Election Name: | 2009 Limerick County Council election |
Country: | Ireland |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2004 Limerick County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2014 Limerick City and County Council election |
Next Year: | 2014 |
Seats For Election: | 28 seats on Limerick County Council |
Election Date: | 5 June 2009 |
Party1: | Fine Gael |
Seats1: | 15 |
Seat Change1: | +3 |
Party2: | Fianna Fáil |
Seats2: | 9 |
Seat Change2: | -3 |
Party3: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seat Change3: | +1 |
Party4: | Independent (politician) |
Seats4: | 2 |
Seat Change4: | +2 |
Party5: | Progressive Democrats |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | -3 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
After Election: | Fine Gael |
An election to Limerick County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 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).[1]
Party | valign=top | Seats | valign=top | ± | valign=top | First Pref. votes | valign=top | FPv% | valign=top | ±% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 | +3 | 26,788 | 44.82 | |||||||
9 | align=right | -3 | 20,502 | 34.30 | ||||||
2 | +1 | 6,814 | 11.40 | |||||||
2 | +2 | 4,453 | 7.45 | |||||||
0 | align=right | -3 | align=right | - | align=right | - | ||||
Totals | align=right | 28 | align=center | - | align=right | 59,764 | 100.00 | — |