Election Name: | 2009 Westmeath County Council election |
Country: | Ireland |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2004 Westmeath County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2014 Westmeath County Council election |
Next Year: | 2014 |
Seats For Election: | All 23 seats on Westmeath County Council |
Election Date: | 5 June 2009 |
Party1: | Fianna Fáil |
Seats Before1: | 9 |
Seats1: | 9 |
Party2: | Fine Gael |
Seats Before2: | 8 |
Seats2: | 8 |
Party3: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
Seats Before3: | 6 |
Seats3: | 6 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 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).
Party | valign=top | Seats | valign=top | ± | valign=top | First Pref. votes | valign=top | FPv% | valign=top | ±% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | align=right | - | 13,777 | 43.03 | ||||||
8 | align=right | - | 12,405 | 38.75 | ||||||
6 | align=right | - | 8,349 | 26.08 | ||||||
0 | align=right | - | 2,036 | 5.24 | ||||||
0 | align=right | - | 1,494 | 4.66 | ||||||
0 | align=right | - | 194 | 0.50 | ||||||
Totals | align=right | 23 | align=center | - | align=right | 38,795 | 100.00 | — |