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2009 Galway City Council election
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15 seats on Galway City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Fine Gael Fianna Fáil
Seats won 5 3 3
Seat change +1 - +1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent Green Sinn Féin
Seats won 4 0 0
Seat change +3 -1 -1
  Seventh party
 
Party Progressive Democrats
Seats won 0
Seat change -3
Map showing the area of Galway City Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Galway City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Labour 5 +1 4,347 19.11
Fine Gael 3 - 4,848 21.31
Fianna Fáil 3 +1 4,702 20.67
Independent 4 +3 6,970 30.64
Green 0 -1 1,194 5.25
Sinn Féin 0 -1 690 3.03
Progressive Democrats 0 -3 - -
Totals 15 - 22,751 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Galway City Central

Galway City Central - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Billy Cameron* 20.61 1,065          
Fine Gael Padraig Conneely* 19.58 1,012 1,017 1,025 1,059    
Fianna Fáil Oliver Crowe 15.03 777 779 783 787 814 903
Fianna Fáil John Connolly* 11.59 599 601 609 623 680 754
Labour Colette Connolly* 10.47 541 554 588 716 814 1,045
Independent Mike Cubbard 9.17 474 477 493 514 626  
Independent Mike Geraghty 6.48 335 338 350 384    
Green Mairead Ni Chroinin 4.93 255 258 272      
Sinn Féin Anna Marley 2.13 110 110        
Electorate: 11,284   Valid: 5,168 (45.80%)   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 1,034   Turnout: 5,241 (46.45%)  

Galway City East

Galway City East - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Terry O'Flaherty* 12.95 1,139 1,141 1,160 1,174 1,204 1,242 1,311      
Independent Declan McDonnell* 12.44 1,094 1,095 1,101 1,114 1,125 1,148 1,200 1,214 1,259  
Fianna Fáil Michael Crowe* 11.88 1,045 1,046 1,080 1,082 1,092 1,119 1,156 1,161 1,234 1,270
Labour Derek Nolan 11.31 995 999 1,013 1,082 1,160 1,208 1,283      
Fine Gael Brian Walsh* 11.13 979 979 984 1,004 1,015 1,094 1,136 1,148 1,544  
Labour Tom Costello* 8.83 777 778 801 823 867 927 1,001 1,012 1,069 1,203
Fianna Fáil Mary Leahy* 8.62 758 760 781 785 797 813 832 838 901 930
Fine Gael Barra Nevin 7.07 622 622 625 630 642 733 756 759    
Sinn Féin Martin Concannon 4.65 409 411 412 418 431 452        
Fine Gael Frank Fahy 4.50 396 397 407 411 423          
Green James Hope 2.65 233 233 238 247            
Labour Nuala Nolan 1.94 171 175 176              
Fianna Fáil Sheila Mangan 1.76 155 155                
Independent Thomas King 0.25 22                  
Electorate: 18,149   Valid: 8,795 (48.46%)   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 1,257   Turnout: 8,912 (49.10%)  

Galway City West

Galway City West - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Donal Lyons* 20.97 1,843            
Independent Catherine Connolly* 13.43 1,180 1,220 1,272 1,347 1,480    
Fine Gael Hildegarde Naughton 12.07 1,061 1,125 1,138 1,186 1,265 1,298 1,466
Fianna Fáil Peter Keane 9.89 869 895 908 921 965 1,264 1,358
Labour Niall McNelis 9.08 798 837 865 904 959 1,011 1,346
Fine Gael John Mulholland* 8.85 778 843 861 884 962 1,043 1,167
Green Niall O Brolchain* 8.03 706 755 781 853 923 985  
Fianna Fáil Val Hanley 5.68 499 538 560 587 618    
Independent A.J. Cahill 5.55 488 507 522 561      
Independent Daniel Callanan* 3.86 339 364 394        
Sinn Féin Tom Hanly 1.95 171 175          
Independent Aidan McCabe 0.64 56 64          
Electorate: 16,731   Valid: 8,788 (52.53%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,465   Turnout: 8,877 (53.06%)  

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