2019 Leitrim County Council election

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2019 Leitrim County Council election
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  2014 24 May 20192024 

All 18 seats on Leitrim County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won662
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2

 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won4
Seat changeSteady2.svg

2019 Leitrim County Council Election Map.svg
Results by Local Electoral Area

An election to all 18 seats on Leitrim County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Leitrim was divided into 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors 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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Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, no changes were made to the LEAs used in the 2014 elections. [1] [2]

Results by party

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 6Steady2.svg6,12834.39Increase2.svg0.71
Fine Gael 6Increase2.svg 24,39424.66Decrease2.svg 2.63
Sinn Féin 2Decrease2.svg 23,06117.18Decrease2.svg 2.01
Green 0Steady2.svg3892.18New
Renua 0Steady2.svg430.24New
Independent 4Steady2.svg3,80621.36Increase2.svg1.52
Total18Steady2.svg17,821100.00Steady2.svg

Results by local electoral area

^  *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.

Ballinamore

Ballinamore: 6 seats [3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Fianna Fáil Paddy O'Rourke [*] 20.87%1,365       
Fianna Fáil Caillian Ellis [*] 14.57%953       
Sinn Féin Brendan Barry [*] 11.70%765781 787 790 855 981  
Fine Gael Enda McGloin11.52%753772 777 778 882 888 890 895
Fine Gael Ita Reynolds-Flynn10.63%695816 821 825 855 950  
Sinn Féin Pat Gilhooley9.73%636673 675 678 700 807 841 845
Independent Gerry Dolan [*] 8.63%564628 650 653 786 835 845 851
Independent Sean Wynne6.10%399436 455 456     
Sinn Féin Caroline Mulvey5.18%339457 464 467 492    
Renua Oisín O'Dwyer0.66%4355       
Independent Denis O'Brien0.41%2734       
Electorate: 9,892  Valid: 6,539  Spoilt: 74  Quota: 935  Turnout: 6,613 (66.85%)  

    Carrick-on-Shannon

    Carrick-on-Shannon: 6 seats [4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Fianna Fáil Sean McGowan [*] 14.96%847      
    Independent Enda Stenson [*] 12.88%729737 768 810   
    Fine Gael Thomas Mulligan12.19%690696 708 720 737 824 
    Fianna Fáil Fintan Cox11.29%639642 659 667 703 737 738
    Fine Gael Finola Armstrong-Maguire [*] 10.87%615616 645 670 727 752 754
    Fianna Fáil Paddy Farrell9.72%550556 583 611 658 737 742
    Independent Des Guckian [*] 9.36%530538 548 577 639 751 758
    Sinn Féin Séadhna Logan [*] 7.17%406408 428 440 481   
    Independent Yvonne Hollidge4.73%268270 289 321    
    Independent Sean Wynne3.43%194195 203     
    Green Leslie O'Hora1.82%103104      
    Independent Denis O'Brien1.57%8989      
    Electorate: 9,027  Valid: 5,660  Spoilt: 69  Quota: 809  Turnout: 5,729 (63.47%)  

      Manorhamilton

      Manorhamilton: 6 seats [5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Fianna Fáil Mary Bohan [*] 16.67%937    
      Sinn Féin Padraig Fallon [*] 16.28%915    
      Fianna Fáil Justin Warnock [*] 14.89%837    
      Fine Gael Frank Dolan [*] 12.54%705749 768 828 
      Independent Felim Gurn [*] 12.33%693733 769 798 808
      Fine Gael Seán McDermott [*] 11.76%661676 695 767 778
      Independent Jamie Murphy5.57%313322 340 360 366
      Green Bláithín Gallagher5.09%286306 320 345 351
      Fine Gael John Joe Dowdican4.89%275280 285   
      Electorate: 9,058  Valid: 5,622  Spoilt: 71  Quota: 804  Turnout: 5,693 (62.85%)  

        Results by gender

        2019 Leitrim County Council election [6] [7]
        Candidates by gender
        GenderNumber of
        candidates
         % of
        candidates
        Elected
        councillors
         % of
        councillors
        Men2681.3%1583.3%
        Women618.8%316.7%
        TOTAL32 18 

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