2019 Laois County Council election explained

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).

Boundary review

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]

Results by party

PartySeats±±%
719,57829.640.56
6 110,35532.050.75
23,60411.151.55
11,7975.560.86
05141.59New
36,46120.001.20
Totalalign=right 19align=right 32,309100.00

Results by local electoral area

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Report 2018 . 978-1-4064-2990-9 . Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 . 13 June 2018 . Government Publications . 15 October 2023 . 58–61, 150 . 30 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230430065024/https://www.boundarycommittee.ie/reports/Local%20Electoral%20Area%20Boundary%20Committee%20No.1%20Report%20-%202018.pdf#62 . live .
  2. . County of Laois Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 . 2018. si. 622 . 15 October 2023 . 19 December 2018 .