2004 Letterkenny Town Council election

2004 Letterkenny Town Council election

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All 9 seats to Letterkenny Town Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Green Seats won 4 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Independent Seats won 1 1 1
Council control before election Fianna Fáil Council control after election Fianna Fáil

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.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	FPv.	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	4	1	2,116	35.80	4.38
	Fine Gael	1		1,047	17.72	7.98
	Independent Fianna Fáil	1		721	12.20	5.07
	Sinn Féin	1	1	443	7.50	4.23
	Green	1	New	276	4.67	New
	Progressive Democrats	0	New	126	2.13	New
	Labour	0	1	70	1.19	9.56
	Socialist Party	0	New	64	1.08	New
	Independent	1	2	1,046	17.70	19.29
Totals		9	-	5,909	100%	—

Results

^  *: Outgoing councillor elected in 1999.

9 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Fianna Fáil	Ciaran Brogan [*]	13.83	817
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Dessie Larkin [*]	12.20	721
	Fianna Fáil	Victor Fisher [*]	8.38	495	532	546	547	549	556	566	576	580	607
	Sinn Féin	Gerry McMonagle	7.50	443	469	477	484	490	496	501	509	514	533	540	541	541	573	577	577
	Independent	Jim Lynch [*]	7.24	428	435	449	457	463	475	491	507	516	545	581	585	588	634
	Fianna Fáil	Damien Blake	7.19	425	471	483	484	489	505	521	534	547	571	604
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Harte [*]	6.85	405	417	426	428	438	440	448	463	502	523	589	590	592
	Fianna Fáil	Jean Crossan [*]	5.20	307	335	342	343	343	352	359	366	371	388	415	417	420	487	499	500
	Independent	P.J. Blake [*]	4.96	293	307	317	321	321	328	335	351	353	366	380	384	385
	Green	Neil Clarke	4.67	276	285	291	311	329	337	353	369	377	390	406	408	409	450	455	455
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Kavanagh	4.55	269	275	270	280	284	286	298	312	333	346	399	399	402	449	455	455
	Fine Gael	Charlie McClafferty	3.91	231	242	247	248	252	254	256	263	291	310
	Independent	Peter Patton	3.37	199	212	240	240	241	242	242	250	259
	Fine Gael	Marian Metcalfe	2.40	142	146	147	149	153	153	164	167
	Independent	Peter Cutliffe	2.13	126	133	139	141	143	143	147
	Progressive Democrats	Khris Veldman	2.13	126	127	131	133	135	135
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Gallagher	1.22	72	77	79	80	82
	Labour	Seán Reilly	1.19	70	70	70	74
	Socialist Party	Francis McCafferty	1.08	64	64	64
Electorate: 11,593  Valid: 5,909 (50.97%)  Spoilt: 68  Quota: 591  Turnout: 5,977 (51.56%)

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External links

• Letterkenny Town Council election, 2004 at electionsireland.org (archive link)

Preceded by 1999 Letterkenny Town Council election

Letterkenny Town Council elections

Succeeded by 2009 Letterkenny Town Council election

1. "2004 Letterkenny Town Council election". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 1 September 2025.