2009 Roscommon County Council election

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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Party  | Fine Gael | Fianna Fáil | Sinn Féin
Seats won  | 10  | 8  | 1
Seat change  | \-  | -1  | \-

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| Fourth party  |
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Party  | Independent |
Seats won  | 7  |
Seat change  | +1  |

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Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council

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|  | Council control after election

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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

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Party  | Seats  | ±  | First Pref. votes  | FPv%  | ±%

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| 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

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### Athlone

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Athlone - 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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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

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Boyle - 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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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

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Castlerea - 7 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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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

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Roscommon - 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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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

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Strokestown- 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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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%)

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