2004 Cavan County Council election

2004 Cavan County Council election

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All 25 seats on Cavan County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 11 11 3 Seat change -2 +2 +1   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 0 Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Cavan County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Cavan County Council took place on 5 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office. ^[1]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	11	+2	13,889	43.97
	Fianna Fáil	11	-2	13,001	41.16
	Sinn Féin	3	+1	3,671	11.62
	Independent	0	-1	787	2.49
Totals		25	-	31,588	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Bailieborough

Bailieborough - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Joe O'Reilly *	14.62	1,291
	Fine Gael	Aidan Boyle*	11.50	997	1,009	1,012	1,153
	Fianna Fáil	Clifford Kelly*	10.47	925	929	978	983	983	1,141
	Fine Gael	Fred Kettyle	10.24	904	938	958	1,046	1,061	1,228
	Sinn Féin	Paddy McDonald	10.20	901	931	985	1,003	1,007	1,070	1,081	1,089	1,227
	Fianna Fáil	Francis McDermott*	9.51	840	847	878	882	883	924	935	942	1,015	1,040
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McCarey	7.39	653	655	671	710	721	735	745	749	861	877
	Fianna Fáil	Turlough Smith*	6.63	586	600	688	730	733	745	754	760	851	860
	Independent	Winston Turner*	5.88	519	544	571	606	608	670	717	728
	Fine Gael	Margaret O'Reilly	5.81	518	538	545	584	596
	Fine Gael	Matt McPhillips	5.41	391	420	426
	Fianna Fáil	Eamonn Donnelly	5.23	307	316
Electorate: 13,247  Valid: 8,832 (66.67%)  Spoilt: 167  Quota: 1,105  Turnout: 8,999 (67.93%)

Ballyjamesduff

Ballyjamesduff - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Reilly*	14.04	1,109	1,213
	Fine Gael	Paddy Smith	12.05	952	993	1,046	1,065	1,395
	Fianna Fáil	Shane P. O'Reilly	11.14	880	924	995	1,025	1,042	1,056	1,067
	Fianna Fáil	Francie Fitzsimons*	10.70	845	865	912	919	954	992	1,001
	Fine Gael	Mary Brady	10.46	826	924	969	983	1,206
	Sinn Féin	Pauline Tully-McCauley *	9.76	771	830	891	896	1,002	1,063	1,097
	Fianna Fáil	Danny Brady*	9.50	750	788	957	957	1,020	1,048	1,071
	Fine Gael	Dessie Boylan*	8.81	696	723	814	819
	Fianna Fáil	Patsy Sheridan	7.10	561	594
	Independent	Sean Sheridan	3.39	268
	Labour	Margaret Hopkins	3.04	240
Electorate: 12,029  Valid: 7,898 (65.66%)  Spoilt: 117  Quota: 1,129  Turnout: 8,015 (66.63%)

Belturbet

Belturbet - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Maura Maguire-Lynch*	21.03	1,316
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Smith*	16.93	1,059
	Fine Gael	Peter McVitty*	15.97	999	1,195
	Fianna Fáil	Anthony Vesey*	13.97	874	891	929	941	946	1,055
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Feeley*	11.65	729	732	744	821	828	942
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McGahern	8.68	543	582	613	629	631	732
	Sinn Féin	Donal Carlin	6.78	424	435	450	622	624
	Sinn Féin	Eddie Fitzpatrick	5.00	313	320	327
Electorate: 9,190  Valid: 6,257 (68.08%)  Spoilt: 124  Quota: 1,043  Turnout: 6,381 (69.43%)

Cavan

Cavan - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Andrew Boylan *	15.25	1,312
	Sinn Féin	Charlie Boylan*	14.67	1,262
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Argue*	14.08	1,211
	Fianna Fáil	T.P. Smith*	10.35	890	930	992	1,006	1,163
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Murray*	8.50	731	738	763	770	853	870	1,141
	Fine Gael	Paul Cooney	8.07	694	750	774	806	841	847	877
	Fine Gael	Winston Bennett	7.82	673	751	769	812	836	844	1,024
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie Fleming*	7.56	650	656	675	678	769	784
	Fianna Fáil	Patricia Walsh	7.37	634	657	677	696	849	890	1,075
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Carolan	6.32	544	570	588	605
Electorate: 14,238  Valid: 8,601 (60.41%)  Spoilt: 171  Quota: 1,076  Turnout: 8,772 (61.61%)

References

1. "Irish 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis - Council List". Irish Elections. Retrieved 29 November 2025.

External links

• Official website ^{[ permanent dead link ]}