Irish local elections, 2009

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5 June 2009

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883 County and City Council seats; 774 Borough and Town Council Seats

Turnout

57.7%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Enda Kenny	Brian Cowen	Eamon Gilmore
Party	Fine Gael	Fianna Fáil	Labour Party
Leader since	6 June 2002	7 May 2008	6 September 2007
Percentage	32.2%	25.4%	14.7%
Largest Party	24	3	4
Councillors	556 (340 C&C, 216 B&T)	407 (218 C&C, 189 B&T)	231 (132 C&C, 99 B&T)
Councillors +/-	88	135	43

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Gerry Adams	John Gormley	Séamus Healy
Party	Sinn Féin	Green Party	Workers and Unemployed Action
Leader since	13 November 1983	17 July 2007	1997
Percentage	7.4%	2.3%	0.2%
Largest Party	1	N/A	N/A
Councillors	127 (54 C&C, 73 B&T)	18 (3 C&C, 15 B&T)	7 (2 C&C, 5 B&T)
Councillors +/-	2	14	5

The 2009 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of the Republic of Ireland on Friday, 5 June 2009, on the same day as the European Parliament election and two by-elections (Dublin South and Dublin Central).

The election results were significant for a number of reasons:

The total number of the Irish electorate eligible to vote in election was 3,259,253. A total of 1,880,589 first preference votes were cast, representing a turnout of 57.7%.

The Progressive Democrats and Independent Fianna Fáil did not compete in the elections. As they competed in the previous elections, totals for vote and seat changes may not total zero. People Before Profit Alliance figures are compared to Socialist Workers Party figures from the previous local elections.

Breakdown in each council

Following the June 2009 local elections Fine Gael were the largest political party on 24 councils, the Labour Party on 4 councils, Fianna Fáil on 3 councils, Independents on 2 councils and Sinn Féin on 1 council.

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