2024 Leitrim County Council election
 | This article documents a current election. Information may change rapidly as the election progresses until official results have been published. Initial news reports may be unreliable, and the last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (June 2024) |
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All 18 seats on Leitrim County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||
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 Area of Leitrim County Council | ||
An election to all 18 seats on Leitrim County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Leitrim 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]
Retiring incumbents[edit]
The following councillors did not seek re-election:[3]
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrick-on-Shannon | Finola Armstrong-Maguire | Fine Gael | |
| Manorhamilton | Frank Dolan | Fine Gael | |
| Ballinamore | Gerry Dolan | Independent | |
| Ballinamore | Cailian Ellis | Fianna Fáil | |
| Manorhamilton | Seán McDermott | Fine Gael | |
| Carrick-on-Shannon | Thomas Mulligan | Fine Gael | |
Results by party[edit]
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 7 | 6 | 
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5,622 | 30.04% |  4.35
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| Fine Gael | 5 | 3 | 3
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3,247 | 17.35% | 7.31
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| Sinn Féin | 7 | 4 |  2
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4,031 | 21.54% | 4.36
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| Green | 3 | 0 |
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501 | 2.68% | 0.50
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| Labour | 1 | 0 | New | 103 | 0.55% | New | |
| Independent Ireland | 1 | 0 | New | 103 | 0.55% | New | |
| Farmers' Alliance | 1 | 0 | New | 121 | 0.55% | New | |
| Social Democrats | 1 | 0 | New | 136 | 0.73% | New | |
| Independent | 9 | 5 | 1
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4,849 | 25.91% | 4.55
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| Totals | 35 | 18 |
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18,713 | 100.00 | ||
Candidates by LEA[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
Ballinamore[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy O'Rourke[*] | 21.71% | 1,434 | ||||||||
| Fine Gael | Enda McGloin[*] | 15.64% | 1,033 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Barry[*] | 13.04% | 861 | 878 | 913 | 930 | 1,007 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Ita Reynolds-Flynn[*] | 10.98% | 725 | 823 | 840 | 857 | 912 | 917 | 961 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Gary Prior | 8.87% | 586 | 768 | 776 | 788 | 854 | 862 | 984 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Joanne Curnan | 8.51% | 562 | 574 | 576 | 584 | 617 | 633 | 681 | 695 | |
| Sinn Féin | Roisín Kenny | 7.34% | 485 | 613 | 613 | 633 | 673 | 687 | 723 | 742 | |
| Independent | Seán Wynn | 6.54% | 432 | 444 | 459 | 517 | 561 | 576 | |||
| Green | Adam Ó Ceallaigh | 4.98% | 329 | 347 | 356 | 377 | |||||
| Independent Ireland | Karina Charles Lynch | 1.56% | 103 | 118 | 121 | ||||||
| Independent | George Heslin | 0.82% | 54 | 62 | 62 | ||||||
| Valid: 6,604 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 944 Turnout: 6,660 ( %) | |||||||||||
Carrick-on-Shannon[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Sean McGowan[*] | 13.8% | 793 | 793 | 797 | 804 | 810 | 812 | 912 | |
| Independent | Enda Stenson[*] | 13.3% | 764 | 771 | 788 | 863 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Maeve Reynolds | 13.1% | 753 | 757 | 769 | 828 | ||||
| Independent | Des Guckian[*] | 12.9% | 744 | 747 | 778 | 837 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Farrell[*] | 12.1% | 696 | 702 | 721 | 739 | 750 | 753 | 800 | |
| Sinn Féin | Cormac Flynn | 9.3% | 535 | 538 | 544 | 600 | 608 | 611 | 841 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen King | 9.0% | 520 | 523 | 524 | 572 | 580 | 582 | 595 | |
| Sinn Féin | Lisa Mulligan | 7.2% | 414 | 416 | 420 | 460 | 466 | 469 | ||
| Independent | Sharon Garland | 4.2% | 240 | 242 | 252 | |||||
| Social Democrats | Lola Gonzalez-Farrell | 2.4% | 136 | 152 | 155 | |||||
| Farmers' Alliance | Michael McManus | 2.1% | 121 | 123 | ||||||
| Green | Leslie O'Hora | 0.9% | 50 | |||||||
| Electorate: 9,294 Valid: 5,766 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 824 Turnout: 5,840 (62.8%) | ||||||||||
Manorhamilton[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | James Gilmartin | 21.04% | 1,335 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Bohan[*] | 13.16% | 835 | 889 | 925 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Pádraig Fallon[*] | 12.28% | 779 | 812 | 831 | 862 | 867 | 1,145 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Justin Warnock[*] | 11.94% | 758 | 797 | 804 | 827 | 830 | 939 | ||
| Independent | Felim Gurn[*] | 11.57% | 734 | 846 | 864 | 935 | ||||
| Independent | Eddie Mitchell[*] | 8.07% | 512 | 585 | 655 | 721 | 730 | 774 | 866 | |
| Fine Gael | Kevin Comiskey | 7.23% | 459 | 502 | 513 | 592 | 600 | 612 | 631 | |
| Sinn Féin | Michelle Brennan Shyabo | 6.27% | 398 | 425 | 462 | 493 | 496 | |||
| Fine Gael | Caitríona Bergin | 4.36% | 277 | 303 | 335 | |||||
| Green | Bláithín Gallagher | 1.92% | 122 | 132 | ||||||
| Labour | Bernie Linnane | 1.62% | 103 | 111 | ||||||
| Independent | Diarmuid McConville | 0.54% | 34 | 37 | ||||||
| Valid: 6,346 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 907 Turnout: 6,393 ( %) | ||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d O'Grady, Donal (20 March 2024). "Local election race is on in Leitrim". www.leitrimobserver.ie. Archived from the original on 30 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "Notice of Poll" (PDF). Leitrim County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.