2009 Louth County Council election explained

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]

Results by party

Partyvalign=topSeatsvalign=top±valign=topFirst Pref. votesvalign=topFPv%valign=top±%
8+113,63327.32
6+18,73117.50
5align=right-411,75323.55
2+15,55311.13
1+13,5367.09
406,69413.41
Totalsalign=right 260align=right 49,900100.00

Results by local electoral area

Dundalk South

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Louth County Council: 2009 Local Election . irelandelection.com . 3 February 2024.