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All 29 seats to Donegal County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election to Donegal County Council took place on 2 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.
Donegal County Council is the authority responsible for local government in County Donegal, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. It has 37 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach. The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Séamus Neely. The county town is Lifford.
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 10 | -4 | 25,183 | 34.15 | ||
Fine Gael | 8 | - | 18,296 | 24.81 | ||
Sinn Féin | 4 | - | 9,950 | 13.49 | ||
Labour Party | 2 | +2 | 5,091 | 6.90 | ||
Independent | 5 | +4 | 14,452 | 19.60 | ||
Independent Fianna Fáil | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 29 | - | 73,747 | 100% | — |
Donegal - 5 seats | |||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | |
Fine Gael | Barry O'Neill * | 14.61 | 2,189 | 2,225 | 2,287 | 2,301 | 2,376 | 2,406 | 2,545 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Sean McEniff * | 12.47 | 1,869 | 1,890 | 1,903 | 1,921 | 1,942 | 2,053 | 2,177 | 2,191 | 2,196 | 2,218 | |
Fianna Fáil | Brendan Byrne* | 10.29 | 1,542 | 1,549 | 1,558 | 1,602 | 1,613 | 1,839 | 1,883 | 2,204 | 2,234 | 2,239 | |
Independent | Thomas Pringle * | 10.02 | 1,501 | 1,515 | 1,596 | 1,751 | 1,872 | 1,953 | 2,285 | 2,600 | |||
Fine Gael | John Boyle* | 9.77 | 1,464 | 1,468 | 1,508 | 1,598 | 1,679 | 1,756 | 1,818 | 2,307 | 2,356 | 2,365 | |
Independent | Tom Conaghan | 8.14 | 1,220 | 1,246 | 1,336 | 1,450 | 1,658 | 1,953 | 2,079 | 2,168 | 2,186 | 2,197 | |
Fine Gael | Barry McShane | 8.12 | 1,217 | 1,220 | 1,251 | 1,288 | 1,329 | 1,350 | 1,399 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Jim McLoughlin | 6.51 | 975 | 997 | 1,038 | 1,112 | 1,181 | 1,254 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Jonathan Kennedy* | 5.57 | 835 | 853 | 909 | 977 | 1,108 | ||||||
Independent | Ernan McGettigan | 4.86 | 728 | 740 | 838 | 871 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Tommy Quinn | 4.34 | 651 | 662 | 690 | ||||||||
Labour Party | Seamus Carbin | 3.86 | 579 | 594 | |||||||||
Independent | Patricia McCafferty | 0.77 | 116 | ||||||||||
Independent | Eamonn McGinty | 0.67 | 101 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 22,706 Valid: 14,987 (66.0%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 2,498 Turnout: 15,128 (66.93%) |
Glenties - 5 seats | |||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | |
Independent | Seamus O Domhnaill | 13.50 | 2,011 | 2,021 | 2,095 | 2,179 | 2,218 | 2,349 | 2,502 | ||
Fianna Fáil | David Alcorn* | 10.43 | 1,554 | 1,558 | 1,563 | 1,598 | 1,641 | 1,661 | 1,804 | 2,464 | |
Fianna Fáil | Dr.Joe Kelly* | 9.92 | 1,478 | 1,482 | 1,558 | 1,582 | 1,595 | 1,675 | 1,712 | 1,843 | |
Independent | Pádraig Doherty* | 9.83 | 1,465 | 1,470 | 1,502 | 1,650 | 1,679 | 1,869 | 2,031 | 2,115 | |
Fine Gael | Terence Slowey* | 9.44 | 1,406 | 1,541 | 1,604 | 1,758 | 2,142 | 2,154 | 2,390 | 2,564 | |
Sinn Féin | Therese Gallagher* | 8.98 | 1,338 | 1,359 | 1,370 | 1,417 | 1,471 | 2,004 | 2,273 | 2,551 | |
Fianna Fáil | Enda Bonner* | 8.76 | 1,306 | 1,334 | 1,335 | 1,358 | 1,492 | 1,499 | 1,599 | ||
Labour Party | Seamus Rogers | 7.13 | 1,062 | 1,153 | 1,175 | 1,259 | 1,378 | 1,425 | |||
Sinn Féin | John O Fearraigh | 6.84 | 1,019 | 1,021 | 1,045 | 1,090 | 1,096 | ||||
Independent | Francis Brennan | 5.72 | 853 | 893 | 897 | 901 | |||||
Fine Gael | Mairead NicSuibhne | 4.29 | 624 | 630 | 708 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Martin Terry | 2.79 | 416 | 420 | |||||||
Labour Party | John Kelly | 2.48 | 369 | ||||||||
Electorate: 22,829 Valid: 14,901 (65.27%) Spoilt: 185 Quota: 2,484 Turnout: 15,086 (66.08%) |
Inishowen - 7 seats | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 | |
Sinn Féin | Pádraig MacLochlainn * | 13.25 | 2,131 | ||||||||||||
Fine Gael | Bernard McGuinness* | 11.80 | 1,899 | 1,904 | 1,921 | 1,943 | 2,042 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Charlie McConalogue | 10.87 | 1,749 | 1,754 | 1,763 | 1,786 | 1,795 | 1,796 | 1,996 | 2,137 | |||||
Fine Gael | Mickey Doherty | 10.25 | 1,649 | 1,653 | 1,690 | 1,711 | 1,809 | 1,823 | 1,944 | 2,042 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Rena Donaghey* | 8.87 | 1,427 | 1,438 | 1,442 | 1,508 | 1,516 | 1,516 | 1,606 | 1,637 | 1,918 | 1,938 | 2,003 | 2,009 | |
Fine Gael | John Ryan | 8.32 | 1,338 | 962 | 1,347 | 1,350 | 1,409 | 1,779 | 1,793 | 1,801 | 1,835 | 2,134 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Paul Canning | 7.63 | 1,227 | 1,233 | 1,238 | 1,250 | 1,303 | 1,304 | 1,344 | 1,358 | 1,428 | 1,440 | 1,454 | 1,460 | |
Independent | Nicholas Crossan | 5.94 | 956 | 965 | 994 | 1,069 | 1,077 | 1,077 | 1,086 | 1,140 | |||||
Labour Party | Martin Farren | 5.48 | 881 | 885 | 950 | 1,015 | 1,031 | 1,031 | 1,228 | 1,320 | 1,427 | 1,440 | 1,480 | 1,499 | |
Fianna Fáil | Marion McDonald* | 4.56 | 733 | 735 | 758 | 776 | 782 | 782 | |||||||
Fine Gael | Keith Roulston | 4.37 | 703 | 704 | 705 | 718 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Seán Ruddy | 4.17 | 671 | 728 | 740 | 775 | 784 | 785 | 803 | ||||||
Green Party | Sheenagh McMahon | 3.03 | 487 | 493 | 497 | ||||||||||
Independent | Bartholemew Connell | 1.47 | 236 | 237 | |||||||||||
Electorate: 28,754 Valid: 16,087 (55.95%) Spoilt: 249 Quota: 2,011 Turnout: 16,336 (56.81%) |
Letterkenny - 7 seats | |||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | |
Fianna Fáil | Ciaran Brogan * | 13.10 | 2,522 | ||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Liam Blaney* | 11.50 | 2,214 | 2,223 | 2,247 | 2,258 | 2,300 | 2,486 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Dessie Larkin * | 8.45 | 1,628 | 1,645 | 1,690 | 1,727 | 1,763 | 1,786 | 1,948 | 2,300 | 2,310 | 2,321 | |
Fine Gael | Noel McBride* | 11.62 | 1,593 | 1,601 | 1,626 | 1,630 | 1,810 | 1,992 | 2,300 | 2,502 | |||
Sinn Féin | Mick Quinn | 9.31 | 1,590 | 1,618 | 1,727 | 1,734 | 1,751 | 1,883 | 1,961 | 2,202 | 2,211 | 2,219 | |
Fianna Fáil | Michael McBride | 7.69 | 1,481 | 1,486 | 1,495 | 1,512 | 1,557 | 1,650 | 1,678 | ||||
Independent | Jimmy Harte * | 7.63 | 1,469 | 1,521 | 1,647 | 1,658 | 1,746 | 1,845 | 2,126 | 2,218 | 2,224 | 2,231 | |
Independent | Ian McGarvey * | 7.10 | 1,367 | 1,388 | 1,458 | 1,463 | 1,557 | 1,799 | 1,886 | 2,097 | 2,125 | 2,159 | |
Independent | Donal Cullen | 6.25 | 1,203 | 1,224 | 1,273 | 1,278 | 1,291 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Joanne Sweeney-Burke | 5.81 | 1,119 | 1,133 | 1,298 | 1,302 | 1,433 | 1,585 | 1,880 | 2,052 | 2,093 | 2,111 | |
Fine Gael | Paddy Gildea | 5.41 | 1,042 | 1,063 | 1,103 | 1,112 | 1,443 | 1,465 | |||||
Fine Gael | John Gibbons | 5.23 | 1,007 | 431 | 1,017 | 1,042 | 1,046 | ||||||
Labour Party | Siobhan McLoughlin | 3.81 | 734 | 775 | |||||||||
Green Party | Frank Gallagher | 1.50 | 288 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 29,722 Valid: 19,257 (64.79%) Spoilt: 261 Quota: 2,408 Turnout: 19,518 (65.67%) |
Stranorlar - 5 seats | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | |
Sinn Féin | Cora Harvey | 19.05 | 2,226 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick McGowan* | 14.75 | 1,724 | 1,769 | 1,913 | 2,013 | ||
Labour Party | Frank McBrearty, Jnr | 12.54 | 1,466 | 1,535 | 1,590 | 1,664 | 1,873 | |
Fianna Fáil | Gerry Crawford* | 12.23 | 1,429 | 1,444 | 1,540 | 1,562 | 1,667 | |
Fine Gael | Martin Harley | 10.19 | 1,191 | 1,236 | 1,301 | 1,614 | 1,994 | |
Fine Gael | Stephen McNamee | 9.64 | 1,127 | 1,146 | 1,206 | 1,432 | 1,502 | |
Independent | John Gallagher | 8.92 | 1,042 | 1,080 | 1,247 | 1,301 | ||
Fine Gael | Gareth Reid | 7.12 | 832 | 854 | 871 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Peter Carlin | 3.98 | 465 | 478 | ||||
Independent | Alan Dooher | 1.57 | 184 | 196 | ||||
Electorate: 19,305 Valid: 11,686 (60.53%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,948 Turnout: 11,840 (61.33%) |
Preceded by Donegal County Council election, 2004 | Donegal County Council elections | Succeeded by Donegal County Council election, 2014 |
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