Election Name: | 2009 Louth County Council election |
Country: | Ireland |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2004 Louth County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2014 Louth County Council election |
Next Year: | 2014 |
Seats For Election: | 26 seats on Louth County Council |
Election Date: | 5 June 2009 |
Party1: | Fine Gael |
Seats1: | 8 |
Seat Change1: | +1 |
Party2: | Sinn Féin |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seat Change2: | +1 |
Party3: | Fianna Fáil |
Seats3: | 5 |
Seat Change3: | -4 |
Party4: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
Seats4: | 2 |
Seat Change4: | +1 |
Party5: | Green Party (Ireland) |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | +1 |
Party6: | Independent (politician) |
Seats6: | 4 |
Seat Change6: | 0 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
An election to Louth County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 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 | ±% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | +1 | 13,633 | 27.32 | |||||||
6 | +1 | 8,731 | 17.50 | |||||||
5 | align=right | -4 | 11,753 | 23.55 | ||||||
2 | +1 | 5,553 | 11.13 | |||||||
1 | +1 | 3,536 | 7.09 | |||||||
4 | 0 | 6,694 | 13.41 | |||||||
Totals | align=right | 26 | 0 | align=right | 49,900 | 100.00 | — |