2009_Donegal_County_Council_election

2009 Donegal County Council election
All 29 seats on Donegal County Council
	Map showing the area of Donegal County Council
Council control before election; Fianna Fáil;	Council control after election ; Fianna Fáil;

2009 Donegal County Council election

Part of the 2009 Irish local elections

An election to Donegal County Council took place on 2 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 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).

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Results by local electoral area

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Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	10	-4	25,183	34.15
	Fine Gael	8	-	18,296	24.81
	Sinn Féin	4	-	9,950	13.49
	Labour	2	+2	5,091	6.90
	Independent	5	+4	14,452	19.60
	Independent Fianna Fáil	0	-2	0	N/A
Totals		29	-	73,747	100.00	—

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Barry O'Neill*	14.61	2,189	2,225	2,287	2,301	2,376	2,406	2,545
	Fianna Fáil	Sean McEniff*	12.47	1,869	1,890	1,903	1,921	1,942	2,053	2,177	2,191	2,196	2,218
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Byrne*	10.29	1,542	1,549	1,558	1,602	1,613	1,839	1,883	2,204	2,234	2,239
	Independent	Thomas Pringle*	10.02	1,501	1,515	1,596	1,751	1,872	1,953	2,285	2,600
	Fine Gael	John Boyle*	9.77	1,464	1,468	1,508	1,598	1,679	1,756	1,818	2,307	2,356	2,365
	Independent	Tom Conaghan	8.14	1,220	1,246	1,336	1,450	1,658	1,953	2,079	2,168	2,186	2,197
	Fine Gael	Barry McShane	8.12	1,217	1,220	1,251	1,288	1,329	1,350	1,399
	Sinn Féin	Jim McLoughlin	6.51	975	997	1,038	1,112	1,181	1,254
	Fianna Fáil	Jonathan Kennedy*	5.57	835	853	909	977	1,108
	Independent	Ernan McGettigan	4.86	728	740	838	871
	Fine Gael	Tommy Quinn	4.34	651	662	690
	Labour	Seamus Carbin	3.86	579	594
	Independent	Patricia McCafferty	0.77	116
	Independent	Eamonn McGinty	0.67	101
Electorate: 22,706 Valid: 14,987 (66.0%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 2,498 Turnout: 15,128 (66.93%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Seamus O Domhnaill	13.50	2,011	2,021	2,095	2,179	2,218	2,349	2,502
	Fianna Fáil	David Alcorn*	10.43	1,554	1,558	1,563	1,598	1,641	1,661	1,804	2,464
	Fianna Fáil	Dr. Joe Kelly*	9.92	1,478	1,482	1,558	1,582	1,595	1,675	1,712	1,843
	Independent	Pádraig Doherty*	9.83	1,465	1,470	1,502	1,650	1,679	1,869	2,031	2,115
	Fine Gael	Terence Slowey*	9.44	1,406	1,541	1,604	1,758	2,142	2,154	2,390	2,564
	Sinn Féin	Therese Gallagher*	8.98	1,338	1,359	1,370	1,417	1,471	2,004	2,273	2,551
	Fianna Fáil	Enda Bonner*	8.76	1,306	1,334	1,335	1,358	1,492	1,499	1,599
	Labour	Seamus Rogers	7.13	1,062	1,153	1,175	1,259	1,378	1,425
	Sinn Féin	John O Fearraigh	6.84	1,019	1,021	1,045	1,090	1,096
	Independent	Francis Brennan	5.72	853	893	897	901
	Fine Gael	Mairead NicSuibhne	4.29	624	630	708
	Fine Gael	Martin Terry	2.79	416	420
	Labour	John Kelly	2.48	369
Electorate: 22,829 Valid: 14,901 (65.27%) Spoilt: 185 Quota: 2,484 Turnout: 15,086 (66.08%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig MacLochlainn*	13.25	2,131
	Fine Gael	Bernard McGuinness*	11.80	1,899	1,904	1,921	1,943	2,042
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie McConalogue	10.87	1,749	1,754	1,763	1,786	1,795	1,796	1,996	2,137
	Fine Gael	Mickey Doherty	10.25	1,649	1,653	1,690	1,711	1,809	1,823	1,944	2,042
	Fianna Fáil	Rena Donaghey*	8.87	1,427	1,438	1,442	1,508	1,516	1,516	1,606	1,637	1,918	1,938	2,003	2,009
	Fine Gael	John Ryan	8.32	1,338	962	1,347	1,350	1,409	1,779	1,793	1,801	1,835	2,134
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Canning	7.63	1,227	1,233	1,238	1,250	1,303	1,304	1,344	1,358	1,428	1,440	1,454	1,460
	Independent	Nicholas Crossan	5.94	956	965	994	1,069	1,077	1,077	1,086	1,140
	Labour	Martin Farren	5.48	881	885	950	1,015	1,031	1,031	1,228	1,320	1,427	1,440	1,480	1,499
	Fianna Fáil	Marion McDonald*	4.56	733	735	758	776	782	782
	Fine Gael	Keith Roulston	4.37	703	704	705	718
	Sinn Féin	Seán Ruddy	4.17	671	728	740	775	784	785	803
	Green	Sheenagh McMahon	3.03	487	493	497
	Independent	Bartholemew Connell	1.47	236	237
Electorate: 28,754 Valid: 16,087 (55.95%) Spoilt: 249 Quota: 2,011 Turnout: 16,336 (56.81%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Ciaran Brogan*	13.10	2,522
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Blaney*	11.50	2,214	2,223	2,247	2,258	2,300	2,486
	Fianna Fáil	Dessie Larkin*	8.45	1,628	1,645	1,690	1,727	1,763	1,786	1,948	2,300	2,310	2,321
	Fine Gael	Noel McBride*	11.62	1,593	1,601	1,626	1,630	1,810	1,992	2,300	2,502
	Sinn Féin	Mick Quinn	9.31	1,590	1,618	1,727	1,734	1,751	1,883	1,961	2,202	2,211	2,219
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McBride	7.69	1,481	1,486	1,495	1,512	1,557	1,650	1,678
	Independent	Jimmy Harte*	7.63	1,469	1,521	1,647	1,658	1,746	1,845	2,126	2,218	2,224	2,231
	Independent	Ian McGarvey*	7.10	1,367	1,388	1,458	1,463	1,557	1,799	1,886	2,097	2,125	2,159
	Independent	Donal Cullen	6.25	1,203	1,224	1,273	1,278	1,291
	Fine Gael	Joanne Sweeney-Burke	5.81	1,119	1,133	1,298	1,302	1,433	1,585	1,880	2,052	2,093	2,111
	Fine Gael	Paddy Gildea	5.41	1,042	1,063	1,103	1,112	1,443	1,465
	Fine Gael	John Gibbons	5.23	1,007	431	1,017	1,042	1,046
	Labour	Siobhan McLoughlin	3.81	734	775
	Green	Frank Gallagher	1.50	288
Electorate: 29,722 Valid: 19,257 (64.79%) Spoilt: 261 Quota: 2,408 Turnout: 19,518 (65.67%)

Stranorlar - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Cora Harvey	19.05	2,226
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McGowan*	14.75	1,724	1,769	1,913	2,013
	Labour	Frank McBrearty, Jnr	12.54	1,466	1,535	1,590	1,664	1,873
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Crawford*	12.23	1,429	1,444	1,540	1,562	1,667
	Fine Gael	Martin Harley	10.19	1,191	1,236	1,301	1,614	1,994
	Fine Gael	Stephen McNamee	9.64	1,127	1,146	1,206	1,432	1,502
	Independent	John Gallagher	8.92	1,042	1,080	1,247	1,301
	Fine Gael	Gareth Reid	7.12	832	854	871
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Carlin	3.98	465	478
	Independent	Alan Dooher	1.57	184	196
Electorate: 19,305 Valid: 11,686 (60.53%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,948 Turnout: 11,840 (61.33%)