# 2004 Roscommon County Council election

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 | 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 | Totals | 26 | - | 32,517 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Athlone

Athlone - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) ||||||||||