2004 Donegal County Council election

2004 Donegal County Council election
All 29 seats on Donegal County Council
Turnout	62.3%
	Map showing the area of Donegal County Council
Council control before election; Fianna Fáil ;	Council control after election; Fianna Fáil ;

Last updated December 01, 2024

An election to Donegal County Council took place on 5 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	14	-	28,823	40.05	-1.5
	Fine Gael	8	-	16,520	22.95	+0.2
	Sinn Féin	4	+4	9,725	13.51	+9.1
	Independent Fianna Fáil	2	-2	9,356	13.0
	Independent	1	-1	4,744	6.59
	Labour	0	-1	817	1.13	-2.6
Totals		29	-	71,977	100.00	—

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Results by local electoral area

Sitting in italics

Donegal

Donegal - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Pringle *	16.56	2,334
	Fianna Fáil	Sean McEniff *	13.22	1,864	1,886	1,961	1,963	2,061
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Byrne	10.47	1,476	1,506	1,518	1,619	1,634	1,657	1,678	1,681	1,717
	Fine Gael	John Boyle*	9.29	1,309	1,379	1,385	1,504	1,537	1,757	1,779	1,784	1,983
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Kennedy*	8.54	1,204	1,226	1,230	1,249	1,263	1,424	1,527	1,535	1,981
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Coughlan*	8.27	1,166	1,201	1,210	1,273	1,295	1,345	1,439	1,446	1,631
	Independent	Ernan McGettigan	7.00	987	1,018	1,038	1,054	1,125	1,343	1,396	1,399
	Fine Gael	Barry O'Neill	6.30	888	897	943	944	1,001	1,157	1,551	1,566	1,704
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Grimes	6.22	877	885	957	971	1,022	1,031
	Fine Gael	Joyce McMullin	6.05	853	866	869	878	902
	Green	Florence Doherty	3.32	468	498	525	531
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Gillespie	2.60	366	406	407
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Joe Gallagher	2.15	303	313
Electorate: 22,401 Valid: 14,015 (62.92%) Spoilt: 223 Quota: 2,014 Turnout: 14,318 (63.92%)

Source for Donegal electoral area results.^[2]

Glenties

Glenties - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Brian O Domhnaill	16.07	2,318
	Sinn Féin	Pearse Doherty	13.12	1,892	1,949	2,040	2,230
	Fine Gael	Terence Slowey*	12.79	1,844	1,845	1,916	1,922	1,925	1,971	2,310
	Fianna Fáil	David Alcorn*	11.62	1,675	1,697	1,737	1,813	1,835	1,850	1,953	1,987	2,189
	Fianna Fáil	Enda Bonner *	9.31	1,343	1,366	1,404	1,449	1,460	1,474	1,591	1,632	1,797	1,871
	Fine Gael	Pádraig Doherty*	7.89	1,138	1,162	1,171	1,248	1,286	1,464	1,467	1,470	1,611	1,630
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Paddy Kelly*	7.70	1,111	1,178	1,274	1,315	1,323	1,512	1,529	1,536	1,606	1,617
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas McDyre	4.85	700	708	779	780	780	789
	Labour	Seamus Rogers	4.73	682	688	776	855	882	912	993	1,063
	Independent	John Greene	4.02	579	589	601
	Fine Gael	John Campbell	4.01	578	604	618	621	623
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Seán O Baoill	2.95	425	431
	Green	Adrian MacFhearraigh	0.94	135	142
Electorate: 23,611 Valid: 14,420 (61.07%) Spoilt: 247 Quota: 2,061 Turnout: 14,667 (62.12%)

Source for Glenties electoral area results.^[3]

Inishowen

Inishowen - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig Mac Lochlainn	15.36	2,264
	Fine Gael	Bernard McGuinness*	13.43	1,980	1,949	2,040	2,230
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Conaghan*	12.09	1,782	1,796	1,805	1,821	1,909	1,925	1,928	2,017
	Fianna Fáil	Rena Donaghey *	11.83	1,744	1,776	1,809	1,865	1,917	1,937	1,940	2,055
	Fianna Fáil	Denis McGonigle	10.30	1,518	1,530	1,668	1,692	1,701	1,734	1,738	2,235
	Fianna Fáil	Marion McDonald*	8.23	1,213	1,222	1,256	1,293	1,330	1,599	1,649	1,728
	Fine Gael	Una Sheridan*	7.21	1,063	1,077	1,087	1,136	1,172	1,243	1,413	1,495
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Albert Doherty*	6.74	994	1,009	1,047	1,105	1,344	1,368	1,388
	Fine Gael	Martin Farren	5.83	859	865	870	900	924
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Columba Doherty	3.81	561	572	573	600
	Green	Peter Doran	2.90	427	452	462
	Fianna Fáil	Christina McEleney	2.28	336	343
Electorate: 26,737 Valid: 14,741 (55.13%) Spoilt: 276 Quota: 2,106 Turnout: 15,017 (56.17%)

Source for Inishowen electoral area results. ^[4]

Letterkenny

Letterkenny - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Dessie Larkin *	14.11	1,736	1,758	1,801	2,005	2,090
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Crawford*	13.95	1,717	1,733	1,751	1,854	1,871	1,928	2,208
	Fianna Fáil	Ciaran Brogan	12.73	1,566	1,580	1,618	1,649	1,707	1,807	1,863	1,894
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Harte *	12.45	1,532	1,555	1,607	1,651	1,748	2,124
	Sinn Féin	Tony McDaid	10.44	1,285	1,303	1,314	1,363	1,450	1,496	1,526	1,538
	Fianna Fáil	Damien Blake	8.91	1,096	1,107	1,145	1,163	1,239	1,333	1,374	1,394
	Independent	Jim Devenney	7.06	869	880	946	985	1,019	1,091
	Fine Gael	[Paddy Gildea	6.01	739	765	831	853	917
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Maureen McLaughlin	4.66	573	586	603
	Green	Neil Clarke	4.42	544	578	623	659
	Progressive Democrats	John Gibbons	3.41	419	431
	Labour	Seán Reilly	1.10	135
	Independent	Johnny Bovaird	0.76	93
Electorate: 22,762 Valid: 12,304 (54.06%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 2,051 Turnout: 112,464 (54.76%)

Source for Letterkenny electoral area results.^[5]

Milford

Milford - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Liam Blaney*	17.07	1,577	1,625	1,756	1,792	2,174	2,301	2,578
	Independent	Ian McGarvey	14.37	1,327	1,358	1,378	1,423	1,471	1,679	1,864	1,905
	Fine Gael	Noel McBride	12.47	1,152	1,179	1,256	1,681	1,735	1,842	2,062	2,112
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh McDaid	11.32	1,046	1,118	1,144	1,219	1,430	1,692	1,869	1,900
	Sinn Féin	Donal Cullen	10.10	933	958	1,044	1,076	1,153	1,338
	Independent	Daniel O'Donnell	9.62	889	910	951	1,012	1,150
	Fine Gael	Tommy Ryan	8.38	774	779	785
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Michael McBride	8.25	762	767	895	983
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Joseph Cullen	5.56	514	535
	Fianna Fáil	Kenneth Bradley	2.85	263
Electorate: 13,597 Valid: 9,237 (67.93%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 2,310 Turnout: 9,372 (68.93%)

Source for Milford electoral area results.^[6]

Stranorlar

Stranorlar - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Alice Bonner*	28.73	2,063
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McGowan*	20.74	1,489	1,632	1,770	2,062
	Fine Gael	J.J. Reid*	15.68	1,126	1,156	1,502	1,668
	Sinn Féin	Tom Dignam	14.15	1,016	1,040	1,112	1,349
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Peter Carlin	11.14	800	830	918
	Fine Gael	Martin Harley	9.55	686	726
Electorate: 11,989 Valid: 7,180 (59.89%) Spoilt: 131 Quota: 1,796 Turnout: 7,311 (60.98%)

Source for Stranorlar electoral area results.^[7]

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References

↑ "RTÉ News: Elections 2004". [RTÉ]. Archived from the original on 17 September 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
↑ "Donegal County Council: (Donegal) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
↑ "Donegal County Council: (Glenties) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
↑ "Donegal County Council: (Inishowen) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
↑ "Donegal County Council: (Letterkenny) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
↑ "Donegal County Council: (Milford) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
↑ "Donegal County Council: (Stranorlar) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

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[1] "RTÉ News: Elections 2004". [RTÉ]. Archived from the original on 17 September 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[2] "Donegal County Council: (Donegal) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[3] "Donegal County Council: (Glenties) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[4] "Donegal County Council: (Inishowen) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[5] "Donegal County Council: (Letterkenny) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[6] "Donegal County Council: (Milford) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[7] "Donegal County Council: (Stranorlar) 2004 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

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