| Election Name: | 2024 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Map Size: | 320px |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2029 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2029 |
| Seats For Election: | All 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Election Date: | 7 June 2024 |
| Council control before election | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| After Election: | TBD |
| Party1: | Fine Gael |
| Seats1: | 16 |
| Last Election1: | 13 |
| Seats Before1: | 13 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Party2: | Green Party (Ireland) |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Last Election2: | 6 |
| Seats Before2: | 6 |
| Party3: | Fianna Fáil |
| Seats3: | 5 |
| Last Election3: | 7 |
| Seats Before3: | 7 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Party4: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Last Election4: | 6 |
| Seats Before4: | 6 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Party5: | People Before Profit Alliance |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Last Election5: | 2 |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Party6: | Social Democrats (Ireland) |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Last Election6: | 1 |
| Seats Before6: | 1 |
| Party7: | Independent politician |
| Seats7: | 5 |
| Last Election7: | 5 |
| Seats Before7: | 6 |
| Seat Change7: | 1 |
An election to all 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown is divided into 6 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).[2]
The period for nominations started at 10 a.m. on Saturday 11 May and ended at 12 p.m. on Saturday 18 May 2024.[3]
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | Date announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock | Kate Feeney | [4] | ||
| Blackrock | Mary Hanafin | |||
| Dún Laoghaire | Juliet O’Connell | |||
| Dún Laoghaire | Dave Quinn | |||
| Killiney-Shankill | Dennis O'Callaghan | |||
In April 2024, Orli Degani, who had been selected by the Social Democrats to contest the Dún Laoghaire LEA was dropped from the ticket. She contested the election as an independent candidate.[5]
| Party | First-preference votes | Seats | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-type="number" | Votes | data-sort-type="number" | % FPv | data-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" | ||||
| 25,630 | 33.27 | 5.97 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 3 | ||||||||
| 8,926 | 11.59 | 6.00 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 7,331 | 9.52 | 10.14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 7,804 | 10.13 | 1.65 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4,307 | 5.59 | 3.96 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 3,968 | 5.15 | 1.72 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2,875 | 3.73 | 2.86 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2,449 | 3.18 | 2.24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 204 | 0.26 | New | 1 | New | New | 0 | |||||||||
| 13,539 | 17.58 | 7.31 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
| Total Valid | align=right | 77,033 | align=right | 98.87 | |||||||||||
| Spoilt votes | align=right | 879 | align=right | 1.13 | |||||||||||
| Total | 77,033 | 100.00 | — | 80 | 40 | 40 | 40 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/Turnout | 176,321 | 44.19 | |||||||||||||
A complete recount took place in Blackrock resulting in newcomer Dan Carson beating Independent Cormac Lucey for the last seat by just two votes.