2024 Galway County Council election explained

Election Name:	2024 Galway County Council election
Country:	Ireland
Map Size:	300px
Type:	Parliamentary
Ongoing:	yes
Party Colour:	yes
Previous Election:	2019 Galway County Council election
Previous Year:	2019
Next Election:	2029 Galway County Council election
Next Year:	2029
Seats For Election:	All 39 seats on Galway County Council
Majority Seats:	20
Election Date:	7 June 2024
Party1:	Fine Gael
Last Election1:	11
Party2:	Fianna Fáil
Last Election2:	15
Party3:	Independent Ireland
Last Election3:	N/A
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Last Election4:	1
Party5:	Republican Sinn Féin
Last Election5:	1
Party6:	Green Party (Ireland)
Last Election6:	1
Seats Before1:	13
Seats Before2:	11
Party7:	Independent politician (Ireland)
Last Election7:	10
Seats Before7:	6
Seats Before6:	0
Seats Before5:	1
Seats Before4:	2
Seats Before3:	6

An election to all 39 seats on Galway County Council was held on 7 June 2024, as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.^[1] County Galway is divided into 7 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]

Results by party

Party	valign=top	Candidates	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	14	13	2	23,430	29.43	1.43
	17	11	4	21,719	27.28	5.52
	7	6	New	9,549	11.99	New
	9	2	1	6,252	7.85	3.04
	1	1		974	1.22	0.04
	6	0	1	2,575	3.23	1.31
	5	0	New	896	1.13	New
	2	0		615	0.77	0.50
	1	0		553	0.69	0.77
	1	0	New	364	0.46	New
	1	0	New	149	0.19	New
	1	0	New	122	0.15	New
	14	6	4	12,425	15.60	9.30
Totals	79	align=right	39		align=right	79,623	100.00

Incumbents retiring

Party

Ballinasloe	Tim Broderick^[3]
Athenry–Oranmore	Jim Cuddy^[4]
Tuam	Colm Keaveney^[5]

Candidates by local electoral area

Tuam

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. 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.
3. Web site: Tierney . Declan . 2024-04-07 . Publican and poll topper opts out of politics ahead of election . 2024-05-07 . Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune . en-GB . 7 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240507065952/https://connachttribune.ie/publican-and-poll-topper-opts-out-of-politics-ahead-of-election/ . live .
4. Web site: 2024-03-28 . Tomás Grealish to contest Local Election as Cuddy announces retirement . 2024-05-07 . Galway Advertiser . 7 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240507065953/https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/140597/toms-grealish-to-contest-local-election-as-cuddy-announces-retirement . live .
5. News: Fallon . John . 2024-04-16 . Former TD Colm Keaveney withdraws from local elections due to drug driving charge . https://archive.today/20240416090508/https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/04/16/former-ff-td-colm-keaveney-withdraws-from-local-elections-amid-drug-driving-charge/ . 2024-04-16 . 2024-05-07 . The Irish Times . en.