2019 Leitrim County Council election

A Leitrim County Council election was held in County Leitrim in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 18 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. The 2018 LEA boundary review committee made no changes to the LEAs used in the 2014 elections.

2019 Leitrim County Council election

24 May 2019
All 18 seats to Leitrim County Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 6 6 2 Seat change 2 2   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 4 Seat change
Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	6		6,128	34.39%	0.71%
	Fine Gael	6	2	4,394	24.66%	2.63%
	Sinn Féin	2	2	3,061	17.18%	2.01%
	Green Party	0		389	2.18%	2.18%
	Renua	0		43	0.24%	0.24%
	Independent	4		3,806	21.36%	1.52%
Totals		18		17,821	100%

Candidates by LEA

Ballinamore

Ballinamore — 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy O'Rourke[c 1]	20.87%	1,365
	Fianna Fáil	Caillian Ellis[c 1]	14.57%	953
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Barry[c 1]	11.70%	765	781	787	790	855	981
	Fine Gael	Enda McGloin	11.52%	753	772	777	778	882	888	890	895
	Fine Gael	Ita Reynolds-Flynn	10.63%	695	816	821	825	855	950
	Sinn Féin	Pat Gilhooley	9.73%	636	673	675	678	700	807	841	845
	Independent	Gerry Dolan[c 1]	8.63%	564	628	650	653	786	835	845	851
	Independent	Sean Wynne	6.10%	399	436	455	456
	Sinn Féin	Caroline Mulvey	5.18%	339	457	464	467	492
	Renua	Oisín O'Dwyer	0.66%	43	55
	Independent	Denis O'Brien	0.41%	27	34
Electorate: 9,892   Valid: 6,539   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 935   Turnout: 6,613 (66.85%)

Carrick-on–Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon — 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Sean McGowan[c 1]	14.96%	847
	Independent	Enda Stenson[c 1]	12.88%	729	737	768	810
	Fine Gael	Thomas Mulligan	12.19%	690	696	708	720	737	824
	Fianna Fáil	Fintan Cox	11.29%	639	642	659	667	703	737	738
	Fine Gael	Finola Armstrong-Maguire[c 1]	10.87%	615	616	645	670	727	752	754
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Farrell	9.72%	550	556	583	611	658	737	742
	Independent	Des Guckian[c 1]	9.36%	530	538	548	577	639	751	758
	Sinn Féin	Séadhna Logan[c 1]	7.17%	406	408	428	440	481
	Independent	Yvonne Hollidge	4.73%	268	270	289	321
	Independent	Sean Wynne	3.43%	194	195	203
	Green Party	Leslie O'Hora	1.82%	103	104
	Independent	Denis O'Brien	1.57%	89	89
Electorate: 9,027   Valid: 5,660   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 809   Turnout: 5,729 (63.47%)

Manorhamilton

Manorhamilton — 6 Seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Bohan[c 1]	16.67%	937
	Sinn Féin	Padraig Fallon[c 1]	16.28%	915
	Fianna Fáil	Justin Warnock[c 1]	14.89%	837
	Fine Gael	Frank Dolan[c 1]	12.54%	705	749	768	828
	Independent	Felim Gurn[c 1]	12.33%	693	733	769	798	808
	Fine Gael	Seán McDermott[c 1]	11.76%	661	676	695	767	778
	Independent	Jamie Murphy	5.57%	313	322	340	360	366
	Green Party	Bláithín Gallagher	5.09%	286	306	320	345	351
	Fine Gael	John Joe Dowdican	4.89%	275	280	285
Electorate: 9,058   Valid: 5,622   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 804   Turnout: 5,693 (62.85%)

Footnotes

1. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.

References

Sources

• "Leitrim County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "Election Results 2019". Leitrim County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
• Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 60–63, 151. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
• Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 623/2018 — County of Leitrim Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.