2024 Longford County Council election

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2024 Longford County Council election

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All 18 seats on Longford County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent
Last election 7 8 3

Area of Longford County Council

An election to all 18 seats on Longford County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Longford 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]

Results by party[edit]

Party Candidates Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 10
Fine Gael 10
Sinn Féin 3
Green 1
Social Democrats -
Aontú -
The Irish People 1
People Before Profit 1
Independent 4
Total 30 18 Steady 100.00 Steady

Candidates by local electoral area[edit]

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

Ballymahon[edit]

Ballymahon: 6 Seats[3][4][5][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Mick Cahill[*]
Independent Niall Dowler
Independent Gerald Farrell[*]
Fianna Fáil Sean Mimnagh
Fine Gael Colm Murray[*]
Fianna Fáil Pat O'Toole[*]
Sinn Féin John Rooney
Fine Gael Paul Ross[*]
Fine Gael Martin Skelly
Independent Mark Casey[*]
Independent Francesca Pawelczyk
Quota:  

Granard[edit]

Granard: 5 Seats[3][4][5][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fine Gael Paraic Brady[*]
Sinn Féin Barry Campion
Fianna Fáil David Cassidy
Fine Gael Colin Dalton[†]
Fine Gael Padraig McNamara
Fianna Fáil Susan Murphy
Fine Gael Garry Murtagh[*]
Fianna Fáil Marett Smith
Independent Turlough McGovern[*]
Quota:  

Longford[edit]

Longford: 7 Seats[3][4][5][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Uruemu Adejinmi[†]
Fianna Fáil Seamus Butler[*]
Sinn Féin James Donnelly
Fine Gael Niall Gannon
Fine Gael Gerard Hagan[*]
Fianna Fáil Kevin Hussey
Green Catherine Joseph
The Irish People Gareth McKendry
Fianna Fáil Martin Monaghan[*]
Fine Gael Peggy Nolan[*]
Independent Dwain Schouten
People Before Profit Dave Smyth
Independent Alicia Carberry
Independent Maura Greene Casey
Independent Sadia Athar
Independent James Quinn
Independent Tony Reilly
Quota:  

References[edit]

  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.
  2. ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "LOCAL AUTHORITIES Meet The Candidates". Ireland Votes. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Kavanagh, Adrian (4 July 2024). "Fine Gael candidates for the 2024 County and City Council Elections". Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Kavanagh, Adrian (4 July 2024). "Fianna Fáil candidates for the 2024 County and City Council Elections". Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Kavanagh, Adrian (4 July 2024). "Sinn Féin candidates for the 2024 County and City Council Elections". Retrieved 20 April 2024.