South Dublin County Council election, 2004

11 June 2004

All 26 seats to South Dublin County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour Party	Fianna Fáil	Sinn Féin
Seats won	7	6	3
Seat change	-	-2	+1

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Fine Gael	Green Party	Progressive Democrats
Seats won	3	2	2
Seat change	-	+1	-

	Seventh party	Eighth party

Party	Socialist Party	Independent
Seats won	1	2
Seat change	+1	-1

Map showing the area of South Dublin County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to South Dublin County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions using the Single transferable vote system for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Labour Party	7	-	16,826	18.94%
	Fianna Fáil	6	-2	22,825	25.70%
	Sinn Féin	3	+1	12,235	13.78%
	Fine Gael	3	-	10,857	12.22%
	Green Party	2	+1	7,033	7.92%
	Progressive Democrats	2	-	6,689	7.53%
	Socialist Party	1	+1	2,505	2.82%
	Independent	2	-1	8,804	9.91%
Totals		26	-	88,818	100%	—

Clondalkin - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Sinn Féin	Shane O'Connor	17.07	2,421
	Labour Party	Robert Dowds*	14.06	1,994	2,007	2,013	2,053	2,375
	Fine Gael	Therese Ridge*	12.08	1,714	1,723	1,729	1,771	1,847	1,936	2,051	2,247	2,503
	Progressive Democrats	Colm Tyndall*	11.47	1,627	1,636	1,640	1,768	1,791	1,912	2,099	2,285	2,627
	Socialist Workers	Gino Kenny	7.36	1,044	1,068	1,083	1,092	1,164	1,183	1,203	1,336	1,451
	Fianna Fáil	Trevor Gilligan	6.47	918	927	930	988	1,038	1,214	1,574	1,716	1,875
	Green Party	Dorothy Corrigan	6.35	900	912	920	930	975	1,008	1,059
	Independent	Colm McGrath*	6.07	861	905	911	947	968	1,013	1,103	1,238
	Labour Party	Marie Grogan	4.84	686	691	696	700
	Fianna Fáil	Sheila O'Brien*	4.77	677	680	681	783	801	969
	Fianna Fáil	Neil O'Neill	4.21	597	604	606	728	741
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Verso	4.18	593	593	594
	Independent	Noel Kelly	1.06	151
Electorate: 30,462 Valid: 14,183 (46.56%) Spoilt: 344 Quota: 2,364 Turnout: 14,527 (47.69%)

Lucan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Derek Keating*	21.75	3,680
	Green Party	Fintan McCarthy*	14.40	2,440	2,547	2,691	2,923	3,036	3,454
	Labour Party	Eamon Tuffy*	10.48	1,774	1,807	1,873	2,019	2,095	2,338	2,363	3,110
	Independent	Guss O'Connell	9.98	1,688	1,720	1,742	1,820	2,192	2,542	2,574	2,879
	Sinn Féin	Feilim MacCriosta	9.11	1,542	1,552	1,580	1,640	1,755
	Fine Gael	Peter Brady	8.10	1,370	1,405	1,664	1,923	2,013	2,134	2,142
	Fianna Fáil	Des Kelly	7.42	1,255	1,274	1,399	1,588	2,066	2,175	2,179	2,607
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Doherty-Ryan*	7.20	1,218	1,227	1,302	1,431
	Progressive Democrats	Jeff Aherne	6.49	1,098	1,127	1,233
	Fianna Fáil	Ed O'Brien	2.84	480	493
	Fine Gael	Joe MacEnri	2.22	376	384
Electorate: 32,269 Valid: 16,921 (52.44%) Spoilt: 311 Quota: 3,385 Turnout: 17,232 (53.40%)

Tallaght Central - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Socialist Party	Mick Murphy	16.10	2,505	2,552	2,654
	Sinn Féin	Mark Daly*	13.74	2,138	1,308	1,360	1,404	1,440	1,501	1,504	1,506
	Fine Gael	Karen Warren	10.44	1,624	1,702	1,808	1,863	1,898	1,933	2,052	2,415	2,423
	Labour Party	Eamonn Maloney*	9.99	1,554	1,572	1,634	1,672	1,691	1,735	1,810	2,220	2,243
	Labour Party	Don Tipping*	8.50	1,322	1,352	1,422	1,454	1,495	1,558	1,628
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Neville	8.37	1,302	1,396	1,421	1,741	1,784	1,828	2,437	2,561	2,567
	Labour Party	Denis Mackin*	7.78	1,210	1,233	1,329	1,385	1,477	1,616	1,691	2,192	2,216
	Sinn Féin	Seán O Cadhla	6.47	1,007	1,027	1,066	1,092
	Fianna Fáil	Roderick Smyth*	6.35	988	1,067	1,088	1,191	1,223	1,249
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Farrell	4.52	703	735	760
	Green Party	Shauna Hutchinson-Edgar	4.17	648	710
	Progressive Democrats	Paula McCormack	3.57	556
Electorate: 29,520 Valid: 15,557 (52.70%) Spoilt: 500 Quota: 2,593 Turnout: 16,057 (54.39%)

Tallaght South - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Fianna Fáil	John Hannon*	14.63	2,221	2,226	2,314	2,406	2,494	2,731
	Sinn Féin	Cathal King*	11.74	1,782	1,812	1,901	1,908	1,957	2,026	2,030	3,234
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Daly*	10.59	1,607	1,610	1,642	1,804	1,853	1,924	1,976	2,017	2,093	2,108
	Labour Party	Marie Corr	9.77	1,483	1,500	1,538	1,587	1,793	2,055	2,101	2,204	2,433	2,565
	Fianna Fáil	Mick Billane*	9.73	1,477	1,487	1,631	1,663	1,713	1,786	1,822	1,891	2,007	2,018
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Ferron	9.68	1,469	1,484	1,520	1,532	1,624	1,716	1,721
	Labour Party	Caitriona Jones	9.45	1,435	1,454	1,479	1,542	1,814	2,324	2,361	2,489	2,693
	Fine Gael	Paul Ringland*	8.80	1,336	1,345	1,361	1,442	1,548
	Green Party	Elizabeth Davidson	6.59	1,000	1,041	1,063	1,125
	Progressive Democrats	Rita Hayes	3.91	594	599	609
	Fianna Fáil	Ambrose Sheilds	3.69	560	579
	Independent	Mark Luttrell	1.43	217
Electorate: 34,251 Valid: 15,181 (44.32%) Spoilt: 538 Quota: 2,531 Turnout: 15,719 (45.89%)

Terenure-Rathfarnam - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fianna Fáil	John Lahart*	13.14	3,828
	Progressive Democrats	Cáit Keane*	9.66	2,814	2,965	2,987	3,089	3,204	3,491	3,612	3,845
	Fine Gael	Stanley Laing*	8.55	2,490	2,559	2,568	2,676	3,139	3,263	3,340	3,534	3,588
	Independent	Pat Dunne	7.57	2,207	2,250	2,252	2,308	2,323	2,362	2,718
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Ardagh*	7.42	2,161	2,607	2,650	2,694	2,723	3,333	3,490	3,703
	Labour Party	Alex White	7.24	2,109	2,143	2,149	2,413	2,507	2,617	2,773	2,994	3,011
	Green Party	Tony McDermott	7.02	2,045	2,076	2,086	2,245	2,334	2,582	3,033	3,515	3,572
	Fine Gael	Michael McLoughlin	6.68	1,947	1,964	1,977	2,054	2,667	2,747	2,807	2,876	2,889
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha Nic Cormaic	6.44	1,876	1,913	1,919	1,989	2,010	2,082
	Labour Party	Eamonn Walsh*	6.19	1,803	1,853	1,855	2,303	2,375	2,429	2,734	3,455	3,496
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent Kenny*	5.44	1,585	1,818	1,869	1,911	1,973
	Labour Party	Paddy Cosgrave	5.00	1,456	1,476	1,485
	Fianna Fáil	Alan Foran	4.17	1,215
Electorate: 53,201 Valid: 29,139 (54.77%) Spoilt: 727 Quota: 3,643 Turnout: 29,866 (56.14%)

Preceded by South Dublin County Council election, 1999	South Dublin County Council elections	Succeeded by South Dublin County Council election, 2009

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