Part of the 2009 Irish local elections
2009 Roscommon County Council election
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All 26 seats on Roscommon County Council |
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| 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%) |
External links
- Official website[permanent dead link]