Election Name: | 2019 Laois County Council election |
Country: | Ireland |
Map Size: | 300px |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2014 Laois County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2024 Laois County Council election |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Seats For Election: | All 19 seats on Laois County Council |
Majority Seats: | 10 |
Election Date: | 24 May 2019 |
Party1: | Fine Gael |
Seats1: | 7 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Party2: | Fianna Fáil |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Party3: | Sinn Féin |
Seats3: | 2 |
Party4: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
Seats4: | 1 |
Party5: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
Seats5: | 3 |
An election to all 19 seats on Laois County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Laois was divided into 3 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).
Following a recommendation of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, the electoral division of Clash mas moved from Portlaoise LEA to Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick LEA, to take account of population changes revealed by the 2016 census.[1] [2]
Party | Seats | ± | ±% | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | 1 | 9,578 | 29.64 | 0.56 | ||||
6 | 1 | 10,355 | 32.05 | 0.75 | ||||
2 | 3,604 | 11.15 | 1.55 | |||||
1 | 1,797 | 5.56 | 0.86 | |||||
0 | 514 | 1.59 | New | |||||
3 | 6,461 | 20.00 | 1.20 | |||||
Total | align=right | 19 | align=right | 32,309 | 100.00 |