Irish local elections, 2009

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The 2009 Irish local elections were held in all the counties and county boroughs 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]

Contents 1 Results 1.1 County, city, borough and town council seats 1.2 County and City Councils 1.2.1 County councils 1.2.2 City councils 1.3 Borough councils 1.4 Town councils 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Results

[edit] County, city, borough and town council seats

Party		Seats	±
	Fine Gael
	Fianna Fáil
	Labour Party
	Sinn Féin
	Green Party
Others
Total

[edit] County and City Councils

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 Party	132	+31	276,627	14.7	+3.3
	Sinn Féin	54	±0	138,405	7.4	–0.7
	Green Party	3	–15	44,152	2.3	–1.6
Others		136	+40	338,730	18.0	+4.6
Total		883	—	1,880,589	100	—

[edit] County councils

Authority		FG		FF		Lab		SF		GP	Other
Carlow	10		4		5		0		0		2
Cavan	13		8		0		4		0		0
Clare	12		11		1		0		1		7
Cork	22		12		7		1		0		6
Donegal	8		10		2		4		0		5
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	11		4		8		0		0		5 (2 PBPA)
Fingal	6		4		9		0		0		5 (3 SP)
Galway	13		7		1		1		0		8
Kerry	10		7		4		2		0		4
Kildare	9		6		6		0		0		4
Kilkenny	12		7		5		0		1		1
Laois	12		8		1		1		0		3
Leitrim	10		8		0		2		0		2
Limerick	15		9		2		0		0		2
Longford	10		8		0		0		0		3
Louth	8		5		2		6		1		4
Mayo	17		7		0		2		0		5
Meath	11		8		4		1		0		5
Monaghan	6		5		0		7		0		2
Offaly	6		9		0		0		0		6
Roscommon	10		8		0		1		0		7
Sligo	12		7		2		1		0		3
South Dublin	8		4		9		3		0		2 (1 PBPA)
Tipperary North	4		6		3		1		0		7
Tipperary South	12		6		3		0		0		5 (2 WUAG)
Waterford	11		5		4		2		0		1
Westmeath	8		9		6		0		0		0
Wexford	10		5		4		0		0		2
Wicklow	9		4		6		2		0		3

[edit] City councils

Authority		FG		FF		Lab		SF		GP	Other
Cork City	8		6		7		4		0		6
Dublin City	12		6		19		7		0		8 (2 PBPA)
Galway City	3		3		5		0		0		4
Limerick City	8		1		4		1		0		3
Waterford City	4		1		3		1		0		6

[edit] Borough councils

Party		Seats	±
	Fianna Fáil	11
	Fine Gael	16
	Labour Party	13
	Sinn Féin	8
	Green Party	2
Others		10
Total		60

Authority		FG		FF		Lab		SF		GP	Other
Clonmel	2		2		2		0		0		6 (5 WUAG)
Drogheda	4		1		2		3		0		2
Kilkenny	4		4		2		1		1		0
Sligo	3		2		3		3		0		1
Wexford	3		2		4		1		1		1

[edit] Town councils

Party		Seats	±
	Fianna Fáil
	Fine Gael
	Labour Party	84
	Sinn Féin
	Green Party
Others
Total

Town	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party	Sinn Féin	Green Party	Others	Total
Ardee	2	2	1	1	1	2	9
Arklow	3	1	2	0	0	3	9
Athlone	3	3	1	1	0	1	9
Athy	1	2	4	1	0	1	9
Balbriggan	1	1	3	0	1	3	9
Ballina
Ballinasloe	2	3	0	1	0	3	9
Ballybay	4	4	0	1	0	0	9
Ballyshannon
Bandon
Bantry
Belturbet	1	3	0	0	0	5	9
Birr	4	2	0	0	0	3	9
Boyle
Bray	2	3	3	2	1	1	12
Buncrana	2	3	0	2	0	2	9
Bundoran
Carlow	3	3	1	1	0	1	9
Carrickmacross	2	3	0	2	2	0	9
Carrick-on-Suir
Cashel
Castlebar
Castleblayney	3	2	0	3	0	1	9
Cavan	3	4	1	1	0	0	9
Clonakilty
Clones	2	2	0	3	0	2	9
Cobh
Cootehill	3	3	0	2	0	1	9
Dundalk	3	2	0	3	2	2	12
Dungarvan
Edenderry	3	2	1	0	0	3	9
Ennis	1	3	1	0	1	3	9
Enniscorthy
Fermoy
Gorey
Granard
Greystones	2	4	2	0	0	1	9
Kells	3	2	2		0	1	9
Kilkee
Killarney
Kilrush
Kinsale
Leixlip	1	3	2	0	1	2	9
Letterkenny
Lismore	3	3	1	0	0	2	9
Listowel	3	4	0	2	0	0	9
Longford	2	3	0	0	0	4	9
Loughrea
Macroom	3	4	2	0	0	0	9
Mallow
Midleton
Monaghan	1	3	0	4	0	1	9
Mountmellick
Muine Bheag
Mullingar
Naas	1	3	2	0	0	3	9
Navan
Nenagh
Newbridge
New Ross
Passage West
Portlaoise
Shannon
Skibbereen
Templemore
Thurles
Tipperary
Tralee
Tramore
Trim
Tuam
Tullamore	4	2	2	1	0	0	9
Westport	2	5	1	0	0	1	9
Wicklow	1	3	1	1	1	2	9
Youghal	3	2	1	2	1	0	9

[edit] See also

• Local government in the Republic of Ireland
• Category:Irish local government councils

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• 2009 Local elections result – ElectionsIreland.org

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