2009 Irish local elections

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists 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).

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	±
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	305	35	16	200	556	+88
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	201	17	11	178	407	–135
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	94	38	13	86	231	+43
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	41	13	8	65	127	+2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	3	0	2	13	18	–14
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	2	0	4	1	7	+5
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	3	1	1	1	6	+2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	3	2	0	0	5	+5
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	0	2	0	0	2	+0
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	1	0	0	1	2	–
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	0	0	0	1	1	New
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	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%	±%
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	340	+47	605,333	32.2	+4.6
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	218	–84	477,342	25.4	–6.4
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	132	+31	276,627	14.7	+3.3
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	54	Steady	138,405	7.4	–0.6
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	5	+5	15,879	0.8	+0.5
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	4	Steady	16,052	0.9	+0.2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	3	–15	44,152	2.3	–1.6
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	2	Steady	4,771	0.3	+0.1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	2	Steady	3,590	0.2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	1	Steady	2,536	0.1	—
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	0	Steady	1,319	0.1	New
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	0	Steady	467	0.0	—
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	122	+37	294,094	15.6	+4.5
Total		883	—	1,880,589	—	—

Detailed results

Authority	Template:Abbrev party name with color	Template:Abbrev party name with color	Template:Abbrev party name with color	Template:Abbrev party name with color	Template:Abbrev party name with color	Template:Abbrev party name with color	Template:Abbrev party name with color	Template:Abbrev party name with color	Template:Abbrev party name with color	Template:Abbrev party name with color	Template:Abbrev party name with color	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														8Template:Efn		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														7Template:Efn		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

Party		Seats	±
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	216	Increase44
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	189	Decrease53
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	99	Increase12
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	73	Increase2
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	15	Increase1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	5	Steady
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	1	Steady
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	1	Increase1
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color	144	Decrease7

Detailed results

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

Town	style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 3px;" |	[[Fine Gael|Template:Party abbr]]	style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 3px;" |	[[Labour Party (Ireland)|Template:Party abbr]]	style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 3px;" |	[[Fianna Fáil|Template:Party abbr]]	style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 3px;" |	[[Sinn Féin|Template:Party abbr]]	style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 3px;" |	[[Green Party (Ireland)|Template:Party abbr]]	style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 3px;" |	[[Workers and Unemployed Action|Template:Party abbr]]	style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 3px;" |	[[South Kerry Independent Alliance|Template:Party abbr]]	style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 3px;" |	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		1Template:Efn		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												3Template:Efn		9
Thurles	1		1		2		1								4Template:Efn		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

References

• • Volume 1: City and County Councils
  • Volume 2: Borough and Town Councils

External links

• 2009 Local elections result – ElectionsIreland.org