2009 Galway County Council election

An election to Galway County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 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).

2009 Galway County Council election

5 June 2009
All 30 seats on Galway County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Seats won 13 7 1 Seat change +3 -3 -   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin Republican Sinn Féin Independent Seats won 1 1 7 Seat change - +1 +2   Seventh party   Party Progressive Democrats Seats won 0 Seat change -3
Map showing the area of Galway County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	13	+3	29,452	38.54
	Fianna Fáil	7	-3	18,800	24.60
	Labour	1	-	4,692	6.14
	Sinn Féin	1	-	3,799	4.97
	Republican Sinn Féin	1	+1	1,387	1.82
	Independent	7	+2	17,841	23.35
	Progressive Democrats	0	-3	-	-
Totals		30	-	76,413	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ballinasloe

Ballinasloe - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Jnr	18.80	2,563
	Fianna Fáil	Tomás Mannion*	14.78	2,015	2,074	2,091	2,159	2,196
	Independent	Tim Broderick	14.52	1,979	2,013	2,115	2,262	2,437
	Fine Gael	Michael Mullins*	13.93	1,899	1,978	2,239	2,904
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Connolly*	12.75	1,738	1,757	1,850	2,047	2,160
	Fianna Fáil	James Joyce*	10.88	1,483	1,489	1,699	1,788	1,847
	Fine Gael	Michael Finnerty	8.10	1,104	1,169	1,308
	Fine Gael	John Goode	5.81	792	817
	Christian Solidarity	Clare Flynn	0.44	60	63
Electorate: 22,702   Valid: 13,633 (60.05%)   Spoilt: 195   Quota: 2,273   Turnout: 13,828 (60.91%)

Connemara

Connemara - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Thomas Welby*	15.69	2,584
	Fine Gael	Seán Kyne*	11.70	1,927	2,061
	Fine Gael	Eileen Mannion-Mullen	9.12	1,501	1,565	1,588	1,749	1,771	1,843	2,263
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ó Tuairisg*	8.91	1,467	1,491	1,571	1,581	1,884	1,982	2,115
	Republican Sinn Féin	Tomás Ó Curraoin	8.42	1,387	1,416	1,501	1,522	1,576	1,754	1,976	2,050
	Fianna Fáil	Josie Conneely*	7.22	1,189	1,217	1,247	1,373	1,435	1,488	1,506	1,513
	Fine Gael	Seosamh Ó Laoi	7.16	1,178	1,189	1,212	1,220	1,297	1,390
	Independent	Seosamh Ó Cuaig*	6.92	1,140	1,160	1,195	1,221	1,320	1,702	1,974	2,067
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Walsh*	6.58	1,083	1,194	1,381	1,410	1,554	1,617	1,717	1,738
	Sinn Féin	Trevor Ó Clochartaigh	5.42	893	906	915	1,193	1,267
	Fianna Fáil	Connie Ní Fhatharta*	4.90	806	817	896	906
	Sinn Féin	Kenneth Coyne	4.29	706	748	764
	Fianna Fáil	Louise O'Connor	3.22	530	556
	Independent	Chris Walsh	0.44	73	85
Electorate: 30,414   Valid: 16,464 (54.13%)   Spoilt: 296   Quota: 2,059   Turnout: 16,760 (55.11%)

Loughrea

Loughrea - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Michael (Stroke) Fahy*	12.28	2,247	2,262	2,287
	Independent	Pat Hynes*	10.86	1,987	2,004	2,051	2,091	2,237	2,425
	Fine Gael	Jimmy McClearn	10.25	1,875	1,880	1,899	1,909	1,938	1,985	1,991	2,144
	Fine Gael	Bridie Willers*	9.79	1,791	1,826	1,930	2,063	2,104	2,250	2,272	2,354
	Fine Gael	Peter Feeney*	9.75	1,784	1,856	1,900	1,940	1,967	2,159	2,170	2,218
	Fine Gael	Michael 'Moegie' Maher*	8.94	1,635	1,655	1,697	1,712	1,795	1,909	1,924	2,039
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Finnerty	8.09	1,480	1,483	1,488	1,598	1,780	1,824	1,829	2,399
	Independent	Willie Burke*	6.92	1,265	1,276	1,304	1,335	1,368	1,455	1,507	1,630
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Regan*	6.10	1,116	1,123	1,133	1,137	1,328	1,388	1,392
	Fianna Fáil	Gabriel Burke	4.44	813	821	828	830
	Independent	Lorraine Higgins	4.42	809	890	987	1,143	1,187
	Independent	Adrian Feeney	2.97	543	587	649
	Labour	P.J. McDonnell	2.61	477	584
	Green	Patrick Creed	2.09	382
	Independent	Enda Glynn	0.48	88
Electorate: 30,971   Valid: 18,292 (59.06%)   Spoilt: 216   Quota: 2,287   Turnout: 18,508 (59.76%)

Oranmore

Oranmore - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Jim Cuddy*	17.45	1,614	1,654	1,751	1,859
	Fine Gael	Jarlath McDonagh*	14.43	1,335	1,341	1,543	1,575	1,757	1,950
	Fianna Fáil	Malachy Noone	12.92	1,195	1,203	1,273	1,625	1,839	1,919
	Fine Gael	Liam Carroll	9.56	884	897	988	1,062	1,134	1,524	1,589	1,608	1,612
	Labour	Enda O'Rourke	9.27	858	901	944	1,029	1,321	1,549	1,583	1,605	1,609
	Labour	Josette Farrell	9.06	838	869	935	972
	Fine Gael	Michael Eames	9.00	833	848	934	993	1,058
	Fianna Fáil	Dolores Kilroe	8.43	780	786	802
	Fine Gael	Eamon Fox	7.47	691	697
	Sinn Féin	Anna Marley	1.93	179
	Independent	Eamon Coyle	0.48	44
Electorate: 17,575   Valid: 9,251 (52.64%)   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 1,851   Turnout: 9,348 (53.19%)

Tuam

Tuam - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Seán Canney*	17.43	3,273
	Fine Gael	Tom McHugh*	15.15	2,845
	Labour	Colm Keaveney*	13.42	2,519
	Fine Gael	Tiernan Walsh*	10.55	1,980	2,023	2,153	2,166	2,203	2,343	2,594
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Hoade*	9.93	1,864	2,033	2,053	2,064	2,097	2,605
	Fine Gael	Pete Roche	9.17	1,722	1,921	2,057	2,092	2,212	2,606
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Connolly*	8.89	1,668	1,777	1,824	1,836	1,889	1,917	1,919	1,985	2,013
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Reilly*	6.98	1,311	1,511	1,601	1,652	1,702	1,727	1,733	1,812	1,836
	Fine Gael	Michael Carey*	5.93	1,113	1,223	1,275	1,290	1,334
	Sinn Féin	Grainne Morahan	1.51	283	321	335	356
	Independent	Seán Hehir	1.04	195	253	262	276
Electorate: 31,011   Valid: 18,773 (60.54%)   Spoilt: 209   Quota: 2,347   Turnout: 18,982 (61.21%)

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