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The 2009 Irish local elections were held in all the counties and county boroughs of Ireland on Friday, 5 June 2009, on the same day as the European Parliament election and two by-elections (Dublin South and Dublin Central).^[1]

[edit] Results

The Progressive Democrats and Independent Fianna Fáil did not compete in the elections. As they competed in the previous elections, totals for vote and seat changes may not total zero. People Before Profit Alliance figures are compared to Socialist Workers Party figures from the previous local elections.

Party		County	City	Borough	Town	Total	±
	Fine Gael	305	35	16	200	556	+88
	Fianna Fáil	201	17	11	178	407	–135
	Independent	102	22	10	141	275	+10
	Labour Party	94	38	13	86	231	+43
	Sinn Féin	41	13	8	65	127	+2
	Green Party	3	0	2	13	18	–14
	People Before Profit	3	2	0	0	5	+5
	Socialist Party	3	1	0	0	4	±0
	Workers Party	0	2	0	0	2	±0
	South Kerry Independent	1	0	0	1	2	±0
	Christian Solidarity	0	0	0	0	0	±0
Totals		753	130	60	684	1,627	—

Posters for local and European election candidates and parties, Dublin, May 2009

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	340	+47	605,333	32.2	+4.5
	Fianna Fáil	218	–84	477,342	25.4	–6.4
	Labour Party	132	+31	276,627	14.7	+3.3
	Independent	124	+37	299,025	15.9	+4.5
	Sinn Féin	54	±0	138,405	7.4	–0.7
	People Before Profit	5	+5	15,879	0.8	+0.5
	Socialist Party	4	±0	16,052	0.9	+0.1
	Green Party	3	–15	44,152	2.3	–1.5
	Workers Party	2	±0	4,771	0.3	±0.0
	South Kerry Independent	1	±0	2,536	0.1	±0.0
	Christian Solidarity	0	±0	467	0.0	±0.0
Totals		883	—	1,880,589	—	—

Local and Euro election posters and banners in Cork city

Town	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party	Sinn Féin	Green Party	Others	Total
Ardee	2	2	1	1	1	2	9
Arklow	3	1	2	0	0	3	9
Athlone	3	3	1	1	0	1	9
Athy	1	2	4	1	0	1	9
Balbriggan	1	1	3	0	1	3	9
Ballina	3	3	0	0	0	3	9
Ballinasloe	2	3	0	1	0	3	9
Ballybay	4	4	0	1	0	0	9
Ballyshannon	2	5	0	1	0	1	9
Bandon	4	3	1	1	0	0	9
Bantry	5	3	0	0	0	1	9
Belturbet	1	3	0	0	0	5	9
Birr	4	2	0	0	0	3	9
Boyle	2	4	0	1	0	2	9
Bray	2	3	3	2	1	1	12
Buncrana	2	3	0	2	0	2	9
Bundoran	3	2	0	2	0	2	9
Carlow	3	3	1	1	0	1	9
Carrickmacross	2	3	0	2	2	0	9
Carrick-on-Suir	2	1	1	1	0	4^[3]	9
Cashel	2	2	0	1	0	4	9
Castlebar	1	4	1	1	0	2	9
Castleblayney	3	2	0	3	0	1	9
Cavan	3	4	1	1	0	0	9
Clonakilty	2	2	1	1	0	3	9
Clones	2	2	0	3	0	2	9
Cobh	1	2	3	1	0	2	9
Cootehill	3	3	0	2	0	1	9
Dundalk	3	2	0	3	2	2	12
Dungarvan	2	3	3	1	0	0	9
Edenderry	3	2	1	0	0	3	9
Ennis	1	3	1	0	1	3	9
Enniscorthy	2	2	1	1	0	3	9
Fermoy	2	2	2	1	0	2	9
Gorey	4	4	1	0	0	0	9
Granard	3	2	1	0	0	3	9
Greystones	2	4	2	0	0	1	9
Kells	3	2	2	1	0	1	9
Kilkee	4	4	0	0	0	1	9
Killarney	2	1	2	0	0	4^[4]	9
Kilrush	3	3	0	0	0	3	9
Kinsale	2	2	2	1	1	1	9
Leixlip	1	3	2	0	1	2	9
Letterkenny	4	1	0	1	0	3	9
Lismore	3	3	1	0	0	2	9
Listowel	3	4	0	2	0	0	9
Longford	2	3	0	0	0	4	9
Loughrea	3	2	0	0	0	4	9
Macroom	3	4	2	0	0	0	9
Mallow	1	2	4	1	0	1	9
Midleton	1	2	1	1	0	4	9
Monaghan	1	3	0	4	0	1	9
Mountmellick	3	3	1	1	0	1	9
Muine Bheag	3	3	2	0	0	1	9
Mullingar	3	2	4	0	0	0	9
Naas	1	3	2	0	0	3	9
Navan	4	2	0	2	0	1	9
Nenagh	2	2	2	1	0	2	9
Newbridge	2	2	2	0	0	3	9
New Ross	3	2	2	1^[5]	1	0	9
Passage West	2	3	0	1	0	3	9
Portlaoise	2	3	0	2	0	2	9
Shannon	0	4	2	1	0	2	9
Skibbereen	2	4	2	1	0	0	9
Templemore	3	3	0	0	0	3^[2]	9
Thurles	1	1	2	1	0	4^[2]	9
Tipperary	3	1	1	0	0	4	9
Tralee	2	3	3	2	0	1	12
Tramore	1	4	1	0	0	3	9
Trim	2	3	2	0	0	2	9
Tuam	3	2	2	0	0	2	9
Tullamore	4	2	2	1	0	0	9
Westport	2	5	1	0	0	1	9
Wicklow	1	3	1	1	1	2	9
Youghal	3	2	1	2	1	0	9

^ "By-elections set for June 5th". The Irish Times. 28 April 2009. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0428/breaking72.htm. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Michael Lowry's organisation has 4 County Councillors in North Tipperary, 2 Town Councillors in Thurles and 1 Town Councillor in Templemore.
^ ^a ^b ^c The Workers and Unemployed Action Group has 2 County Councillors in South Tipperary, 5 Borough Councillors in Clonmel and 1 Town Councillor in Carrick-on-Suir.
^ Michael Gleeson of the South Kerry Independent Alliance is included in this total.
^ John Dwyer resigned from Sinn Féin and changed designation to Non-Party before the first meeting of New Ross Town Council.

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