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Part of the 2004 Irish local elections
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2004 Longford County Council election
← 1999 11 June 2004 2009 →
All 21 seats on Longford County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Independent
Seats won 11 8 2
Seat change +1 - +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Progressive Democrats Republican Sinn Féin
Seats won 0 0
Seat change -1 -1
Map showing the area of Longford County Council
Council control after election

Fine Gael

An election to Longford County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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% ±%
Fine Gael 11 +1 7,597 38.92
Fianna Fáil 8 - 6,887 35.29
Independent 2 +1 2,083 10.67
Progressive Democrats 0 -1 721 3.70
Republican Sinn Féin 0 -1 441 2.26
Totals 21 - 19,518 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballymahon

Ballymahon - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Larry Bannon* 18.72 1,075            
Fine Gael Patrick Belton* 15.43 886            
Fianna Fáil Barney Steele* 13.27 762 786 794 811 959    
Fine Gael Adrian Farrell* 11.60 666 693 702 738 753 758 795
Fine Gael Seán Farrell* 9.25 531 592 613 683 732 745 815
Fianna Fáil Mark Casey 8.29 476 484 486 520 528 540 640
Fianna Fáil John Nolan* 6.74 387 431 442 463 487 501  
Fianna Fáil Michael Cahill 6.71 385 434 439 462 514 543 681
Progressive Democrats P.J. Walsh 5.38 309 332 338 364      
Sinn Féin Bernard Flood 3.45 198 208 210        
Independent Tom Nee 0.59 34 38 39        
Independent Caroline Daly 0.56 32 36 36        
Electorate: 8,150   Valid: 5,741 (70.44%)   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 821   Turnout: 5,832 (71.56%)  

Drumlish

Drumlish - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil Luie McEntire* 26.69 740  
Fine Gael Gerry Brady* 26.25 728  
Fianna Fáil Martin Mulleady 19.15 531 671
Republican Sinn Féin Seán Lynch* 15.90 441 574
Progressive Democrats Peter Prunty 8.15 226  
Sinn Féin Ciaran Grimes 3.86 107  
Electorate: 3,896   Valid: 2,773 (71.18%)   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 694   Turnout: 2,807 (72.05%)  

Granard

Granard - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Frank Kilbride* 20.47 914              
Fianna Fáil P.J. Reilly 11.91 532 543 553 580 616 653 700 713
Fine Gael Maura Kilbride-Harkin* 11.04 493 534 544 592 636 649 706 738
Fine Gael Martin Farrell* 10.77 481 512 520 533 583 652 829  
Fianna Fáil Brian Lynch* 10.41 465 479 486 521 548 579 623 631
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Coyle* 9.58 428 448 454 463 500 570 657 688
Progressive Democrats Declan Fox 7.93 354 374 386 401 436 531    
Fianna Fáil John Doherty 7.03 314 323 325 331 348      
Independent James Reynolds 5.17 231 241 255 272        
Labour Seán Howard 3.76 168 176 185          
Sinn Féin Jimmy Magee 1.93 86 90            
Electorate: 6,377   Valid: 4,466 (70.03%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 745   Turnout: 4,543 (71.24%)  

Longford

Longford - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Peggy Nolan 12.60 824                  
Independent Peter Murphy* 10.04 657 665 680 697 723 724 779 822    
Independent Michael Nevin* 10.04 657 662 682 694 732 733 787 801 803 875
Fianna Fáil Denis Glennon* 8.79 575 584 605 631 711 712 735 835    
Fine Gael Victor Kiernan* 8.18 535 543 561 570 581 582 598 660 662 711
Fianna Fáil Seamus Butler* 7.15 468 480 494 521 548 548 564 615 624 718
Fine Gael Alan Mitchell* 7.09 464 470 487 505 519 521 544 575 576 710
Progressive Democrats Liam Madden* 7.02 459 470 480 491 508 508 515 552 554  
Independent Paul Connell 6.89 451 359 371 428 487          
Sinn Féin Jimmy McDonnell 5.04 330 340 366 378 393 393        
Fianna Fáil Michael Hegarty 4.98 326 330 337 365 396 396 417      
Fianna Fáil Tony Flaherty 4.34 284 286 294 319            
Fianna Fáil Brendan Kearney 3.27 214 215 218              
Labour Oliver Barry 2.72 178 196                
Green Parvez Butt 1.51 99                  
Independent Liam Madden 0.32 21                  
Electorate: 10,098   Valid: 6,542 (64.79%)   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 818   Turnout: 6,661 (65.96%)  

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