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An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.
Kilkenny County Council is the authority responsible for local government in County Kilkenny, 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. The council has 24 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (Chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Colette Byrne. The county town is Kilkenny city.
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fine Gael | 12 | +1 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | 7 | -1 | ||||
Labour Party | 5 | - | ||||
Green Party | 1 | - | ||||
Independent | 1 | - | ||||
Totals | 26 | - | 100% | — |
Ballyragget - 5 seats | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | |
Labour Party | Maurice Shortall* | 22.99 | 2,004 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Mary Hilda Cavanagh* | 20.93 | 1,824 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Pat Millea* | 14.55 | 1,268 | 1,295 | 1,391 | 1,427 | 1,501 | ||
Fine Gael | Catherine Connery* | 10.96 | 955 | 1,021 | 1,129 | 1,168 | 1,202 | 1,259 | |
Fine Gael | Dan Brennan* | 9.82 | 856 | 1,036 | 1,098 | 1,199 | 1,252 | 1,467 | |
Independent | Martin Carroll | 6.90 | 601 | 717 | 733 | 837 | 921 | 1,111 | |
Fianna Fáil | Brid Mooney-Doyle | 6.67 | 581 | 627 | 642 | 680 | 718 | ||
Independent | Gerard Ferris | 3.63 | 316 | 390 | 405 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Ray Quinlan | 3.57 | 311 | 353 | 412 | 437 | |||
Electorate: 13,162 Valid: 8,716 (66.22%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,453 Turnout: 8,870 (67.39%) |
Callan - 4 seats | |||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | ||
Fine Gael | Billy Ireland* | 19.19 | 1,269 | 1,364 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Matt Doran* | 18.22 | 1,205 | 1,233 | 1,266 | ||
Independent | Patrick Crowley | 17.89 | 1,183 | 1,277 | 1,461 | ||
Fine Gael | Tom Maher* | 17.39 | 1,150 | 1,181 | 1,367 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Joe Brennan | 13.62 | 901 | 967 | 1,007 | ||
Labour Party | Brian Harris | 7.74 | 512 | 558 | |||
Independent | John Eardly | 5.96 | 394 | ||||
Electorate: 10,435 Valid: 6,614 (63.38%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,323 Turnout: 6,706 (64.26%) |
Kilkenny - 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 | |
Fianna Fáil | Andrew McGuinness | 17.58 | 1,880 | |||||||||
Fine Gael | Martin Brett* | 11.24 | 1,202 | 1,231 | 1,258 | 1,279 | 1,334 | 1,418 | ||||
Green Party | Malcolm Noonan* | 10.29 | 1,100 | 1,134 | 1,154 | 1,214 | 1,303 | 1,444 | ||||
Fine Gael | Betty Manning | 9.16 | 979 | 1,002 | 1,020 | 1,047 | 1,092 | 1,154 | 1,189 | 1,200 | 1,290 | |
Fianna Fáil | John Coonan* | 9.14 | 977 | 1,071 | 1,090 | 1,111 | 1,153 | 1,191 | 1,201 | 1,214 | 1,295 | |
Fine Gael | Paul Cuddihy* | 8.76 | 937 | 951 | 978 | 995 | 1,027 | 1,069 | 1,086 | 1,108 | 1,186 | |
Labour Party | Marie Fitzpatrick* | 6.55 | 700 | 730 | 837 | 854 | 899 | 1,088 | 1,112 | 1,126 | 1,346 | |
Sinn Féin | Kathleen Funchion | 6.24 | 667 | 698 | 718 | 766 | 818 | 856 | 870 | 876 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Pat Fitzpatrick* | 5.90 | 631 | 851 | 860 | 878 | 897 | 921 | 928 | 929 | 983 | |
Labour Party | Seán O hArgain | 5.16 | 552 | 567 | 620 | 643 | 700 | |||||
Independent | Frank Kavanagh | 4.14 | 443 | 456 | 466 | 513 | ||||||
Labour Party | Seán Butler | 3.01 | 322 | 331 | ||||||||
Independent | Eugene McGuinness | 2.82 | 302 | 333 | 339 | |||||||
Electorate: 17,724 Valid: 10,692 (60.32%) Spoilt: 169 Quota: 1,337 Turnout: 10,861 (61.28%) |
Piltown - 6 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 | |
Labour Party | Tomás Breathnach* | 15.98 | 1,653 | ||||||||||
Fine Gael | Pat Dunphy* | 15.17 | 1,570 | ||||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Eamon Aylward | 11.00 | 1,138 | 1,151 | 1,156 | 1,256 | 1,295 | 1,325 | 1,329 | 1,417 | 1,664 | ||
Fine Gael | Anne Maria Irish | 10.61 | 1,098 | 1,137 | 1,157 | 1,174 | 1,234 | 1,550 | |||||
Fine Gael | Fidelis Doherty | 9.85 | 1,019 | 1,039 | 1,052 | 1,065 | 1,087 | 1,209 | 1,240 | 1,352 | 1,461 | 1,493 | |
Fine Gael | Paddy Gaule | 7.25 | 750 | 760 | 772 | 779 | 798 | 835 | 856 | 908 | 1,054 | 1,079 | |
Fianna Fáil | Pat Walsh* | 6.44 | 666 | 669 | 670 | 692 | 706 | 730 | 734 | 756 | |||
Fine Gael | Fintan Byrne | 5.91 | 611 | 627 | 633 | 639 | 675 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Cora Long* | 5.54 | 573 | 593 | 607 | 703 | 732 | 753 | 759 | 930 | 1,076 | 1,201 | |
Independent | Ann Blackmore | 4.52 | 468 | 491 | 499 | 604 | 693 | 716 | 721 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Duggan | 3.93 | 407 | 412 | 418 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Peadar de Bluit | 3.81 | 394 | 419 | 425 | 437 | |||||||
Electorate: 16,342 Valid: 10,347 (63.32%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,479 Turnout: 10,458 (63.99%) |
Thomastown - 4 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 | |
Fine Gael | Pat O'Neill * | 19.24 | 1,459 | 1,504 | 1,534 | ||||||
Labour Party | Ann Phelan * | 15.60 | 1,183 | 1,296 | 1,454 | 1,508 | 1,514 | 1,574 | |||
Labour Party | Michael O'Brien* | 11.13 | 844 | 892 | 925 | 1,021 | 1,023 | 1,082 | 1,276 | 1,289 | |
Independent | Dixie Doyle* | 10.47 | 794 | 882 | 887 | 972 | 972 | 1,076 | 1,234 | 1,242 | |
Fianna Fáil | Tom Brennan* | 8.87 | 673 | 687 | 730 | 745 | 747 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Treacy | 8.47 | 642 | 678 | 725 | 793 | 794 | 1,141 | 1,242 | 1,257 | |
Fine Gael | Willie Barron | 7.71 | 585 | 615 | 687 | 873 | 879 | 922 | |||
Fine Gael | Joey O'Hanrahan | 6.82 | 517 | 536 | 548 | ||||||
Independent | Joan Murphy | 6.16 | 467 | 516 | |||||||
Green Party | Duncan Russell | 3.11 | 236 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Jamie Roche | 2.43 | 184 | ||||||||
Electorate: 11,284 Valid: 7,584 (67.21%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 1,517 Turnout: 7,687 (68.12%) |
Preceded by Kilkenny County Council election, 2004 | Kilkenny County Council elections | Succeeded by Kilkenny County Council election, 2014 |
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