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All 9 seats on Letterkenny Town Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the area of Letterkenny Town Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election to all 9 seats on Letterkenny Town Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of the 2009 Irish local elections. Councillors were elected in Letterkenny for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). [1]
It was the last election for the town council, as all town councils in Ireland were abolished in 2014. [2] [3] [4]
Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 4 | |||||
Fine Gael | 1 | |||||
Letterkenny Residents Party | 1 | |||||
Sinn Féin | 1 | |||||
Labour | ||||||
Green | ||||||
Independent | 2 | |||||
Total | 9 | 6,274 | 100% | — |
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Preceded by 2004 Letterkenny Town Council election | Letterkenny Town Council elections | Succeeded by Abolished |