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2019 Roscommon County Council election
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All 18 seats to Roscommon County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 6 2 1
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1 Steady
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 9
Seat change Increase 3
Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council
Council control after election

TBD

A Roscommon County Council election was held in County Roscommon in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 18 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. The 2018 LEA boundary review committee made no changes to the LEAs used in the 2014 elections.

Results by party

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 6 Decrease 2 10,129 33.13% Decrease 1.40%
Fine Gael 2 Decrease 1 4,961 16.23% Decrease 6.19%
Sinn Féin 1 Steady 2,273 7.43% Decrease 0.68%
Independent 9 Increase 3 13,209 43.21% Increase 10.15%
Totals 18 Steady 30,572 100% Steady

Candidates by LEA

Athlone

Athlone — 6 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Tony Ward[c 1] 18.86% 1,864            
Independent Ivan Connaughton[c 1] 16.10% 1,591            
Fine Gael John Naughten[c 1] 14.82% 1,465            
Fianna Fáil John Keogh[c 1] 10.22% 1,010 1,096 1,102 1,120 1,197 1,262 1,483
Independent Donal Kilduff 8.89% 879 955 972 1,002 1,098 1,134 1,264
Independent Laurence Fallon[c 1] 8.25% 815 926 941 1,021 1,063 1,159 1,307
Fianna Fáil Seamus Kelly 7.12% 704 734 737 750 768 935 1,058
Fianna Fáil Malachy Hand 6.71% 663 752 756 780 804 846  
Fine Gael Ger Grehan 4.52% 447 469 471 479 496    
Sinn Féin Joe Harney 3.83% 379 405 410 416      
Independent Derek McCabe 0.67% 66 76          
Electorate: 15,168   Valid: 9,883   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,412   Turnout: 10,021 (66.07%)  

Boyle

Boyle — 6 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil John Cummins[c 1] 20.50% 2,124            
Independent Valerie Byrne[c 1] 15.84% 1,641            
Sinn Féin Michael Patrick Mulligan[c 1] 13.81% 1,431 1,477 1,489        
Independent Tom Crosby 9.82% 1,017 1,054 1,082 1,109 1,139 1,243 1,421
Fine Gael Liam Callaghan[c 2] 9.65% 1,000 1,066 1,103 1,114 1,286 1,372 1,526
Fianna Fáil Joe Murphy[c 2] 7.75% 803 937 965 970 1,076 1,113 1,228
Fine Gael Keith Suffin 6.00% 622 843 851 870 897 955 1,076
Fine Gael Andrew Reynolds 5.64% 584 616 643 652 665 703  
Independent Sajjad (Saj) Hussain 5.09% 527 552 562 592 643    
Fianna Fáil Aidan Sampey 4.74% 491 554 556 561      
Independent Mary O'Donnell 1.15% 119 137 148        
Electorate: 18,037   Valid: 10,359   Spoilt: 201   Quota: 1,480   Turnout: 10,560 (58.55%)  

Roscommon

Roscommon — 6 Seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Paschal Fitzmaurice[c 1] 18.99% 1,962        
Independent Kathleen Shanagher[c 1] 14.13% 1,460 1,469 1,482    
Independent Anthony (Tony) Waldron 12.90% 1,333 1,426 1,493    
Fianna Fáil Orla Leyden[c 1] 11.61% 1,199 1,241 1,247 1,287 1,469
Fianna Fáil Marty McDermott 11.36% 1,173 1,195 1,203 1,234 1,394
Independent Nigel Dineen[c 1] 9.70% 1,002 1,159 1,203 1,414 1,542
Fine Gael Gerry Coffey 8.16% 843 892 934 978 1,074
Independent Domnick Connolly 6.14% 634 647 673 726  
Sinn Féin Séamus O'Brien 4.48% 463 534 585    
Independent Padraig Morris 1.79% 185 210      
Independent John Groarke 0.74% 76 81      
Electorate: 17,450   Valid: 10,330   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,476   Turnout: 10,495 (60.14%)  

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
  2. ^ a b Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

References

Sources

  • "Roscommon County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  • "LE19: Live tallies and results from the Roscommon Count Centre". Shannonside FM. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  • Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 96–99, 160. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 631/2018 — County of Roscommon Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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