2009 Letterkenny Town Council election

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2009 Letterkenny Town Council election
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  2004 5 June 2009 Abolished in 2014  

All 9 seats on Letterkenny Town Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won411

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Letterkenny Residents Party Independent
Seats won12

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Map showing the area of Letterkenny Town Council

Council control before election

Fianna Fáil

Council control after election

Fianna Fáil

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]

Results by party

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 4
Fine Gael 1
Letterkenny Residents Party1
Sinn Féin 1
Labour
Green
Independent 2
Total9Steady2.svg6,274100%

The Letterkenny Residents Party was registered in 2008 to contest local elections only. [5] Following the dissolution of Letterkenny Town Council in 2014, Crossan unsuccessfully contested the Letterkenny local electoral area for the party. The party was deregistered in 2015. [6] [7]

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References

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Preceded by
2004 Letterkenny Town Council election
Letterkenny Town Council elections Succeeded by
Abolished