2019 Roscommon County Council election
A Roscommon County Council election was held in County Roscommon 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.
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All 18 seats to Roscommon County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by party
| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 6 |  |
10,129 | 33.13% | | |
| Fine Gael | 2 | |
4,961 | 16.23% | | |
| Sinn Féin | 1 |  |
2,273 | 7.43% | | |
| Independent | 9 |  |
13,209 | 43.21% | | |
| Totals | 18 | |
30,572 | 100% | | |
Candidates by LEA
Athlone
| Athlone — 6 Seats | |||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | ||
| Independent | Tony Ward[c 1] | 18.86% | 1,864 | ||||||||
| Independent | Ivan Connaughton[c 1] | 16.10% | 1,591 | ||||||||
| Fine Gael | John Naughten[c 1] | 14.82% | 1,465 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | John Keogh[c 1] | 10.22% | 1,010 | 1,096 | 1,102 | 1,120 | 1,197 | 1,262 | 1,483 | ||
| Independent | Donal Kilduff | 8.89% | 879 | 955 | 972 | 1,002 | 1,098 | 1,134 | 1,264 | ||
| Independent | Laurence Fallon[c 1] | 8.25% | 815 | 926 | 941 | 1,021 | 1,063 | 1,159 | 1,307 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Kelly | 7.12% | 704 | 734 | 737 | 750 | 768 | 935 | 1,058 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Malachy Hand | 6.71% | 663 | 752 | 756 | 780 | 804 | 846 | |||
| Fine Gael | Ger Grehan | 4.52% | 447 | 469 | 471 | 479 | 496 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Joe Harney | 3.83% | 379 | 405 | 410 | 416 | |||||
| Independent | Derek McCabe | 0.67% | 66 | 76 | |||||||
| Electorate: 15,168 Valid: 9,883 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,412 Turnout: 10,021 (66.07%) | |||||||||||
Boyle
| Boyle — 6 Seats | |||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | John Cummins[c 1] | 20.50% | 2,124 | ||||||||
| Independent | Valerie Byrne[c 1] | 15.84% | 1,641 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Patrick Mulligan[c 1] | 13.81% | 1,431 | 1,477 | 1,489 | ||||||
| Independent | Tom Crosby | 9.82% | 1,017 | 1,054 | 1,082 | 1,109 | 1,139 | 1,243 | 1,421 | ||
| Fine Gael | Liam Callaghan[c 2] | 9.65% | 1,000 | 1,066 | 1,103 | 1,114 | 1,286 | 1,372 | 1,526 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Murphy[c 2] | 7.75% | 803 | 937 | 965 | 970 | 1,076 | 1,113 | 1,228 | ||
| Fine Gael | Keith Suffin | 6.00% | 622 | 843 | 851 | 870 | 897 | 955 | 1,076 | ||
| Fine Gael | Andrew Reynolds | 5.64% | 584 | 616 | 643 | 652 | 665 | 703 | |||
| Independent | Sajjad (Saj) Hussain | 5.09% | 527 | 552 | 562 | 592 | 643 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Aidan Sampey | 4.74% | 491 | 554 | 556 | 561 | |||||
| Independent | Mary O'Donnell | 1.15% | 119 | 137 | 148 | ||||||
| Electorate: 18,037 Valid: 10,359 Spoilt: 201 Quota: 1,480 Turnout: 10,560 (58.55%) | |||||||||||
Roscommon
| Roscommon — 6 Seats | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Paschal Fitzmaurice[c 1] | 18.99% | 1,962 | ||||||
| Independent | Kathleen Shanagher[c 1] | 14.13% | 1,460 | 1,469 | 1,482 | ||||
| Independent | Anthony (Tony) Waldron | 12.90% | 1,333 | 1,426 | 1,493 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Orla Leyden[c 1] | 11.61% | 1,199 | 1,241 | 1,247 | 1,287 | 1,469 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Marty McDermott | 11.36% | 1,173 | 1,195 | 1,203 | 1,234 | 1,394 | ||
| Independent | Nigel Dineen[c 1] | 9.70% | 1,002 | 1,159 | 1,203 | 1,414 | 1,542 | ||
| Fine Gael | Gerry Coffey | 8.16% | 843 | 892 | 934 | 978 | 1,074 | ||
| Independent | Domnick Connolly | 6.14% | 634 | 647 | 673 | 726 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Séamus O'Brien | 4.48% | 463 | 534 | 585 | ||||
| Independent | Padraig Morris | 1.79% | 185 | 210 | |||||
| Independent | John Groarke | 0.74% | 76 | 81 | |||||
| Electorate: 17,450 Valid: 10,330 Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,476 Turnout: 10,495 (60.14%) | |||||||||
Footnotes
- Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
- Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
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References
Sources
- "Roscommon County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- "LE19: Live tallies and results from the Roscommon Count Centre". Shannonside FM. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 96–99, 160. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 631/2018 — County of Roscommon Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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