2024 Roscommon County Council election
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All 18 seats on Roscommon County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||
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 Area of Roscommon County Council | ||
An election to all 18 seats on Roscommon County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Roscommon is divided into 3 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]
Retiring incumbents[edit]
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | First elected | Date announced | |
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| Athlone | Donal Kilduff | Independent | 2019 | 4 April 2024[3] | |
| Boyle | Joe Murphy | Fianna Fáil | 2019 | 26 October 2023[4] | |
| Boyle | John Cummins | Fianna Fáil | 1999 | 18 May 2023[5] | |
| Roscommon | Orla Leyden | Fianna Fáil | 2004 | 21 March 2023[6] | |
| Roscommon | Kathleen Shanagher | Independent | 2014 | 17 November 2023[7] | |
Results by party[edit]
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 7 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | 6 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | 6 | ||||||
| Aontú | 1 | ||||||
| Green | 1 | ||||||
| Independent Ireland | 2 | New | New | ||||
| Irish Freedom | 1 | New | New | ||||
| The Irish People | 2 | New | New | ||||
| Independent | 11 | ||||||
| Total | 37 | 18 | 
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Candidates by LEA[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Athlone[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| 1 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Sam Brooks | |||
| Fine Gael | Domnick Connolly | |||
| Independent | Laurence Fallon[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Joe Harney | |||
| Independent | Emer Kelly[†] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John Keogh[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | James Murray | |||
| Fine Gael | John Naughten[*] | |||
| Independent | Dominic Naughton | |||
| Independent | Tony Ward[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Boyle[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Majid Ali | |||
| Aontú | Fayiz Alsani | |||
| Sinn Féin | Angela Beirne | |||
| Independent | Valerie Byrne | |||
| Fine Gael | Liam Callaghan[*] | |||
| Independent | Tom Crosby | |||
| Sinn Féin | Leah Cull | |||
| Fine Gael | Dympna Daly Finn | |||
| Independent Ireland | Paul Forde | |||
| Independent | Micheál Frain | |||
| Independent | Sajjid Hussain | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Sean Moylan | |||
| Independent | Caoimhín Ó Miadh | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Aidan Sampey | |||
| The Irish People | Edmund Shanahan | |||
| Sinn Féin | Rory Williams Doyle | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Roscommon[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Larry Brennan | |||
| Independent Ireland | Nigel Dineen[*] | |||
| The Irish People | Cathal Finnegan | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Paschal Fitzmaurice[*] | |||
| Green | Paul Hester | |||
| Fine Gael | Robbie McConn | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Marty McDermott[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Christine McDonagh | |||
| Fine Gael | Gareth Scahill | |||
| Irish Freedom | Justin Slamen | |||
| Independent | Anthony Waldron | |||
| Quota: | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "South Roscommon councillor confirms he won't seek re-election". Westmeath Independent. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Councillor Joe Murphy opts out 'for personal reasons'". Roscommon People. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Fianna Fáil gears up for selection conventions". Roscommon People. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Orla Leyden opts out of local politics". Roscommon People. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Orla Leyden opts out of local politics". Roscommon People. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "Roscommon ElectionsElection Information for 2024". Roscommon County Council. Retrieved 21 May 2024.