2009 Carlow County Council election

An election to Carlow County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

2009 Carlow County Council election
5 June 2009
All 21 seats to Carlow County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Labour Fianna Fáil
Seats won 10 5 4
Seat change +3 +1 -4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent Green Progressive Democrats
Seats won 2 0 0
Seat change +2 -1 -1
Map showing the area of Carlow County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 10 +3 9,186 39.28%
Labour 5 +1 4,545 19.44%
Fianna Fáil 4 -4 6,476 24.69%
Independent 2 +2 2,372 10.14%
Green 0 -1 334 1.43%
Progressive Democrats 0 -1 - -
Totals 21 - 23,385 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Borris
Borris - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Fine Gael Tommy Kinsella* 22.64 1,238          
Labour Willie Quinn* 18.67 1,021 1,064 1,079 1,230    
Independent Charlie Murphy 15.00 820 838 885 925 958 1,017
Fine Gael John Murphy 14.90 815 870 916 972 1,017 1,077
Fianna Fáil P.J. Kavanagh* 11.59 634 639 659 687 692 932
Fianna Fáil Dolores Barron 7.97 436 447 455 491 507  
Green Alan Price* 6.11 334 345 361      
Independent Billy Nolan 3.11 170 171        
Electorate: 8,722   Valid: 5,468 (62.69%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 1,094   Turnout: 5,536 (63.47%)

    Carlow East
    Carlow East - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Fianna Fáil Jennifer Murnane-O'Connor* 26.06 1,090          
    Fine Gael Fergal Browne 21.52 900          
    Labour Caroline Townsend 13.01 544 595 644 658 934  
    Fianna Fáil Joe McDonald* 10.86 454 557 589 597 661 688
    Labour Noel Barcoe 10.57 442 489 555 565    
    Fine Gael Wayne Fennell 10.35 433 451 593 624 724 794
    Fine Gael Declan Alcock* 7.63 319 353        
    Electorate: 7,422   Valid: 4,182 (56.35%)   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 837   Turnout: 4,268 (57.50%)

      Carlow West
      Carlow West - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Fine Gael Michael Abbey* 21.32 864            
      Fine Gael Tom O'Neill 14.96 606 686          
      Independent Walter Lacey* 13.13 532 557 598 671 725    
      Fianna Fáil Ann Ahern née Long 13.10 531 556 603 837      
      Sinn Féin John Cassin 11.20 454 463 503 534 558 564 564
      Labour Des Hurley* 10.93 443 467 487 519 553 574 584
      Fianna Fáil Rody Kelly* 9.13 370 387 440        
      Fianna Fáil Lorraine Hynes* 3.65 148 152          
      Independent Ken Murnane 2.57 104 108          
      Electorate: 8,231   Valid: 4,052 (49.23%)   Spoilt: 55   Quota: 676   Turnout: 4,107 (49.90%)

        Muinebheag
        Muinebheag - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Labour Jim Townsend* 20.07 1,050            
        Fine Gael Denis Foley* 19.75 1,033 1,061          
        Fine Gael Michael Doran* 16.42 859 882 886 887 962 1,012 1,177
        Fianna Fáil Arthur McDonald* 13.38 700 722 724 724 746 875 978
        Fianna Fáil Eddie Cullen 9.39 491 501 502 503 525 569 605
        Labour Liam O'Brien 6.73 352 379 384 385 426 508  
        Independent David O'Brien* 6.16 322 359 360 360 406    
        Independent Martin Nevin 4.32 226 259 260 260      
        Independent James Lakes 3.48 182            
        Independent Patrick Rooney 0.31 16            
        Electorate: 8,751   Valid: 5,231 (59.78%)   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,047   Turnout: 5,311 (60.69%)

          Tullow
          Tullow - 4 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234
          Fianna Fáil John Pender* 26.34 1,168      
          Fine Gael Pat Deering 17.66 783 818 959  
          Fine Gael Pat O'Toole 15.92 706 756 818 827
          Labour William Paton* 15.63 693 750 850 864
          Fine Gael Fred Hunter* 14.21 630 658 763 812
          Fianna Fáil Sophie Kelly 10.24 454 565    
          Electorate: 7,928   Valid: 4,434 (55.93%)   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 887   Turnout: 4,501 (56.77%)
            Preceded by
            2004 Carlow County Council election            		 Carlow County Council elections Succeeded by
            2014 Carlow County Council election
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