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All 9 seats to Letterkenny Town Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election to Letterkenny Town Council took place on 5 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 9 councillors were elected by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 4 | |||||
Fine Gael | 1 | |||||
Green | 1 | |||||
Independent Fianna Fáil | 1 | |||||
Sinn Féin | 1 | |||||
Labour | 0 | |||||
Progressive Democrats | 0 | |||||
Socialist Party | 0 | |||||
Independent | 1 | |||||
Totals | 9 | - | 100% | — |
Preceded by 1999 Letterkenny Town Council election | Letterkenny Town Council elections | Succeeded by 2009 Letterkenny Town Council election |
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