2004 Irish local elections

Nationwide local authority elections November 2021 November 2021 2004 Irish local elections Republic of Ireland parliamentary 1999 Irish local elections 1999 2009 Irish local elections 2009 1,627 County, City, Borough and Town Council Seats 11 June 2004 Largest Party on Council Councillors Councillors +/- 58.64% 8.45pp Bertie Ahern, January 2004 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Bertie Ahern 19 November 1994 Fianna Fáil 31.8% 16 542 129 Enda Kenny 2009.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Enda Kenny 6 June 2002 Fine Gael 27.6% 10 468 32 Pat Rabbitte, circa 2002.jpg 130 120 160 0 7 Pat Rabbitte 13 October 2001 Labour Party (Ireland) 14.2% 4 188 18 Gerry Adams, October 2005 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Gerry Adams 13 November 1983 Sinn Féin 8.1% 1 127 63 Trevor Sargent 2006 headshot.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Trevor Sargent 6 November 2001 Green Party (Ireland) 3.9% N/A 32 15 Mary Harney, 2004 (headshot).jpg 130 120 160 0 0 Mary Harney 26 October 1993 Progressive Democrats 3.9% N/A 32 The 2004 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Friday, 11 June 2004, on the same day as the European elections and referendum on the amending the constitutional provisions on citizenship. Polling was delayed until 19 June 2004 in County Roscommon, due to the sudden death of Councillor Gerry Donnelly. Turnout was the highest for 20 years at around 60%,http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2004/0614/1086274487464.html The best local election turnout in nearly 20 years Seán Donnelly 14 June 2004 The Irish Times 2008-02-20 11 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121011101244/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2004/0614/1086274487464.html live helped by the extra publicity of the referendum. The result was a setback for Fianna Fáil, which saw its share of the vote drop by 7 percentage points from its 1999 result to 32%, losing 20% of its council seats.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2004/0615/1086274489602.html 'A very bad performance' – Ahern Mark Hennessy Michael O'Regan 15 June 2004 The Irish Times 2008-02-20 11 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121011101255/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2004/0615/1086274489602.html live 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.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2004/0615/1086274489578.html FF will find loss of power a bitter pill to swallow Frank McDonald Frank McDonald (journalist) 15 June 2004 The Irish Times 2008-02-20 11 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121011101304/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2004/0615/1086274489578.html live Labour's share of the vote remained static at 11% while Fine Gael dropped 1%. However, both parties gained seats with the Labour Party becoming the largest party on Dublin City Council. Major gains were made by Sinn Féin which managed to double the number of seats it held, mainly at the expense of Fianna Fáil. 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, including 33 of the 52 of the councillors on Dublin City Council, which the city manager described as "unprecedented in the history of local government". Many of the seats vacated by TDs and senators were won by family members.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2004/0615/1086274489608.html Politicians hit by dual-mandate ban opt to pass on council mantle to their relatives Marie O'Halloran 15 June 2004 The Irish Times 2008-02-20 11 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121011101316/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2004/0615/1086274489608.html live Results Voters received different-coloured ballot papers for the European election, city/county council election, and referendum, all of which went into the same ballot box and were separated by colour once the boxes arrived at the count centre for the city/county. According to the different franchises in Irish law, all residents were eligible to vote in the local elections, all EU citizens were eligible to vote in the European elections, and the referendum was confined to Irish citizens. Voters in towns with town councils received an additional ballot for that election, cast in a separate ballot box and counted locally within the town.Murphy Tom 91,000 people are eligible to vote https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/91000-people-are-eligible-to-vote-27828037.html 19 October 2018 Wicklow People 10 June 2004 19 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181019205652/https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/91000-people-are-eligible-to-vote-27828037.html live County, city and town council seats Party Seats ± Fianna Fáil542129 Fine Gael46832 Labour Party (Ireland)18818 Sinn Féin12563 Green Party (Ireland)3219 Progressive Democrats32 Others2403 Total1627 County and City Councils Vote share of parties in the election for County and City Councils yes 31.8 Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil 27.6 Fine Gael Fine Gael 11.4 Labour Party Labour Party (Ireland) 8.0 Sinn Féin Sinn Féin 3.9 Green Party Green Party (Ireland) 3.8 Progressive Democrats Progressive Democrats Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Fianna Fáil30280578,13931.87.1 Fine Gael29316503,08827.60.5 Labour Party (Ireland)10118207,51811.40.6 Sinn Féin5433146,3918.04.5 Progressive Democrats19669,6503.80.9 Green Party (Ireland)181071,0523.91.4 Socialist Party (Ireland)4213,4940.70.3 Independent Fianna Fáil229,3560.5 Workers' Party (Ireland)214,1700.20.3 South Kerry Independent Alliance11,6180.1 Socialist Workers Party (Ireland)06,1250.3+0.2 Republican Sinn Féin012,0360.1— Christian Solidarity Party02810.00.1 Independent politician (Ireland)8711207,20711.40.2 Total8831,820,125100 County and City Council Seats 30 em Political Parties Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Fine Gael Labour Party (Ireland) Labour Party Sinn Féin Sinn Féin Progressive Democrats Progressive Democrats Green Party (Ireland) Green Party Independent politician (Ireland) Other County council 300 274 263 69 39 14 15 85 City council 40 28 30 32 15 5 3 11 Authority Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party (Ireland) Progressive Democrats Green Party (Ireland) Sinn Féin Independent Fianna Fáil Workers' Party (Ireland) Workers and Unemployed Action Group South Kerry Independent Alliance Independent politician (Ireland)TotalDetailsCarlow87411000000 21DetailsCavan1111000300000 25DetailsClare1310101000007 32DetailsCork City118611200002 31DetailsCork County1624510200002 48DetailsDonegal148000420001 29DetailsDublin City121015111000003 52DetailsDún Laoghaire–Rathdown79614000001 28DetailsFingal45613100004 24DetailsGalway City23431100001 15DetailsGalway County1010130100005 30DetailsKerry118200200013 27DetailsKildare107401000003 25DetailsKilkenny811501000001 26DetailsLaois119110100002 25DetailsLeitrim108000200002 22DetailsLimerick City25400000006 17DetailsLimerick County1212130000000 28DetailsLongford910000000002 21DetailsLouth97100500004 26DetailsMayo1215100100002 31DetailsMeath129001200005 25DetailsMonaghan57000700001 20DetailsOffaly86020000005 21DetailsRoscommon910000100006 26DetailsSligo1010300100001 25DetailsSouth Dublin63722300003 26DetailsNorth Tipperary105200000004 21DetailsSouth Tipperary10820000030326DetailsWaterford City14300202003 15DetailsWaterford County71140010000023DetailsWestmeath98600000000 23DetailsWexford67100300004 21DetailsWicklow67601000004 24Details Borough and town councils Party Seats ± Fianna Fáil24049 Fine Gael17516 Labour Party (Ireland)87 Sinn Féin7130 Green Party (Ireland)149 Progressive Democrats136 Others14412 Total744 Borough councils Authority Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party (Ireland) Sinn Féin Green Party (Ireland) Progressive DemocratsOtherClonmel32115wuag Includes 5 borough councillors for the Workers and Unemployed Action Group.Drogheda32223Kilkenny4431Sligo4233Wexford22512Total16121461110 Town councils Town Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party (Ireland) Sinn Féin Green Party (Ireland) Progressive Democrats Independent politician (Ireland)TotalArdee 2 3 1 1 1 1 9Arklow 3 2 2 2 9Athlone 4 2 1 1 1 9Athy 2 3 3 1 9Balbriggan 2 1 2 1 1 2 9Ballina 4 2 1 1 1 9Ballinasloe 3 1 1 4 9Ballybay 3 3 2 1 9Ballyshannon 3 4 1 1 9Bandon 3 4 1 1 9Bantry 4 3 1 1 9Belturbet 4 3 2 9Birr 2 3 1 1 2 9Boyle 3 3 1 2 9Bray 3 1 4 1 3 12Buncrana 3 2 2 2 9Bundoran 5 2 1 1 9Carlow 3 3 2 1 9Carrickmacross 3 2 3 1 9Carrick-on-Suir 3 1 2 1 2 9Cashel 2 1 1 5 9Castlebar 3 3 1 1 1 9Castleblayney 3 1 3 2 9Cavan 4 3 1 1 9Clonakilty 2 2 2 3 9Clones 3 1 4 1 9Cobh 1 2 3 1 2 9Cootehill 3 3 2 1 9Dundalk 3 2 3 1 3 12Dungarvan 2 2 3 1 1 9Edenderry 5 2 1 1 9Ennis 3 2 1 3 9Enniscorthy 3 2 1 3 9Fermoy 1 1 1 1 5 9Gorey 4 3 1 1 9Granard 3 2 1 3 9Greystones 3 3 1 2 9Kells 4 1 2 1 1 9Kilkee 5 2 2 9Killarney 3 1 1 4gleeson Michael Gleeson of the South Kerry Independent Alliance is included in this total. 9Kilrush 4 1 4 9Kinsale 2 4 1 1 1 9Leixlip 2 2 2 1 2 9Letterkenny 4 1 1 1 2 9Lismore 4 3 1 1 9Listowel 4 3 1 1 9Longford 2 3 1 1 2 9Loughrea 3 1 1 4 9Macroom 2 4 2 1 9Mallow 2 2 3 1 1 9Midleton 3 2 1 3 9Monaghan 3 2 4 9Mountmellick 6 2 1 9Muine Bheag 5 2 2 9Mullingar 2 2 4 1 9Naas 3 1 1 1 1 2 9Navan 4 2 2 1 9Nenagh 3 1 2 1 2 9Newbridge 3 2 1 1 2 9New Ross 4 2 2 1 9Passage West 3 3 1 1 1 9Portlaoise 3 3 1 2 9Shannon 2 2 2 3 9Skibbereen 2 3 2 1 1 9Templemore 4 3 2 9Thurles 1 1 2 1 4 9Tipperary 2 2 1 4 9Tralee 4 1 3 2 2 12Tramore 3 3 1 2 9Trim 2 2 1 1 3 9Tuam 1 3 1 4 9Tullamore 3 2 2 2 9Westport 3 3 1 2 9Wicklow 2 2 2 1 2 9Youghal 3 2 2 1 1 9 Notes References http://www.electionsireland.org/results/local/2004local.cfm 2004 Local Elections ElectionsIreland.org 2008-02-20 https://irelandelection.com/elections.php?detail=yes&tab=constit&electype=5&elecid=174 2004 Local Elections Irish Elections 28 May 2024 Local Local 2004 Category:June 2004 in Europe