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 PartyCountyCityBoroughTownTotal± 3053516200556+88 2011711178407–135 94381386231+43 4113865127+2 3021318–14 20417+5 31116+2 32005+5 02002+0 10012– 00011New 1022210141275+10Total753130606841,627—
County and city councils
Party Seats ± ±% 340+47605,33332.2+4.6 218–84477,34225.4–6.4 132+31276,62714.7+3.3 54138,4057.4–0.6 5+515,8790.8+0.5 416,0520.9+0.2 3–1544,1522.3–1.6 24,7710.3+0.1 23,5900.2 12,5360.1— 01,3190.1New 04670.0— 122+37294,09415.6+4.5Total883—1,880,589——
Detailed results Authority TotalDetailsCarlow1045221DetailsCavan138425DetailsClare121111732DetailsCork221271648DetailsCork City867411431DetailsDonegal81024529DetailsDublin City1261972652DetailsDún Laoghaire–Rathdown11482328DetailsFingal6493224DetailsGalway13711830DetailsGalway City335415DetailsKerry107421327DetailsKildare966425DetailsKilkenny12751126DetailsLaois12811325DetailsLeitrim1082222DetailsLimerick1592228DetailsLimerick City8141317DetailsLongford108321DetailsLouth85261426DetailsMayo1772531DetailsMeath11841529DetailsMonaghan657220DetailsNorth Tipperary4631721DetailsOffaly69621DetailsRoscommon1081726DetailsSligo12721325DetailsSouth Dublin84931126DetailsSouth Tipperary12632326DetailsWaterford11542123DetailsWaterford City41311515DetailsWestmeath89623DetailsWexford1054221DetailsWicklow9462324DetailsTotal34021813254543221122883
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 PartySeats± 21644 18953 9912 732 151 5 1 11 1447
Detailed results The five councils with the status of borough councils are marked as BC. All others are town councils. Town OthTotalArdee 2 2 1 1 1 2 9Arklow 3 1 2 3 9Athlone 3 3 1 1 1 9Athy 1 2 4 1 1 9Balbriggan 1 1 3 1 3 9Ballina 3 3 3 9Ballinasloe 2 3 1 3 9Ballybay 4 4 1 9Ballyshannon 2 5 1 1 9Bandon 4 3 1 1 9Bantry 5 3 1 9Belturbet 1 3 5 9Birr 4 2 3 9Boyle 2 4 1 2 9Bray 2 3 3 2 1 1 12Buncrana 2 3 2 2 9Bundoran 3 2 2 2 9Carlow 3 3 1 1 1 9Carrickmacross 2 3 2 2 9Carrick-on-Suir 2 1 1 1 1 3 9Cashel 2 2 1 4 9Castlebar 1 4 1 1 2 9Castleblayney 3 2 3 1 9Cavan 3 4 1 1 9Clonakilty 2 2 1 1 3 9Clones 2 2 3 2 9Clonmel BC2224212Cobh 1 2 3 1 2 9Cootehill 3 3 2 1 9Drogheda BC4213212Dundalk 3 2 3 2 2 12Dungarvan 2 3 3 1 9Edenderry 3 2 1 3 9Ennis 1 3 1 1 3 9Enniscorthy 2 2 1 1 3 9Fermoy 2 2 2 1 2 9Gorey 4 4 1 9Granard 3 2 1 3 9Greystones 2 4 2 1 9Kells 3 2 2 1 1 9Kilkee 4 4 1 9Kilkenny BC4241112Killarney 2 1 2 13 9Kilrush 3 3 3 9Kinsale 2 2 2 1 1 1 9Leixlip 1 3 2 1 2 9Letterkenny 4 1 1 3 9Lismore 3 3 1 2 9Listowel 3 4 2 9Longford 2 3 4 9Loughrea 3 2 4 9Macroom 3 4 2 9Mallow 1 2 4 1 1 9Midleton 1 2 1 1 4 9Monaghan 1 3 4 1 9Mountmellick 3 3 1 1 1 9Muine Bheag 3 3 2 1 9Mullingar 3 2 4 9Naas 1 3 2 3 9Navan 4 2 2 1 9Nenagh 2 2 2 1 2 9Newbridge 2 2 2 3 9New Ross 3 2 2 1 1 9Passage West 2 3 1 3 9Portlaoise 2 3 2 2 9Shannon 4 2 1 2 9Skibbereen 2 4 2 1 9Sligo BC33231Templemore 3 3 3 9Thurles 1 1 2 1 4 9Tipperary 3 1 1 4 9Tralee 2 3 3 2 1 12Tramore 1 4 1 3 9Trim 2 3 2 2 9Tuam 3 2 2 2 9Tullamore 4 2 2 1 9Westport 2 5 1 1 9Wexford BC34211112Wicklow 1 3 1 1 1 2 9Youghal 3 2 1 2 1 9Total21618999731551145744
Footnotes
References
Volume 1: City and County Councils Volume 2: Borough and Town Councils
External links 2009 Local elections result – ElectionsIreland.org