2024 Roscommon County Council election

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2024 Roscommon County Council election
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  2019 7 June 20242029 

All 18 seats on Roscommon County Council
10 seats needed for a majority

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Area of Roscommon County Council

An election to all 18 seats on Roscommon County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] County Roscommon is 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). [2]

Contents

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

ConstituencyDeparting CouncillorPartyFirst electedDate announced
AthloneDonal Kilduff Independent 2019 4 April 2024 [3]
BoyleJoe Murphy Fianna Fáil 2019 26 October 2023 [4]
BoyleJohn Cummins Fianna Fáil 1999 18 May 2023 [5]
RoscommonOrla Leyden Fianna Fáil 2004 21 March 2023 [6]
RoscommonKathleen Shanagher Independent 2014 17 November 2023 [7]

Results by party

PartyCandidatesSeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael
Sinn Féin
Aontú
Independent Ireland NewNew
Independent
Total18Steady2.svg100.00

Candidates by LEA

^  *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^  †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Athlone

Athlone: 6 Seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Sinn Féin Sam Brooks [8]
Fine Gael Domnick Connolly [9]
Independent Laurence Fallon [*] [10]
Sinn Féin Joe Harney [11]
Independent Emer Kelly [] [12]
Fianna Fáil John Keogh [*] [13]
Fianna Fáil James Murray [13]
Fine Gael John Naughten [*] [9]
Independent Tony Ward [*] [14]
Quota: 

    Boyle

    Boyle: 6 Seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Aontú Fayiz Alsani [15]
    Fine Gael Liam Callaghan [*] [16]
    Sinn Féin Leah Cull [17]
    Fine Gael Dympna Daly Finn [16]
    Independent Ireland Paul Forde
    Fianna Fáil Sean Moylan [18]
    Sinn Féin Michael Mulligan [*] [11]
    Fianna Fáil Aidan Sampey [18]
    Sinn Féin Rory Williams Doyle [11]
    Quota: 

      Roscommon

      Roscommon: 6 Seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Fianna Fáil Larry Brennan [5]
      Independent Ireland Nigel Dineen [*] [19]
      Fianna Fáil Paschal Fitzmaurice [*] [5]
      Fine Gael Robbie McConn [16]
      Fianna Fáil Marty McDermott [*] [5]
      Sinn Féin Christine McDonagh [11]
      Fine Gael Gareth Scahill [16]
      Quota: 

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