Election Name: | 2009 Galway City Council election |
Country: | Ireland |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2004 Galway City Council election |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2014 Galway City Council election |
Next Year: | 2014 |
Seats For Election: | 15 seats on Galway City Council |
Election Date: | 5 June 2009 |
Party1: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
Seats1: | 5 |
Seat Change1: | +1 |
Party2: | Fine Gael |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | - |
Party3: | Fianna Fáil |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | +1 |
Party4: | Independent (politician) |
Seats4: | 4 |
Seat Change4: | +3 |
Party5: | Green Party (Ireland) |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | -1 |
Party6: | Sinn Féin |
Seats6: | 0 |
Seat Change6: | -1 |
Party7: | Progressive Democrats |
Seats7: | 0 |
Seat Change7: | -3 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
An election to Galway City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three 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).
Party | valign=top | Seats | valign=top | ± | valign=top | First Pref. votes | valign=top | FPv% | valign=top | ±% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | +1 | 4,347 | 19.11 | |||||||
3 | align=right | - | 4,848 | 21.31 | ||||||
3 | +1 | 4,702 | 20.67 | |||||||
4 | +3 | 6,970 | 30.64 | |||||||
0 | align=right | -1 | 1,194 | 5.25 | ||||||
0 | align=right | -1 | 690 | 3.03 | ||||||
0 | align=right | -3 | align=right | - | align=right | - | ||||
Totals | align=right | 15 | align=center | - | align=right | 22,751 | 100.00 | — |