| Election Name: | 2019 Galway City Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Galway City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Galway City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | All 18 seats on Galway City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 10 |
| Election Date: | 24 May 2019 |
| Council control before election | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Party1: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats1: | 5 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Party2: | Fine Gael |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Party3: | Green Party (Ireland) |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Party4: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Party5: | Social Democrats (Ireland) |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Party6: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats6: | 6 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
An election to all 18 seats on Galway City Council was held in Galway in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Following a recommendation of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the only change to the areas used at the 2014 election was to move the electoral division of Claddagh from the West LEA to the Central LEA in line with population changes revealed by the 2016 census.[1] [2]
Fianna Fáil became the largest party on the City Council gaining 2 seats in the process. Fine Gael lost 1 seat despite slightly increasing their vote. The Green Party emerged as the big winners winning 2 seats; 1 in each of Galway City Central and Galway City West and a nearly 5 fivefold increase in voteshare. Following two recounts the Social Democrats held onto a seat in Galway City East at the expense of Sinn Féin, and lost a seat in City Central to the Greens. Sinn Féin lost all their seats as their vote collapsed almost in half. To a significant extent the rise in support for both the Social Democrats and the Greens contributed to the loss for Sinn Féin.
| Party | Seats | ± | valign=top | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | 4,848 | 20.47 | 0.97 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 3,752 | 15.85 | 0.05 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2,230 | 9.42 | 7.23 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1,651 | 6.97 | 3.83 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1,419 | 5.99 | New | ||
| 0 | 3 | 1,272 | 5.37 | 4.13 | ||
| 0 | 574 | 2.42 | New | |||
| 0 | 377 | 1.59 | 1.00 | |||
| 0 | 225 | 0.95 | New | |||
| 0 | 203 | 0.86 | 3.65 | |||
| 6 | 7,134 | 30.13 | 6.97 | |||
| Total | 18 | 23,679 | 100.00 |