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 7
Fine Gael 6
Sinn Féin 6
Aontú 1
Green 1
Independent Ireland 2NewNew
Irish Freedom 1NewNew
The Irish People 2NewNew
Independent 11
Total3718Steady2.svg100.00

Candidates by LEA

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

Athlone

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

    Boyle

    Boyle: 6 Seats [8]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Independent Majid Ali
    Aontú Fayiz Alsani
    Sinn Féin Angela Beirne
    Independent Valerie Byrne
    Fine Gael Liam Callaghan [*]
    Independent Tom Crosby
    Sinn Féin Leah Cull
    Fine Gael Dympna Daly Finn
    Independent Ireland Paul Forde
    Independent Micheál Frain
    Independent Sajjid Hussain
    Fianna Fáil Sean Moylan
    Independent Caoimhín Ó Miadh
    Fianna Fáil Aidan Sampey
    The Irish People Edmund Shanahan
    Sinn Féin Rory Williams Doyle
    Quota: 

      Roscommon

      Roscommon: 6 Seats [8]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Fianna Fáil Larry Brennan
      Independent Ireland Nigel Dineen [*]
      The Irish People Cathal Finnegan
      Fianna Fáil Paschal Fitzmaurice [*]
      Green Paul Hester [*]
      Fine Gael Robbie McConn
      Fianna Fáil Marty McDermott [*]
      Sinn Féin Christine McDonagh
      Fine Gael Gareth Scahill
      Irish Freedom Justin Slamen
      Independent Anthony Waldron
      Quota: 

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