2009 Longford County Council election

An election to Longford County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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).

2009 Longford County Council election
5 June 2004
21 seats on Longford County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Independent
Seats won 10 8 3
Seat change -1 - +1
Map showing the area of Longford County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 10 -1 8,921 45.57
Fianna Fáil 8 - 7,202 34.36
Independent 3 +1 3,805 18.16
Totals 21 - 20,958 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballymahon
Ballymahon - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fine Gael Larry Bannon* 15.13 925              
Fine Gael Patrick Belton* 13.08 800 817 836 858 891      
Fianna Fáil Barney Steele* 12.37 756 763 765 803 816 867 868 916
Fianna Fáil Michael Cahill* 10.96 670 674 682 689 702 767 769 844
Fine Gael Adrian Farrell* 10.48 641 647 648 649 661 684 690 726
Independent Mark Casey 10.29 629 643 645 665 699 731 732 857
Fine Gael Seán Farrell* 9.99 611 622 630 635 663 716 720 789
Independent John Nolan 6.51 398 412 419 439 467 492 495  
Fianna Fáil Anne Marie Nolan 3.99 244 253 255 264 274      
Labour James Feeney 2.83 173 182 183 201        
Sinn Féin Conor Nolan 2.68 164 171 172          
Independent Michael Brennan 1.68 103              
Electorate: 8,836   Valid: 6,114 (69.19%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 874   Turnout: 6,182 (69.96%)  

    Drumlish
    Drumlish - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    Fianna Fáil Martin Mulleady* 19.75 886 915    
    Fine Gael Gerry Brady* 18.24 818 893 901  
    Fine Gael John Duffy 16.99 762 834 836 1,039
    Fianna Fáil Luie McEntire* 16.77 752 793 797 899
    Fianna Fáil P.J. Mulligan 11.37 510 546 548 634
    Fine Gael Martin Farrell* 9.63 432 461 462  
    Republican Sinn Féin Seán Lynch 5.33 239      
    Sinn Féin Ciaran Grimes 1.92 86      
    Electorate: 6,289   Valid: 4,485 (71.31%)   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 898   Turnout: 4,532 (72.06%)  

      Granard
      Granard -4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      Fianna Fáil P.J. Reilly* 16.87 677 731 803  
      Fine Gael Micheál Carrigy 16.77 673 735 783 858
      Fine Gael Frank Kilbride* 16.67 669 695 739 798
      Fianna Fáil Thomas Victory 14.60 586 625 641 704
      Fine Gael Maura Kilbride-Harkin* 11.88 477 488 534 640
      Independent Brian Lynch 8.12 326 351 407  
      Independent Tommy Stokes 8.00 321 349    
      Fianna Fáil Margaret Connell 5.90 237      
      Sinn Féin Jack Mulvey 1.20 48      
      Electorate: 5,810   Valid: 4,014 (69.09%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 803   Turnout: 4,058 (69.85%)  

        Longford
        Longford- 7 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Fine Gael Peggy Nolan* 15.42 978            
        Fianna Fáil Padraig Loughrey 13.40 850            
        Independent Mae Sexton 9.76 619 658 667 713 818    
        Fine Gael Alan Mitchell* 9.30 590 636 640 661 727 807  
        Fine Gael Victor Kiernan* 8.61 545 563 569 590 653 690 699
        Fianna Fáil Seamus Butler* 8.43 535 549 559 578 597 656 657
        Independent Paul Connell 8.29 526 536 540 592 629 731 736
        Fianna Fáil Denis Glennon* 7.85 499 513 527 545 610 668 677
        Independent Peter Murphy* 7.05 447 458 461 481      
        Independent Michael Nevin* 6.86 436 450 454 497 552    
        Sinn Féin Brendan Farrell 2.73 173 180 181        
        Labour Seamus Keaveney 2.32 147 157 158        
        Electorate: 9,565   Valid: 6,344 (66.33%)   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 794   Turnout: 6,448 (67.41%)  
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