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2019 Galway County Council election

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All 39 seats on Galway County Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 15 11 1 Seat change 3 1 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Green Republican Sinn Féin Independent Seats won 1 1 10 Seat change 1 1
Results by local electoral area

An election to all 39 seats on Galway County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Galway was divided into 7 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).

Boundary changes

Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a maximum LEA size of seven councillors, which three of the 2014 LEAs exceeded. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.

Overview

Fianna Fáil had a very good election, winning 3 additional seats and increasing their vote by over 5%. Fine Gael lost a seat to fall to 11 but also increased their vote. The Greens gained 1 seat in Conamara and Republican Sinn Féin retained their single seat. Sinn Féin lost 2 seats to be reduced to just 1 member. However, Gabe Cronelly who had quit the party since 2014 was re-elected as an independent.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	15	3	25,369	32.80	5.40
	Fine Gael	11	1	23,869	30.86	3.26
	Sinn Féin	1	2	3,721	4.81	2.69
	Green	1	1	1,482	1.92	New
	Republican Sinn Féin	1		971	1.26	0.14
	Aontú	0		1,128	1.46	New
	Renua	0		505	0.65	New
	Inds. 4 Change	0		429	0.55	New
	Social Democrats	0		407	0.53	New
	Labour	0		206	0.27	3.23
	Independent	10	1	19,262	24.90	4.50
Total		39		77,349	100.00

Results by local electoral area

 *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
 †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

Athenry–Oranmore

Ballinasloe

Conamara North

Conamara South

Tomás Ó Curraoin appeared on the ballot as an independent (non-party) but is a member of Republican Sinn Féin and is the sole public representative of that party.

Gort–Kinvara

Loughrea

Tuam

Footnotes

1. ^ Republican Sinn Féin is not a registered party, so its name is not used on ballot papers or in council proceedings.
2. ^ See change below.

Results by gender

Changes

Changes in affiliation

Co-options

Sources

• "Galway County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Government of Ireland. Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 112–118. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

References

1. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 Report 2018 (PDF). 13 June 2018. pp. 40–43, 146. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
2. County of Galway Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 618 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018 by John Paul Phelan, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2019.
3. "Local Election 2019 — Athenry–Oranmore LEA" (PDF). Galway County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
4. "Local Election 2019 — Ballinasloe LEA" (PDF). Galway County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
5. "Local Election 2019 — Conamara North LEA" (PDF). Galway County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
6. "Local Election 2019 — Conamara South LEA" (PDF). Galway County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
7. "Local Election 2019 — Gort–Kinvara LEA" (PDF). Galway County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
8. "Local Election 2019 — Loughrea LEA" (PDF). Galway County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
9. "Local Election 2019 — Tuam LEA" (PDF). Galway County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
10. "Galway County Council: Fianna Fáil takes 15 seats". The Irish Times. Dublin. 31 May 2019 . Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
11. DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
12. "County Cathaoirleach Liam Carroll to leave Fine Gael over election snub". Galway Bay FM. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.

• 2019 Irish local elections
• Galway County Council elections