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2009 Roscommon County Council election

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Part of the 2009 Irish local elections

2009 Roscommon County Council election
← 2004 5 June 2009 2014 →
All 26 seats on Roscommon County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won 10 8 1
Seat change - -1 -
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 7
Seat change +1
Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 10 - 12,621 36.47
Fianna Fáil 8 -1 10,118 29.24
Sinn Féin 1 - 1,467 4.24
Independent 7 +1 10,281 29.71
Totals 26 - 34,606 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Athlone

Athlone - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Tony Ward* 18.28 1,463            
Fine Gael John Naughten* 16.08 1,287            
Independent Jimmy Kenny 12.58 1,007 1,072 1,093 1,180      
Fine Gael Ollie Moore* 10.39 832 870 930 989 1,032 1,403  
Fianna Fáil John Keogh 8.93 715 744 760 811 882 908 951
Fianna Fáil Paddy Kilduff* 8.43 675 711 720 733 920 1,027 1,091
Fianna Fáil Trevor Finneran* 8.20 656 676 683 706 795 876 912
Fine Gael Dermot Kelly 6.93 555 622 637 671 734    
Fianna Fáil Anthony Geraghty* 5.65 452 485 489 508      
Sinn Féin Alma Keogh 4.52 362 393 404        
Electorate: 10,796   Valid: 8,004 (74.14%)   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,144   Turnout: 8,078 (74.82%)  

Boyle

Boyle - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil John Cummins* 22.95 1,321        
Fine Gael Ernie Keenan* 19.11 1,100 1,162      
Fianna Fáil Rachel Doherty* 18.02 1,037 1,111 1,196    
Fine Gael Gerry Garvey* 17.34 998 1,011 1,056 1,079 1,086
Fine Gael Charlie Hopkins* 16.98 977 987 1,057 1,072 1,075
Sinn Féin Jane Suffin 5.60 322 332      
Electorate: 7,757   Valid: 5,755 (74.19%)   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,152   Turnout: 5,839 (75.27%)  

Castlerea

Castlerea - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent John Kelly* 24.01 2,230          
Independent Luke Flanagan* 16.75 1,556          
Fine Gael Michael McGreal* 9.79 909 942 994 1,054 1,124 1,149
Fine Gael Michael Creaton* 8.19 761 902 942 966 1,046 1,115
Fine Gael Liam Callaghan 8.00 743 854 909 949 1,143 1,163
Sinn Féin Michael Mulligan* 7.48 695 1,011 1,040 1,071 1,094 1,268
Fianna Fáil Paschal Fitzmaurice 6.96 647 706 788 864 947 1,141
Fianna Fáil James Kilcoyne 5.92 550 682 691 702 704  
Fine Gael Michael Frain 5.39 501 685 693 700 710 827
Fine Gael John Murray 4.63 430 470 525 579    
Independent Padraig Morris 2.63 244 279 332      
Independent Ger O'Brien 0.25 23          
Electorate: 12,753   Valid: 9,289 (72.84%)   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 1,162   Turnout: 9,397 (73.68%)  

Roscommon

Roscommon - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Martin Connaughton* 19.94 1,239          
Independent Paula McNamara* 19.66 1,222          
Fianna Fáil Orla Leyden* 16.28 1,012 1,075        
Fine Gael Laurence Fallon 14.38 894 922 958 961 990 1,051
Fine Gael Dominick Connolly* 14.22 884 938 1,006 1,019 1,053  
Fianna Fáil Larry Brennan 11.30 702 752 797 819 830 861
Independent Martin Connaughton 2.30 143 146 156 156 183  
People Before Profit Tim Stevens 1.91 119          
Electorate: 8,522   Valid: 6,215 (72.93%)   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 1,036   Turnout: 6,292 (73.83%)  

Strokestown

Strokestown- 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Independent Tom Crosby* 21.81 1,181        
Independent Valerie Byrne* 19.43 1,052 1,071 1,086    
Fianna Fáil Eugene Murphy* 17.81 964 993 1,003 1,071 1,157
Fine Gael Seán Beirne* 16.22 806 886 896 918 1,090
Fine Gael Adrian Cox 11.20 613 640 645 651 762
Fine Gael John Gormley 6.11 331 334 341 361  
Independent Mary Rattigan 2.96 160 286 287 362  
Fianna Fáil John Ames 2.73 148 271 273    
Sinn Féin Catherine Vallely 1.63 88        
Electorate: 7,349   Valid: 5,414 (73.67%)   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 1,083   Turnout: 5,468 (74.40%)  

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