2009 Leitrim County Council election

2009 Leitrim County Council election
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22 seats on Leitrim County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won 10 8 2
Seat change +2 -2 -
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 2
Seat change -
Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 22 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 10 +2 6,963 37.07
Fianna Fáil 8 -2 6,007 31.98
Sinn Féin 2 - 2,418 12.87
Independent 2 - 2,864 15.25
Totals 22 - 18,781 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballinamore

Ballinamore - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Paddy O'Rourke* 17.29 877    
Fianna Fáil Caillian Ellis* 16.82 853    
Fine Gael John McCartin 16.78 851    
Fine Gael Damien Brennan* 14.10 715 730 752
Fine Gael Gordon Hughes 13.33 676 759 846
Sinn Féin Martin Kenny* 13.03 661 959  
Sinn Féin Maureen Martin 8.64 438    
Electorate: 6,671   Valid: 5,071 (76.02%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 846   Turnout: 5,119 (76.74%)  

Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Enda Stenson* 18.54 983                  
Fianna Fáil Seán McGowan* 12.61 672                  
Fianna Fáil Gerry Kilrane 10.90 581 634 650 657 686          
Fine Gael Thomas Mulligan* 10.06 536 579 596 598 628 670    
Fianna Fáil Sinead Guckian* 8.82 470 504 507 523 530 554 685      
Fine Gael Gerry Reynolds* 7.49 399 442 443 461 464 473 545 546 554 606
Fine Gael John Ward 6.98 372 410 414 422 437 453 468 475 477 579
Labour John Feely 5.35 285 307 308 325 330 367 409 410 416 472
Independent Des Guckian 5.27 281 300 303 328 337 374 382 386 388  
Fianna Fáil Liam McElgunn* 5.01 267 288 289 297 300 312        
Sinn Féin Chris Cronin 3.62 193 206 215 222 238          
Independent Stephen Flynn 2.08 111 130 123 132 133          
Green Garreth McDaid 1.97 105 117 118              
Independent Bernard McDonagh 0.75 40 42                
Independent John McCrann 0.64 34 38                
Electorate: 7,723   Valid: 5,329 (69.00%)   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 667   Turnout: 5,373 (69.57%)  

Dromahaire

Dromahaire - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Enda McGloin* 17.69 814        
Fine Gael John McTernan* 17.54 807        
Independent Gerry Dolan* 14.45 665 701 719 943  
Fianna Fáil Francis Gilmartin* 14.10 649 661 674 716 751
Fianna Fáil Mary Bohan* 13.17 606 625 626 692 768
Sinn Féin Padraig Fallon 10.50 483 509 511 582 627
Fine Gael Sean Loughlin 9.54 439 452 464    
Green Johnny Gogan 3.02 139        
Electorate: 6,034   Valid: 4,602 (76.27%)   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 768   Turnout: 4,649 (77.05%)  

Manorhamilton

Manorhamilton - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Séan McDermott* 16.10 691 695 758    
Sinn Féin Michael Colreavy* 14.98 643 716      
Fine Gael Frank Dolan* 14.12 606 613 721    
Fianna Fáil Tony Ferguson* 13.37 574 635 764    
Fine Gael Siobhán McGloin 13.30 571 618 655 672 693
Independent Gabriel McSharry 12.07 518 527 619 650 671
Fianna Fáil Pat Munday 10.67 458 468      
Independent Thomas Kelly 5.40 232        
Electorate: 5,849   Valid: 4,293 (69.63%)   Spoilt: 45   Quota: 716   Turnout: 4,338 (70.63%)