2019 Roscommon County Council election

A Roscommon County Council election was held in County Roscommon in Ireland on 24 May 2019 as part of that year's local elections. All 18 councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) by single transferable vote. The 2018 LEA boundary review committee made no changes to the LEAs used in the 2014 elections.

2019 Roscommon County Council election

24 May 2019
All 18 seats to Roscommon County Council 10 seats needed for a majority
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 6 2 1 Seat change 2 1   Party Independent Seats won 9 Seat change 3
Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	6	2	10,129	33.13%	1.40%
	Fine Gael	2	1	4,961	16.23%	6.19%
	Sinn Féin	1		2,273	7.43%	0.68%
	Independent	9	3	13,209	43.21%	10.15%
Totals		18		30,572	100%

Candidates by LEA

Athlone

Athlone — 6 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Tony Ward[c 1]	18.86%	1,864
	Independent	Ivan Connaughton[c 1]	16.10%	1,591
	Fine Gael	John Naughten[c 1]	14.82%	1,465
	Fianna Fáil	John Keogh[c 1]	10.22%	1,010	1,096	1,102	1,120	1,197	1,262	1,483
	Independent	Donal Kilduff	8.89%	879	955	972	1,002	1,098	1,134	1,264
	Independent	Laurence Fallon[c 1]	8.25%	815	926	941	1,021	1,063	1,159	1,307
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Kelly	7.12%	704	734	737	750	768	935	1,058
	Fianna Fáil	Malachy Hand	6.71%	663	752	756	780	804	846
	Fine Gael	Ger Grehan	4.52%	447	469	471	479	496
	Sinn Féin	Joe Harney	3.83%	379	405	410	416
	Independent	Derek McCabe	0.67%	66	76
Electorate: 15,168   Valid: 9,883   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,412   Turnout: 10,021 (66.07%)

Boyle

Boyle — 6 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	John Cummins[c 1]	20.50%	2,124
	Independent	Valerie Byrne[c 1]	15.84%	1,641
	Sinn Féin	Michael Patrick Mulligan[c 1]	13.81%	1,431	1,477	1,489
	Independent	Tom Crosby	9.82%	1,017	1,054	1,082	1,109	1,139	1,243	1,421
	Fine Gael	Liam Callaghan[c 2]	9.65%	1,000	1,066	1,103	1,114	1,286	1,372	1,526
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Murphy[c 2]	7.75%	803	937	965	970	1,076	1,113	1,228
	Fine Gael	Keith Suffin	6.00%	622	843	851	870	897	955	1,076
	Fine Gael	Andrew Reynolds	5.64%	584	616	643	652	665	703
	Independent	Sajjad (Saj) Hussain	5.09%	527	552	562	592	643
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Sampey	4.74%	491	554	556	561
	Independent	Mary O'Donnell	1.15%	119	137	148
Electorate: 18,037   Valid: 10,359   Spoilt: 201   Quota: 1,480   Turnout: 10,560 (58.55%)

Roscommon

Roscommon — 6 Seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Paschal Fitzmaurice[c 1]	18.99%	1,962
	Independent	Kathleen Shanagher[c 1]	14.13%	1,460	1,469	1,482
	Independent	Anthony (Tony) Waldron	12.90%	1,333	1,426	1,493
	Fianna Fáil	Orla Leyden[c 1]	11.61%	1,199	1,241	1,247	1,287	1,469
	Fianna Fáil	Marty McDermott	11.36%	1,173	1,195	1,203	1,234	1,394
	Independent	Nigel Dineen[c 1]	9.70%	1,002	1,159	1,203	1,414	1,542
	Fine Gael	Gerry Coffey	8.16%	843	892	934	978	1,074
	Independent	Domnick Connolly	6.14%	634	647	673	726
	Sinn Féin	Séamus O'Brien	4.48%	463	534	585
	Independent	Padraig Morris	1.79%	185	210
	Independent	John Groarke	0.74%	76	81
Electorate: 17,450   Valid: 10,330   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,476   Turnout: 10,495 (60.14%)

Footnotes

1. Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
2. Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

References

Sources

• "Roscommon County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "LE19: Live tallies and results from the Roscommon Count Centre". Shannonside FM. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
• Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). "Report 2018" (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 96–99, 160. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
• Phelan, John Paul (19 December 2018). "S.I. No. 631/2018 — County of Roscommon Local Electoral Areas Order 2018". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). Retrieved 8 May 2019.