2004 Leitrim County Council election

2004 Leitrim County Council election

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All 22 seats on Leitrim County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 10 8 2 Seat change - - -   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 11 June 2004 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). ^[1]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	10	0	7,140	40.13
	Fine Gael	8	0	6,786	38.14
	Sinn Féin	2	0	1,987	11.17
	Independent	2	0	1,386	7.79
Totals		22	0	17,794	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ballinamore

Ballinamore - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Martin Kenny *	17.71	860
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy O'Rourke	15.63	759
	Fine Gael	Damien Brennan*	15.24	740
	Fianna Fáil	Caillian Ellis*	14.33	696
	Fianna Fáil	J.J. Shortt*	13.06	634	690	723
	Fine Gael	Gordon Hughes	12.77	620	679	683	707
	Fine Gael	John McCartin	5.36	547	598	626	648
Electorate: 6,421  Valid: 4,856 (75.63%)  Spoilt: 44  Quota: 694  Turnout: 4,900 (76.31%)

Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McGowan*	16.02	770
	Independent	Enda Stenson *	15.69	754
	Fine Gael	Gerry Reynolds *	14.08	677	687
	Fine Gael	Thomas Mulligan*	12.09	581	601	651	674	739
	Fianna Fáil	Sinead Guckian*	11.28	542	564	576	589	644	654	807
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry McGee*	8.32	400	416	432	441	465	479	492	504
	Fianna Fáil	Liam McElgunn*	7.97	383	386	386	393	415	416	519	591
	Fine Gael	Percy French	7.26	349	353	360	370	384	393
	Sinn Féin	Maura Mulvey	4.66	224	229	257	262
	Independent	John McCrann	2.64	127	130
Electorate: 6,902  Valid: 4,807 (69.65%)  Spoilt: 36  Quota: 687  Turnout: 4,843 (70.17%)

Dromahaire

Dromahaire - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	John McTernan*	16.66	722
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Gilmartin*	13.66	592	602	620	646	754
	Fine Gael	Carmel McPadden*	11.70	507	518	536	578	596	601
	Independent	Gerry Dolan*	11.65	505	529	617	667	767
	Fine Gael	Enda McGloin	11.07	480	484	499	504	686	714
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Bohan*	11.65	456	461	495	612	657	668
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Nolan	8.68	429	430	450	475
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene O'Neill	8.68	295	301	318
	Sinn Féin	John McCauley	8.68	241	260
	Green	Johnny Gogan	8.68	108
Electorate: 5,788  Valid: 4,335 (74.90%)  Spoilt: 50  Quota: 723  Turnout: 4,385 (75.66%)

Manorhamilton

Manorhamilton - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Ferguson*	19.28	732
	Sinn Féin	Michael Colreavy *	17.44	662
	Fine Gael	Séan McDermott	16.10	611	617	622	714
	Fine Gael	Frank Dolan*	15.38	584	588	594	684
	Fianna Fáil	Aodh Flynn*	11.91	452	487	493	603
	Labour	Gabriel McSharry	10.19	387	394	402
	Fine Gael	Siobhán McGloin*	7.66	368	415	419	469
Electorate: 5,452  Valid: 3,796 (69.63%)  Spoilt: 55  Quota: 633  Turnout: 3,851 (70.63%)

References

1. "Council Results". irelandelection.com. Retrieved 31 January 2026.

External links

• Official website ^{[ permanent dead link ]}