2024 Carlow County Council election explained

Election Name:2024 Carlow County Council election
Country:Ireland
Map Size:300px
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2019 Carlow County Council election
Previous Year:2019
Next Election:2029 Carlow County Council election
Next Year:2029
Seats For Election:All 18 seats on Carlow County Council
Majority Seats:10
Election Date:7 June 2024
Turnout:47.5% 1.9%[1]
Party1:Fine Gael
Seats1:6
Party2:Fianna Fáil
Seats2:5
Seat Change2:1
Party3:Sinn Féin
Seats3:2
Seat Change3:1
Party4:Labour Party (Ireland)
Seats4:1
Party5:People Before Profit
Seats5:1
Party6:Independent Ireland
Seats6:1
Party7:Independent politician (Ireland)
Seats7:2
Last Election1:6
Seats Before1:6
Seats Before2:6
Last Election2:6
Last Election3:1
Seats Before3:1
Seats Before4:1
Last Election4:2
Seats Before5:1
Last Election5:1
Seats Before6:1
Last Election6:0
Seats Before7:2
Last Election7:2

An election to all 18 seats on Carlow County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[2] County Carlow is 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).[3]

Results by party

PartyFirst-preference votesSeats
data-sort-type="number"Votesdata-sort-type="number"% FPvdata-sort-type="number"Swing (pp)data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"Elected
2024
data-sort-type="number"
6,34027.843.518666
6,79129.823.7376651
2,73212.003.5981121
1,0904.794.0612111
5962.620.552111
5902.59New1New111
5352.35New2New00
3031.33New2New00
1710.75New1New00
1410.62New1New00
1320.58New1New00
3,35414.731.737222
Total Validalign=right 22,875align=right 98.58
Spoilt votesalign=right 329align=right 1.43
Total23,20410041181818
Registered voters/Turnout48,89547.76

Candidates by LEA

Tullow

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elections 2024: Carlow County Council round-up . 15 July 2024 . Raidió Teilifís Éireann . 15 July 2024 .
  2. Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections . Gov.ie . . 6 April 2024 . 20 April 2024 . 10 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240410051431/https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/ebfe6-polling-day-orders-made-for-european-local-and-limerick-mayoral-elections/ . live .
  3. Web site: Local elections in Ireland. Citizens Information Board. 20 April 2024. 6 April 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240406142317/https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government-in-ireland/elections-and-referenda/types-of-elections-and-referendums/local-elections/. live.