2004 Carlow County Council election

An election to Carlow County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

2004 Carlow County Council election

← 1999 11 June 2004 2009 →

All 21 seats on Carlow County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 8 7 4
Seat change -1 - +1

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Green Progressive Democrats
Seats won 1 1
Seat change - -

Map showing the area of Carlow County Council

Council control after election

TBD

Results by party

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 8 -1 7,844 36.32
Fine Gael 7 - 7,107 32.91
Labour 4 +1 3,713 17.19
Green 1 - 1,482 6.86
Progressive Democrats 1 - 730 3.38
Totals 21 - 21,596 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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Borris

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Borris - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Labour Michael Meaney* 33.13 1,002      
Fine Gael Tommy Kinsella 23.41 708 798    
Green Mary White* 20.17 610 680 693 827
Fianna Fáil Teddy Holden 11.84 358 412 426 608
Fianna Fáil Peter O'Rourke 11.44 346 377 391  
Electorate: 5,179   Valid: 3,024 (58.39%)   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 757   Turnout: 3,082 (59.51%)  

Carlow No.1

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Carlow No.1 - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Jennifer Murnane-O'Connor* 30.23 843      
Fianna Fáil Joe McDonald* 19.47 543 609 655 741
Fine Gael Declan Alcock* 15.13 422 449 485 613
Fine Gael Colette Fennelly 14.95 417 431 457 562
Labour Jimmy Brennan 12.44 347 374 450  
Green Matt Diskin 7.78 217 228    
Electorate: 5,777   Valid: 2,789 (48.28%)   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 698   Turnout: 2,857 (49.45%)  

Carlow No.2

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Carlow No.2 - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Michael Abbey* 22.94 1,094                  
Fianna Fáil Rody Kelly* 17.38 853                  
Progressive Democrats Walter Lacey* 14.87 730 788 797 814 852          
Labour Des Hurley 11.14 547 576 579 601 630 679 726 874    
Fianna Fáil Lorraine Hynes* 7.76 381 404 414 421 486 519 553 597 614 631
Green Geraldine Callinan-O'Dea 6.21 305 320 321 336 349 412 432      
Fine Gael Wayne Fennell* 5.79 284 333 334 338 345 365 512 577 615 619
Fine Gael Gerry Dunne 4.36 214 278 279 284 294 310        
Fianna Fáil Annie Parker-Byrne 3.95 194 208 214 226            
Independent Thompson Akinwunmi-Streets 3.83 188 204 206 230 244          
Independent Conor Dowling 2.42 119 126 127              
Electorate: 10,135   Valid: 4,909 (48.44%)   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 819   Turnout: 5,035 (49.68%)  

Muinebheag

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Muinebheag - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Jim Townsend* 18.29 965              
Fine Gael Denis Foley 18.10 955              
Fianna Fáil Arthur McDonald* 12.66 668 675 691 710 721 766 820 931
Fianna Fáil Enda Nolan* 12.05 636 656 691 697 719 776 803 890
Fine Gael Michael Drea 8.38 442 447 461 480 503 533 611 654
Fianna Fáil Eddie Cullen 7.77 410 416 431 436 456 521 541  
Fine Gael Michael Doran 7.62 402 408 413 425 463 531 579 760
Fianna Fáil Martin Nevin 5.31 280 285 291 295 306      
Labour Liam O'Brien 4.02 212 238 238 245 312 323    
Green John James Tully 3.92 207 212 213 216        
Fianna Fáil Pat Abbey 1.88 99 104            
Electorate: 9,184   Valid: 5,276 (57.45%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 880   Turnout: 5,375 (58.53%)  

Tullow

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Tullow - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil P.J. Kavanagh* 15.47 866 866 875 909 929 932 977      
Fianna Fáil John Pender* 15.40 862 866 872 893 735 825        
Fine Gael Fred Hunter* 12.20 683 689 705 717 763 766 841 1,023    
Fine Gael Michael Deering* 11.09 621 635 650 667 688 691 740 859 910 920
Fine Gael Pat O'Toole 9.63 539 540 553 562 585 587 695 718 727 733
Fianna Fáil Noel Kennedy 9.02 505 525 531 536 565 567 574      
Labour William Paton* 7.54 422 423 445 527 591 593 651 702 731 741
Sinn Féin Declan Sheeran 5.95 333 341 352 363            
Fine Gael John O'Donovan 5.82 326 326 344 378 392 393        
Labour Billy Nolan 3.89 218 220 242              
Green Patricia Carolan 2.55 143 152                
Independent Bill Leonard 1.43 80                  
Electorate: 9,693   Valid: 5,598 (57.75%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 934   Turnout: 5,688 (58.68%)  
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