2024 Leitrim County Council election

Part of the 2024 Irish local elections

2024 Leitrim County Council election

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All 18 seats on Leitrim County Council
10 seats needed for a majority

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Area of Leitrim County Council

An election to all 18 seats on Leitrim County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Leitrim is divided into 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[2]

## Retiring incumbents

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The following councillors did not seek re-election:[3]

Constituency  | Departing Councillor  | Party

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Carrick-on-Shannon  | Finola Armstrong-Maguire  |  | Fine Gael
Manorhamilton  | Frank Dolan  |  | Fine Gael
Ballinamore  | Gerry Dolan  |  | Independent
Ballinamore  | Cailian Ellis  |  | Fianna Fáil
Manorhamilton  | Seán McDermott  |  | Fine Gael
Carrick-on-Shannon  | Thomas Mulligan  |  | Fine Gael

## Results by party

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

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| Fianna Fáil | 7  | 6  |  | 5,622  | 30.04%  |  4.35
| Sinn Féin | 7  | 4  |  2  | 4,031  | 21.54%  | 4.36
| Fine Gael | 5  | 3  |  3  | 3,247  | 17.35%  |  7.31
| Green | 3  | 0  |  | 501  | 2.68%  | 0.50
| Labour | 1  | 0  | New | 103  | 0.55%  | New
| Independent Ireland | 1  | 0  | New | 103  | 0.55%  | New
| Farmers' Alliance | 1  | 0  | New | 121  | 0.55%  | New
| Social Democrats | 1  | 0  | New | 136  | 0.73%  | New
| Independent | 9  | 5  |  1  | 4,849  | 25.91%  | 4.55
Totals | 35 | 18 |  | 18,713  | 100.00 |

### Analysis by Party

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Fianna Fáil retained 2 seats in each of the 3 LEAs to remain the largest party in Leitrim with 6 seats overall. Fine Gael had a very bad election here losing 3 seats overall which was not helped by a large number of retirements. The party lost both seats in Manorhamilton to Independent candidates to emerge without any representation and also lost another seat to Sinn Féin in Carrickonshannon. Sinn Féin emerged with 4 seats overall to return to the position they held at the 2014 elections through also the gain of a second seat in Ballinamore and to become the second largest party after Fianna Fáil. Independents increased their numbers to 5.

## Results by LEA

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^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.

### Ballinamore

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Ballinamore: 6 seats[3][4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy O'Rourke[*] | 21.71%  | 1,434 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Enda McGloin[*] | 15.64%  | 1,033 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Barry[*] | 13.04%  | 861  | 878  | 913  | 930  | 1,007 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Ita Reynolds-Flynn[*] | 10.98%  | 725  | 823  | 840  | 857  | 912  | 917  | 961 |
| Fianna Fáil | Gary Prior | 8.87%  | 586  | 768  | 776  | 788  | 854  | 862  | 984 |
| Sinn Féin | Joanne Curnan  | 8.51%  | 562  | 574  | 576  | 584  | 617  | 633  | 681  | 695
| Sinn Féin | Roisín Kenny | 7.34%  | 485  | 613  | 613  | 633  | 673  | 687  | 723  | 742
| Independent | Seán Wynn  | 6.54%  | 432  | 444  | 459  | 517  | 561  | 576  |  |
| Green | Adam Ó Ceallaigh  | 4.98%  | 329  | 347  | 356  | 377  |  |  |  |
| Independent Ireland | Karina Charles Lynch  | 1.56%  | 103  | 118  | 121  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | George Heslin  | 0.82%  | 54  | 62  | 62  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 10,152  Valid: 6,604  Spoilt: 56  Quota: 944  Turnout: 6,660 (65.60%)

### Carrick-on-Shannon

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Carrick-on-Shannon: 6 seats[3][4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Fianna Fáil | Sean McGowan[*] | 13.75%  | 793  | 793  | 797  | 804  | 810  | 812  | 912
| Independent | Enda Stenson[*] | 13.25%  | 764  | 771  | 788  | 863 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Maeve Reynolds | 13.06%  | 753  | 757  | 769  | 828 |  |  |
| Independent | Des Guckian[*] | 12.90%  | 744  | 747  | 778  | 837 |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Farrell[*] | 12.07%  | 696  | 702  | 721  | 739  | 750  | 753  | 800
| Sinn Féin | Cormac Flynn | 9.28%  | 535  | 538  | 544  | 600  | 608  | 611  | 841
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen King  | 9.02%  | 520  | 523  | 524  | 572  | 580  | 582  | 595
| Sinn Féin | Lisa Mulligan  | 7.18%  | 414  | 416  | 420  | 460  | 466  | 469  |
| Independent | Sharon Garland  | 4.16%  | 240  | 242  | 252  |  |  |  |
| Social Democrats | Lola Gonzalez-Farrell  | 2.36%  | 136  | 152  | 155  |  |  |  |
| Farmers' Alliance | Michael McManus  | 2.10%  | 121  | 123  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Leslie O'Hora  | 0.87%  | 50  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 9,294  Valid: 5,766  Spoilt: 74  Quota: 824  Turnout: 5,840 (62.84%)

### Manorhamilton

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Manorhamilton: 6 seats[3][4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Independent | James Gilmartin | 21.04%  | 1,335 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Bohan[*] | 13.16%  | 835  | 889  | 925 |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Pádraig Fallon[*] | 12.28%  | 779  | 812  | 831  | 862  | 867  | 1,145 |
| Fianna Fáil | Justin Warnock[*] | 11.94%  | 758  | 797  | 804  | 827  | 830  | 939 |
| Independent | Felim Gurn[*] | 11.57%  | 734  | 846  | 864  | 935 |  |  |
| Independent | Eddie Mitchell[*] | 8.07%  | 512  | 585  | 655  | 721  | 730  | 774  | 866
| Fine Gael | Kevin Comiskey  | 7.23%  | 459  | 502  | 513  | 592  | 600  | 612  | 631
| Sinn Féin | Michelle Brennan Shyabo  | 6.27%  | 398  | 425  | 462  | 493  | 496  |  |
| Fine Gael | Caitríona Bergin  | 4.36%  | 277  | 303  | 335  |  |  |  |
| Green | Bláithín Gallagher  | 1.92%  | 122  | 132  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Bernie Linnane  | 1.62%  | 103  | 111  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Diarmuid McConville  | 0.54%  | 34  | 37  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 9,614  Valid: 6,346  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 907  Turnout: 6,393 (66.01%)

## References

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1. ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
2. ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
3. ^ a b c d O'Grady, Donal (20 March 2024). "Local election race is on in Leitrim". www.leitrimobserver.ie. Archived from the original on 30 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
4. ^ a b c "Notice of Poll" (PDF). Leitrim County Council. 20 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

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