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2004 Roscommon County Council election

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Part of the 2004 Irish local elections

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2004 Roscommon County Council election
← 1999 11 June 2004 2009 →
All 26 seats on Roscommon County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin
Seats won 10 9 1
Seat change -2 - +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Progressive Democrats
Seats won 6 0
Seat change +2 -1
Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six 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 10 -2 11,666 35.88
Fianna Fáil 9 - 11,768 36.19
Sinn Féin 1 +1 926 2.85
Independent 6 +2 6,532 20.09
Progressive Democrats 0 -1 803 2.47
Totals 26 - 32,517 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Athlone

Athlone - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael John Naughten* 23.93 1,564            
Fianna Fáil Trevor Finneran* 16.59 1,084 1,123          
Fine Gael Ollie Moore* 12.88 842 1,013 1,021 1,273      
Fianna Fáil Anthony Geraghty* 11.03 721 744 750 780 793 1,106  
Independent Tony Ward 10.36 677 719 721 821 859 963 970
Fine Gael Christine O'Malley 8.36 581 672 674 779 875 951 960
Progressive Democrats Eugene Costello 8.29 542 574 580        
Fianna Fáil John Curran* 7.77 524 600 609 638 654    
Electorate: 9,727   Valid: 6,535 (67.18%)   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 1,090   Turnout: 6,631 (68.17%)  

Ballaghadreen

Ballaghadreen - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent John Kelly 22.83 1,101              
Sinn Féin Michael Mulligan 12.75 615 649 699 769 859 919 1,103  
Fine Gael John Connor* 12.73 614 628 660 685 696 832 992  
Fine Gael Michael Creaton 11.76 567 580 592 617 626 667 781 828
Fine Gael Michael Scally* 9.39 453 468 474 520 605 619    
Fianna Fáil Paul Lynch 9.21 444 454 458 477 569 678 717 756
Fianna Fáil John Mulvihil 7.05 340 347 373 383 417      
Fianna Fáil Paddy McGarry* 6.39 308 321 329 366        
Independent Mary Durkin 4.46 215 236 260          
Independent P.J. Keenan 2.88 139 147            
Green Eamonn Ansbro 0.54 26 27            
Electorate: 7,437   Valid: 4,822 (64.84%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 965   Turnout: 4,911 (66.03%)  

Boyle

Boyle - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil John Cummins* 18.87 1,088              
Fine Gael Charlie Hopkins* 14.10 813 816 824 837 845 876 938 963
Fine Gael Gerry Garvey* 13.35 770 771 774 782 788 812 969  
Fine Gael Ernie Keenan* 12.68 731 758 776 792 886 1,035    
Fianna Fáil Rachel Doherty 10.98 633 659 668 692 723 767 833 861
Fianna Fáil Alo O'Dowd 10.23 590 615 618 622 633 653 760 776
Fine Gael Kitty Duignan* 7.27 419 433 443 453 470 511    
Labour Tommy Egan 5.10 294 305 331 363 406      
Independent Francis Geelan 3.38 195 202 222 241        
Green Catherine Ansbro 2.38 137 139 142          
Independent Malachy Beirne 1.68 97 106            
Electorate: 8,505   Valid: 5,767 (67.81%)   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 962   Turnout: 5,825 (68.49%)  

Castlerea

Castlerea - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Independent Luke Flanagan 28.23 1,050      
Fianna Fáil Tony Waldron 23.80 885 911 1,089  
Fine Gael Michael McGreal* 20.49 762 780 872 913
Fine Gael John Murray* 12.88 563 594 745 819
Independent Danny Burke* 11.03 459 504    
Electorate: 5,474   Valid: 3,719 (67.94%)   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 930   Turnout: 3,766 (68.80%)  

Roscommon

Roscommon - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Martin Connaughton* 13.07 876 900 916 973 994 1,044 1,074
Independent Paula McNamara* 12.22 819 864 895 939 1,030 1,152  
Fine Gael Dominick Connolly 12.01 805 834 867 902 1,036 1,345  
Fianna Fáil Orla Leyden 11.74 787 807 831 938 981 1,061 1,101
Fianna Fáil Des Bruen* 11.62 779 785 803 883 908 959 1,012
Fianna Fáil Paddy Kilduff 11.11 745 755 780 811 890 1,019 1,074
Fine Gael Padraig Walsh 8.28 555 562 621 650 790    
Fine Gael Teresa Donnelly 6.83 458 472 530 547      
Fianna Fáil P Burke 6.37 427 435 444        
Progressive Democrats Jimmy Murray 3.89 261 277          
Sinn Féin Patrick Carton 2.12 142            
Green Bridget Banham 0.75 50            
Electorate: 9,698   Valid: 6,704 (69.13%)   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 1,118   Turnout: 6,755 (69.65%)  

Strokestown

Strokestown - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Eugene Murphy* 19.78 983 1,013        
Independent Tom Crosby* 19.56 972 992 997      
Independent Valerie Byrne* 16.26 808 861 866 906 953 1,131
Fine Gael Seán Beirne* 16.22 806 839 843 864 889 966
Fine Gael Leo Cox 7.30 363 367 367 377 501 587
Labour Hughie Baxter 6.34 315 329 330 430 471  
Fianna Fáil Seamus Nugent 5.69 283 286 287 362    
Fianna Fáil Gerry Thompson 5.45 271 271 273      
Sinn Féin John Reynolds 3.40 169          
Electorate: 7,088   Valid: 4,970 (70.12%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 995   Turnout: 5,042 (71.13%)  

External links

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