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. Only three political parties (Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin) fielded candidates in Roscommon, the fewest of any Irish county/city in the 2019 local elections. The 2018 LEA boundary review committee made no changes to the LEAs used in the 2014 elections.[1]

2019 Roscommon County Council election
24 May 2019
All 18 seats to Roscommon County Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 6 2 1
Seat change 2 1
  Fourth party
 
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 30,572 100.0

Results by local electoral area

Athlone
Athlone — 6 Seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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[3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    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[4]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      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%)

        Results by gender
        2019 Roscommon County Council election[5][6]
        Candidates by gender
        Gender Number of
        candidates        		  % of
        candidates        		 Elected
        councillors        		  % of
        councillors
        Men 29 87.9% 15 83.3%
        Women 4 12.1% 3 16.7%
        TOTAL33 18 

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

        Sources
        • "Roscommon County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 14 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
        • "LE19: Live tallies and results from the Roscommon Count Centre". Shannonside FM. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 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). Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
        • "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

        References
        1. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
        2. DHPLG 2019, p. 181.
        3. DHPLG 2019, p. 182.
        4. DHPLG 2019, p. 183.
        5. "Roscommon County Council: Independents dominate throughout county". The Irish Times. Dublin. 27 May 2019 [25 May 2019]. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021.
        6. DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
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