 2 1 3 9
Kilrush 3 3 3 9
Kinsale 2 2 2 1 1 1 9
Leixlip 1 3 2 1 2 9
Letterkenny 4 1 1 3 9
Lismore 3 3 1 2 9
Listowel 3 4 2 9
Longford 2 3 4 9
Loughrea 3 2 4 9
Macroom 3 4 2 9
Mallow 1 2 4 1 1 9
Midleton 1 2 1 1 4 9
Monaghan 1 3 4 1 9
Mountmellick 3 3 1 1 1 9
Muine Bheag 3 3 2 1 9
Mullingar 3 2 4 9
Naas 1 3 2 3 9
Navan 4 2 2 1 9
Nenagh 2 2 2 1 2 9
Newbridge 2 2 2 3 9
New Ross 3 2 2 1[c] 1 9
Passage West 2 3 1 3 9
Portlaoise 2 3 2 2 9
Shannon 4 2 1 2 9
Skibbereen 2 4 2 1 9
Sligo BC 3 3 2 3 1
Templemore 3 3 3[b] 9
Thurles 1 1 2 1 4[b] 9
Tipperary 3 1 1 4 9
Tralee 2 3 3 2 1 12
Tramore 1 4 1 3 9
Trim 2 3 2 2 9
Tuam 3 2 2 2 9
Tullamore 4 2 2 1 9
Westport 2 5 1 1 9
Wexford BC 3 4 2 1 1 1 12
Wicklow 1 3 1 1 1 2 9
Youghal 3 2 1 2 1 9
Total 216 189 99 73 15 5 1 145 744

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Includes Tomás Ó Curraoin of Republican Sinn Féin, which is an unregistered party.
  2. ^ a b c Michael Lowry's organisation has 4 County Councillors in North Tipperary, 2 Town Councillors in Thurles and 1 Town Councillor in Templemore.
  3. ^ John Dwyer resigned from Sinn Féin and changed designation to Non-Party before the first meeting of New Ross Town Council.

References

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  1. ^ "By-elections set for June 5th". The Irish Times. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
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