2009 Irish local elections
5 June 2009
883 County and City Council seats; 744 Borough and Town Council seats
Turnout57.7%
  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 WUA
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 the Republic 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

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

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

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
WUA 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

Posters for local and European election candidates and parties, Dublin, May 2009
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes 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
WUA 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

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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 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
Totals 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

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

Detailed results

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
Ardee22111 29
Arklow312 39
Athlone3311 19
Athy1241 19
Balbriggan1131 39
Ballina33 39
Ballinasloe231 39
Ballybay441 9
Ballyshannon251 19
Bandon4311 9
Bantry53 19
Belturbet13 59
Birr42 39
Boyle241 29
Bray23321 112
Buncrana232 29
Bundoran322 29
Carlow3311 19
Carrickmacross2322 9
Carrick-on-Suir2111 1 39
Cashel221 49
Castlebar1411 29
Castleblayney323 19
Cavan3411 9
Clonakilty2211 39
Clones223 29
Clonmel BC 2 2 2 4 2 12
Cobh1231 29
Cootehill332 19
Drogheda BC 4 2 1 3 2 12
Dundalk3232 212
Dungarvan2331 9
Edenderry321 39
Ennis1311 39
Enniscorthy2211 39
Fermoy2221 29
Gorey441 9
Granard321 39
Greystones242 19
Kells3221 19
Kilkee44 19
Kilkenny BC 4 2 4 1 1 12
Killarney212 139
Kilrush33 39
Kinsale22211 19
Leixlip1321 29
Letterkenny411 39
Lismore331 29
Listowel342 9
Longford23 49
Loughrea32 49
Macroom342 9
Mallow1241 19
Midleton1211 49
Monaghan134 19
Mountmellick3311 19
Muine Bheag332 19
Mullingar324 9
Naas132 39
Navan422 19
Nenagh2221 29
Newbridge222 39
New Ross3221[lower-alpha 3]1 9
Passage West231 39
Portlaoise232 29
Shannon421 29
Skibbereen2421 9
Sligo BC 3 3 2 3 1
Templemore33 3[lower-alpha 2]9
Thurles1121 4[lower-alpha 2]9
Tipperary311 49
Tralee2332 112
Tramore141 39
Trim232 29
Tuam322 29
Tullamore4221 9
Westport251 19
Wexford BC 3 4 2 1 1 1 12
Wicklow13111 29
Youghal32121 9
Total 216 189 99 73 15 5 1 145 744

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Includes Tomás Ó Curraoin of Republican Sinn Féin, which is an unregistered party.
  2. 1 2 3 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

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