| Election Name: | 2014 Galway County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2009 Galway County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Galway County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | All 39 seats on Galway County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 20 |
| Election Date: | 23 May 2014 |
| Party1: | Fine Gael |
| Seats1: | 12 |
| Seat Change1: | -1 |
| Party2: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | +5 |
| Party3: | Sinn Féin |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seat Change3: | +2 |
| Party4: | Republican Sinn Féin |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | - |
| Party5: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seat Change5: | -1 |
| Party6: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
| Seats6: | 11 |
| Seat Change6: | +4 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Fine Gael |
| After Election: | Fine Gael |
An election to all 39 seats on Galway County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections, an increase from 30 seats at the 2009 election. County Galway was divided into 5 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). In addition, the town councils of Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Tuam were all abolished.
Fine Gael remained the largest party in terms of votes while having the same seats as Fianna Fáil. Fine Gael lost 1 seat overall, in Loughrea, while Fianna Fáil made 5 gains; 1 each in Ballinasloe, Connemara, Athenry-Oranmore and 2 in Loughrea. Independents had another good election winning 4 additional seats while Sinn Féin made gains in Connemara and in Athenry-Oranmore. Republican Sinn Féin retained their solitary seat in Connemara.[1] [2] [3]
| Party | Seats | ± | ±% | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | align=right | -1 | 21,063 | 27.6 | ||||
| 12 | +5 | 20,902 | 27.4 | |||||
| 3 | +2 | 5,755 | 7.5 | |||||
| 1 | align=right | - | 1,072 | 1.4 | ||||
| 0 | align=right | -1 | 2,668 | 3.5 | ||||
| 11 | +4 | 21,258 | 29.4 | |||||
| Total | align=right | 39 | +9 | align=right | 72,718 | 100.0 | — |