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2004 Louth County Council election

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2004 Louth County Council election

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All 26 seats on Louth County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 9 7 5
Seat change -5 - +4

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats won 1 4
Seat change - +1

Map showing the area of Louth County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Louth County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five 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

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 -5 13,843 29.23
Fine Gael 7 - 11,173 23.59
Sinn Féin 5 +4 8,029 16.95
Labour 1 - 2,221 4.69
Independent 4 +1 7,995 16.88
Totals 26 - 47,363 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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Ardee

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Ardee - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sinn Féin Pearse McGeough 15.54 1,425 1,459 1,483 1,504 1,594        
Fine Gael Jim Lennon* 14.41 1,321 1,337 1,353 1,425 1,603        
Fianna Fáil Thomas Clare* 11.52 1,056 1,062 1,167 1,222 1,279 1,287 1,297 1,433 1,510
Fianna Fáil Tommy Reilly* 10.97 1,006 1,015 1,041 1,047 1,100 1,108 1,123 1,284 1,326
Fine Gael Finnan McCoy* 9.99 916 955 966 1,014 1,144 1,195 1,210 1,298 1,516
Independent Jim Tenanty 9.18 842 887 895 911 928 929 932 1,059 1,312
Fianna Fáil Padraig McKenny 6.36 583 598 644 654 662 663 663    
Progressive Democrats Leonard Hatrick 6.23 571 621 640 668 682 687 694 775  
Fine Gael Thomas McGrory 5.77 529 534 566 622          
Fianna Fáil Benny Devlin 3.46 317 326              
Fine Gael Gerry Crilly 3.32 304 327 346            
Labour Gerry Halpenny 3.25 298                
Electorate: 15,926   Valid: 9,126 (57.57%)   Spoilt: 244   Quota: 1,529   Turnout: 9,412 (59.10%)  

Drogheda East

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Drogheda East - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fine Gael Oliver Tully* 14.31 1,382 1,456 1,483 1,530 1,623        
Fine Gael Michael O'Dowd* 13.98 1,350 1,429 1,484 1,515 1,657        
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Mulroy* 12.08 1,167 1,221 1,485 1,516 1,585 1,594 1,839    
Fianna Fáil Jacqui McConville* 9.33 901 957 1,015 1,077 1,167 1,175 1,269 1,326 1,330
Labour Michael Bell 8.77 847 872 905 959 1,042 1,055 1,264 1,317 1,322
Independent Frank Godfrey* 8.26 798 841 897 945 1,026 1,039      
Sinn Féin Imelda Munster 7.62 736 752 771 1,085 1,187 1,191 1,331 1,346 1,350
Green Bernadette Martin 7.07 683 760 786 830          
Sinn Féin Tom Cunningham 6.95 671 694 707            
Fianna Fáil Tommy Murphy 6.06 585 610              
Progressive Democrats Mark Markey 4.74 458                
Progressive Democrats Peter O'Reilly 0.83 80                
Electorate: 19,204   Valid: 9,658 (50.29%)   Spoilt: 263   Quota: 1,610   Turnout: 9,921 (51.66%)  

Drogheda West

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Drogheda West - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sinn Féin Matthew Coogan 12.04 853 867 881 904 921 955 978 1,037 1,075 1,090
Independent Ken O'Heiligh 11.85 839 851 894 926 939 990 1,087 1,177 1,292 1,312
Fine Gael Anthony Donohoe 10.86 769 785 805 835 1,030 1,069 1,109 1,223 1,342 1,382
Fianna Fáil Frank Maher 10.79 764 867 910 924 940 1,004 1,055 1,157 1,513  
Labour Gerald Nash* 10.50 744 749 779 834 881 952 1,046 1,105 1,167 1,188
Fianna Fáil Maria Campbell-O'Brien* 8.40 595 634 666 697 722 757 827 926    
Independent Malachy Godfrey 6.40 453 463 491 513 533 579        
Independent Tommy Byrne 6.31 447 463 497 531 553 594 660      
Fine Gael Ray Foley* 5.51 390 393 401 411            
Progressive Democrats Cormac Bohan 5.29 375 391 402 426 453          
Green Michael McKeon 4.35 308 315 319              
Independent Seán Collins* 3.94 279 290                
Fianna Fáil John Branigan 3.77 267                  
Electorate: 12,959   Valid: 7,083 (54.66%)   Spoilt: 171   Quota: 1,417   Turnout: 7,254 (55.98%)  

Dundalk-Carlingford

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Dundalk-Carlingford - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Peter Savage* 13.14 1,452 1,454 1,467 1,469 1,472 1,555 1,590      
Sinn Féin Tomás Sharkey* 11.90 1,315 1,329 1,377 1,711            
Independent Jim Ryan 10.37 1,146 1,158 1,200 1,257 1,278 1,312 1,395 1,511 1,546 1,617
Fine Gael Terry Brennan* 10.32 1,141 1,147 1,250 1,255 1,255 1,462 1,517 1,791    
Sinn Féin Jim Loughran 8.07 892 902 910 962 1,057 1,111 1,122 1,152 1,159 1,248
Fianna Fáil Seamus Keelan* 7.03 777 780 800 801 803 835 1,142 1,206 1,236 1,585
Fianna Fáil Andreas O'Donnell* 6.43 711 711 760 766 767 791 838 866 880  
Green Neil McCann 5.96 659 691 732 744 747 774 817 926 992 1,059
Fianna Fáil Seamus Byrne* 5.75 635 635 648 658 661 674        
Fine Gael Johnny McGahon 5.49 607 612 666 675 679 762 797      
Fine Gael Pat Keenan 5.11 565 573 629 633 633          
Sinn Féin Harry Todd 4.93 545 547 552              
Fine Gael John Reilly 2.53 280 284                
Progressive Democrats Seán Marmion 1.93 213 216                
Labour Des McKeown 1.03 114                  
Electorate: 18,578   Valid: 11,052 (59.49%)   Spoilt: 286   Quota: 1,579   Turnout: 11,338 (61.03%)  

Dundalk South

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Dundalk South - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin Kevin Meenan 15.02 1,592            
Independent Dr. Mary Grehan* 13.06 1,384 1,401 1,493 1,662      
Fianna Fáil Declan Breathnach* 12.95 1,373 1,378 1,443 1,477 1,487 1,487 1,550
Fine Gael Jim D'Arcy* 12.73 1,349 1,352 1,497 1,551      
Independent Martin Bellew* 11.53 1,222 1,237 1,300 1,428 1,489 1,499 1,797
Fianna Fáil Donal Lynch* 10.69 1,133 1,138 1,154 1,177 1,183 1,190 1,299
Fianna Fáil Noel Lennon* 7.43 788 796 836 873 879 880 942
Green Liam Kieran 5.59 592 602 664 783 835 853  
Independent Benedicta Attoh 5.52 585 593 651        
Labour Jimmy Gollogly 2.06 218 221          
Fine Gael Anthony Hoey 1.89 200 202          
Progressive Democrats Jim Cousins 1.54 163 164          
Electorate: 18,504   Valid: 10,599 (57.28%)   Spoilt: 188   Quota: 1,515   Turnout: 10,787 (58.30%)  
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