2004 Longford County Council election

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2004 Longford County Council election
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  1999 11 June 2004 2009  

All 21 seats on Longford County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Independent
Seats won1182
Seat change+1-+1

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Progressive Democrats Republican Sinn Féin
Seats won00
Seat change-1-1

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Map showing the area of Longford County Council

Council control after election

Fine Gael

An election to Longford County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 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).

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Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fine Gael 11+17,59738.92
Fianna Fáil 8-6,88735.29
Independent 2+12,08310.67
Progressive Democrats 0-17213.70
Republican Sinn Féin 0-14412.26
Totals21-19,518100.00

Results by local electoral area

Ballymahon

Ballymahon - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Fine Gael Larry Bannon*18.721,075      
Fine Gael Patrick Belton*15.43886      
Fianna Fáil Barney Steele*13.27762786 794 811 959  
Fine Gael Adrian Farrell*11.60666693 702 738 753 758 795
Fine Gael Seán Farrell*9.25531592 613 683 732 745 815
Fianna Fáil Mark Casey8.29476484 486 520 528 540 640
Fianna Fáil John Nolan*6.74387431 442 463 487 501  
Fianna Fáil Michael Cahill6.71385434 439 462 514 543 681
Progressive Democrats P.J. Walsh5.38309332 338 364    
Sinn Féin Bernard Flood3.45198208 210     
Independent Tom Nee0.593438 39     
Independent Caroline Daly0.563236 36     
Electorate: 8,150  Valid: 5,741 (70.44%)  Spoilt: 91  Quota: 821  Turnout: 5,832 (71.56%)  

    Drumlish

    Drumlish - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12
    Fianna Fáil Luie McEntire*26.69740 
    Fine Gael Gerry Brady*26.25728 
    Fianna Fáil Martin Mulleady19.15531671
    Republican Sinn Féin Seán Lynch*15.90441574
    Progressive Democrats Peter Prunty8.15226 
    Sinn Féin Ciaran Grimes3.86107 
    Electorate: 3,896  Valid: 2,773 (71.18%)  Spoilt: 34  Quota: 694  Turnout: 2,807 (72.05%)  

      Granard

      Granard - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Fine Gael Frank Kilbride*20.47914       
      Fianna Fáil P.J. Reilly11.91532543 553 580 616 653 700 713
      Fine Gael Maura Kilbride-Harkin*11.04493534 544 592 636 649 706 738
      Fine Gael Martin Farrell*10.77481512 520 533 583 652 829 
      Fianna Fáil Brian Lynch*10.41465479 486 521 548 579 623 631
      Fianna Fáil Jimmy Coyle*9.58428448 454 463 500 570 657 688
      Progressive Democrats Declan Fox7.93354374 386 401 436 531   
      Fianna Fáil John Doherty7.03314323 325 331 348    
      Independent James Reynolds 5.17231241 255 272     
      Labour Seán Howard3.76168176 185      
      Sinn Féin Jimmy Magee1.938690       
      Electorate: 6,377  Valid: 4,466 (70.03%)  Spoilt: 68  Quota: 745  Turnout: 4,543 (71.24%)  

        Longford

        Longford - 7 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Fine Gael Peggy Nolan12.60824         
        Independent Peter Murphy*10.04657665 680 697 723 724 779 822  
        Independent Michael Nevin*10.04657662 682 694 732 733 787 801 803 875
        Fianna Fáil Denis Glennon*8.79575584 605 631 711 712 735 835  
        Fine Gael Victor Kiernan*8.18535543 561 570 581 582 598 660 662 711
        Fianna Fáil Seamus Butler*7.15468480 494 521 548 548 564 615 624 718
        Fine Gael Alan Mitchell*7.09464470 487 505 519 521 544 575 576 710
        Progressive Democrats Liam Madden*7.02459470 480 491 508 508 515 552 554  
        Independent Paul Connell6.89451359 371 428 487      
        Sinn Féin Jimmy McDonnell5.04330340 366 378 393 393     
        Fianna Fáil Michael Hegarty4.98326330 337 365 396 396 417    
        Fianna Fáil Tony Flaherty4.34284286 294 319       
        Fianna Fáil Brendan Kearney3.27214215 218        
        Labour Oliver Barry2.72178196         
        Green Parvez Butt1.5199         
        Independent Liam Madden0.3221         
        Electorate: 10,098  Valid: 6,542 (64.79%)  Spoilt: 119  Quota: 818  Turnout: 6,661 (65.96%)  

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