2019 Leitrim County Council election
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All 18 seats to Leitrim County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Leitrim County Council election was held in County Leitrim 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.[1]
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 6 | ![]() |
6,128 | 34.39 | ![]() | |
Fine Gael | 6 | ![]() |
4,394 | 24.66 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 2 | ![]() |
3,061 | 17.18 | ![]() | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
389 | 2.18 | New | |
Renua | 0 | ![]() |
43 | 0.24 | New | |
Independent | 4 | ![]() |
3,806 | 21.36 | ![]() | |
Totals | 18 | ![]() |
17,821 | 100% | ![]() |
Results by local electoral area
Ballinamore
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Paddy O'Rourke[c 1] | 20.87% | 1,365 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Caillian Ellis[c 1] | 14.57% | 953 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Brendan Barry[c 1] | 11.70% | 765 | 781 | 787 | 790 | 855 | 981 | |||
Fine Gael | Enda McGloin | 11.52% | 753 | 772 | 777 | 778 | 882 | 888 | 890 | 895 | |
Fine Gael | Ita Reynolds-Flynn | 10.63% | 695 | 816 | 821 | 825 | 855 | 950 | |||
Sinn Féin | Pat Gilhooley | 9.73% | 636 | 673 | 675 | 678 | 700 | 807 | 841 | 845 | |
Independent | Gerry Dolan[c 1] | 8.63% | 564 | 628 | 650 | 653 | 786 | 835 | 845 | 851 | |
Independent | Sean Wynne | 6.10% | 399 | 436 | 455 | 456 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Caroline Mulvey | 5.18% | 339 | 457 | 464 | 467 | 492 | ||||
Renua | Oisín O'Dwyer | 0.66% | 43 | 55 | |||||||
Independent | Denis O'Brien | 0.41% | 27 | 34 | |||||||
Electorate: 9,892 Valid: 6,539 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 935 Turnout: 6,613 (66.85%) |
Carrick-on–Shannon
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Sean McGowan[c 1] | 14.96% | 847 | |||||||
Independent | Enda Stenson[c 1] | 12.88% | 729 | 737 | 768 | 810 | ||||
Fine Gael | Thomas Mulligan | 12.19% | 690 | 696 | 708 | 720 | 737 | 824 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Fintan Cox | 11.29% | 639 | 642 | 659 | 667 | 703 | 737 | 738 | |
Fine Gael | Finola Armstrong-Maguire[c 1] | 10.87% | 615 | 616 | 645 | 670 | 727 | 752 | 754 | |
Fianna Fáil | Paddy Farrell | 9.72% | 550 | 556 | 583 | 611 | 658 | 737 | 742 | |
Independent | Des Guckian[c 1] | 9.36% | 530 | 538 | 548 | 577 | 639 | 751 | 758 | |
Sinn Féin | Séadhna Logan[c 1] | 7.17% | 406 | 408 | 428 | 440 | 481 | |||
Independent | Yvonne Hollidge | 4.73% | 268 | 270 | 289 | 321 | ||||
Independent | Sean Wynne | 3.43% | 194 | 195 | 203 | |||||
Green | Leslie O'Hora | 1.82% | 103 | 104 | ||||||
Independent | Denis O'Brien | 1.57% | 89 | 89 | ||||||
Electorate: 9,027 Valid: 5,660 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 809 Turnout: 5,729 (63.47%) |
Manorhamilton
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Mary Bohan[c 1] | 16.67% | 937 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Padraig Fallon[c 1] | 16.28% | 915 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Justin Warnock[c 1] | 14.89% | 837 | |||||
Fine Gael | Frank Dolan[c 1] | 12.54% | 705 | 749 | 768 | 828 | ||
Independent | Felim Gurn[c 1] | 12.33% | 693 | 733 | 769 | 798 | 808 | |
Fine Gael | Seán McDermott[c 1] | 11.76% | 661 | 676 | 695 | 767 | 778 | |
Independent | Jamie Murphy | 5.57% | 313 | 322 | 340 | 360 | 366 | |
Green | Bláithín Gallagher | 5.09% | 286 | 306 | 320 | 345 | 351 | |
Fine Gael | John Joe Dowdican | 4.89% | 275 | 280 | 285 | |||
Electorate: 9,058 Valid: 5,622 Spoilt: 71 Quota: 804 Turnout: 5,693 (62.85%) |
Results by gender
2019 Leitrim County Council election[5][6] Candidates by gender | ||||
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Gender | Number of candidates |
% of candidates |
Elected councillors |
% of councillors |
Men | 26 | 81.3% | 15 | 83.3% |
Women | 6 | 18.8% | 3 | 16.7% |
TOTAL | 32 | 18 |
Footnotes
Sources
- "Leitrim County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- "Election Results 2019". Leitrim County Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 623/2018 — County of Leitrim Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 144–146. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
References
- ^ Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 62–64, 149. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Local Election 2019 — Ballinamore LEA" (PDF). Leitrim County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Local Election 2019 — Carrick-on–Shannon LEA" (PDF). Leitrim County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Local Election 2019 — Manorhamilton LEA" (PDF). Leitrim County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ McGreevy, Ronan (26 May 2019) [25 May 2019]. "Leitrim County Council: Only three women councillors in 18-seat chamber". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ DHPLG 2019, p. 247.