Irish local elections, 2004
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The 2004 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on 11 June 2004, on the same day as the European elections and referendum on the twenty-seventh amendment of the constitution. Polling was delayed until 19 June 2004 in County Roscommon, due to the sudden death of Councillor Gerry Donnelly.
On turnout was the highest for 20 years,[1] but the result was a major setback for Fianna Fáil, which saw its share of the vote drop by 7 percentage points from its 1999 result to only 32%, losing 20% of its council seats.[2] The party lost its majority on Clare County Council for the first time in 70 years, and fell behind Fine Gael in Galway, Limerick and Waterford city councils.[3] Labour's share of the vote remained static at 11%, Fine Gael dropped 1%, and major gains were made by Sinn Féin.
These were the first elections since the Local Government Act 2001 modernised council structures and abolished the dual mandate. Many new councillors were elected for the first time, most notably on Dublin City Council, where 33 of the 52 members were first-timers, which the City Manger described as "unprecedented in the history of local government".[3] Many of the seats vacated by TDs and senators were won by family members.[4]
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[edit] Results
County, city and town council seats:
| Party | Seats | +/- | |
| Fianna Fáil | 542 | -129 | |
| Fine Gael | 468 | +32 | |
| Labour Party | 188 | +18 | |
| Sinn Féin | 125 | +63 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 32 | — | |
| Green Party | 32 | +19 | |
| Others | 240 | -3 | |
| Total | 1627 | — | |
[edit] County and City Councils
| Party | Seats | Seats +/- | First Pref. Votes | First Pref. % | % Change from 1999 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 302 | -80 | 578,365 | 31.8 | -7.1 | |
| Fine Gael | 293 | +16 | 503,094 | 27.6 | -0.5 | |
| Labour Party | 101 | +18 | 207,437 | 11.4 | +0.7 | |
| Sinn Féin | 54 | +33 | 146,901 | 8.1 | +4.6 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 19 | -6 | 70,172 | 3.9 | +1.0 | |
| Green Party | 18 | +10 | 70,527 | 3.9 | +1.4 | |
| Others | 96 | +9 | 243,310 | 13.4 | 0.0 | |
| Total | 883 | — | 1,789,806 | 100 | — | |
[edit] County councils
| Authority | FF | FG | Lab | PD | GP | SF | Other | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cavan | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Clare | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Cork County | 16 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Donegal | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Fingal | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Galway County | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Kerry | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Kildare | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Kilkenny | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Laois | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Leitrim | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Limerick County | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Longford | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Louth | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Mayo | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Meath | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Monaghan | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| Offaly | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Roscommon | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Sligo | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| South Dublin | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Tipperary North | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Tipperary South | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Waterford County | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Westmeath | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wexford | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Wicklow | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
[edit] City councils
| Authority | FF | FG | Lab | PD | GP | SF | Other | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork City | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Dublin City | 12 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |||||||
| Galway City | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Limerick City | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Waterford City | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
[edit] Town councils
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| Party | Seats | +/- | |
| Fianna Fáil | 240 | -49 | |
| Fine Gael | 175 | +16 | |
| Labour Party | 87 | — | |
| Sinn Féin | 71 | +30 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 13 | +6 | |
| Green Party | 14 | +9 | |
| Others | 144 | -12 | |
| Total | 744 | — | |
[edit] References
- ^ Seán Donnelly (14 June 2004). The best local election turnout in nearly 20 years. The Irish Times. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ Mark Hennessy and Michael O'Regan (15 June 2004). 'A very bad performance' - Ahern. The Irish Times. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ a b Frank McDonald (15 June 2004). FF will find loss of power a bitter pill to swallow. The Irish Times. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ Marie O'Halloran (15 June 204). Politicians hit by dual-mandate ban opt to pass on council mantle to their relatives. The Irish Times. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- 2004 Local Elections. ElectionsIreland.org.
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