Election Name: | 2009 Waterford City Council election |
Country: | Ireland |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2004 Waterford City Council election |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2014 Waterford City and County Council election |
Next Year: | 2014 |
Seats For Election: | All 15 seats on Waterford City Council |
Election Date: | 5 June 2009 |
Party1: | Fine Gael |
Seats1: | 4 |
Seat Change1: | 0 |
Party2: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | 0 |
Party3: | Fianna Fáil |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | 0 |
Party4: | Sinn Féin |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | -1 |
Party5: | Workers' Party (Ireland) |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | -1 |
Party6: | Independent (politician) |
Seats6: | 5 |
Seat Change6: | +2 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
An election to Waterford 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 | ±% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 0 | 3,637 | 21.62 | |||||||
3 | 0 | 2,831 | 16.83 | |||||||
1 | 0 | 2,212 | 13.15 | |||||||
1 | align=right | -1 | 1,543 | 9.17 | ||||||
1 | align=right | -1 | 1,427 | 8.48 | ||||||
5 | +2 | 4,737 | 28.16 | |||||||
Totals | align=right | 15 | 0 | align=right | 16,823 | 100.00 | — |