# 2004 Carlow County Council election

An election to Carlow County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | -1 | 7,844 | 36.32 | |
| | Fine Gael | 7 | - | 7,107 | 32.91 | |
| | Labour | 4 | +1 | 3,713 | 17.19 | |
| | Green | 1 | - | 1,482 | 6.86 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 1 | - | 730 | 3.38 | |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 21,596 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Borris

Borris - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Labour | Michael Meaney* | 33.13 | 1,002 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tommy Kinsella | 23.41 | 708 | 798 | | |
| | Green | Mary White* | 20.17 | 610 | 680 | 693 | 827 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Teddy Holden | 11.84 | 358 | 412 | 426 | 608 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter O'Rourke | 11.44 | 346 | 377 | 391 | |
| Electorate: 5,179 Valid: 3,024 (58.39%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 757 Turnout: 3,082 (59.51%) ||||||||

### Carlow No.1

Carlow No.1 - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jennifer Murnane-O'Connor* | 30.23 | 843 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe McDonald* | 19.47 | 543 | 609 | 655 | 741 |
| | Fine Gael | Declan Alcock* | 15.13 | 422 | 449 | 485 | 613 |
| | Fine Gael | Colette Fennelly | 14.95 | 417 | 431 | 457 | 562 |
| | Labour | Jimmy Brennan | 12.44 | 347 | 374 | 450 | |
| | Green | Matt Diskin | 7.78 | 217 | 228 | | |
| Electorate: 5,777 Valid: 2,789 (48.28%) Spoilt: 44 Quota: 698 Turnout: 2,857 (49.45%) ||||||||

### Carlow No.2

Carlow No.2 - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Abbey* | 22.94 | 1,094 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Rody Kelly* | 17.38 | 853 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Walter Lacey* | 14.87 | 730 | 788 | 797 | 814 | 852 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Des Hurley | 11.14 | 547 | 576 | 579 | 601 | 630 | 679 | 726 | 874 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Lorraine Hynes* | 7.76 | 381 | 404 | 414 | 421 | 486 | 519 | 553 | 597 | 614 | 631 |
| | Green | Geraldine Callinan-O'Dea | 6.21 | 305 | 320 | 321 | 336 | 349 | 412 | 432 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Wayne Fennell* | 5.79 | 284 | 333 | 334 | 338 | 345 | 365 | 512 | 577 | 615 | 619 |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Dunne | 4.36 | 214 | 278 | 279 | 284 | 294 | 310 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Annie Parker-Byrne | 3.95 | 194 | 208 | 214 | 226 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Thompson Akinwunmi-Streets | 3.83 | 188 | 204 | 206 | 230 | 244 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Conor Dowling | 2.42 | 119 | 126 | 127 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,135 Valid: 4,909 (48.44%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 819 Turnout: 5,035 (49.68%) ||||||||||||||

### Muinebheag

Muinebheag - 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 |
| | Labour | Jim Townsend* | 18.29 | 965 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Denis Foley | 18.10 | 955 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Arthur McDonald* | 12.66 | 668 | 675 | 691 | 710 | 721 | 766 | 820 | 931 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Enda Nolan* | 12.05 | 636 | 656 | 691 | 697 | 719 | 776 | 803 | 890 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Drea | 8.38 | 442 | 447 | 461 | 480 | 503 | 533 | 611 | 654 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eddie Cullen | 7.77 | 410 | 416 | 431 | 436 | 456 | 521 | 541 | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Doran | 7.62 | 402 | 408 | 413 | 425 | 463 | 531 | 579 | 760 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Nevin | 5.31 | 280 | 285 | 291 | 295 | 306 | | | |
| | Labour | Liam O'Brien | 4.02 | 212 | 238 | 238 | 245 | 312 | 323 | | |
| | Green | John James Tully | 3.92 | 207 | 212 | 213 | 216 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat Abbey | 1.88 | 99 | 104 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,184 Valid: 5,276 (57.45%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 880 Turnout: 5,375 (58.53%) ||||||||||||

### Tullow

Tullow - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Kavanagh* | 15.47 | 866 | 866 | 875 | 909 | 929 | 932 | 977 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Pender* | 15.40 | 862 | 866 | 872 | 893 | 735 | 825 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Fred Hunter* | 12.20 | 683 | 689 | 705 | 717 | 763 | 766 | 841 | 1,023 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Deering* | 11.09 | 621 | 635 | 650 | 667 | 688 | 691 | 740 | 859 | 910 | 920 |
| | Fine Gael | Pat O'Toole | 9.63 | 539 | 540 | 553 | 562 | 585 | 587 | 695 | 718 | 727 | 733 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Kennedy | 9.02 | 505 | 525 | 531 | 536 | 565 | 567 | 574 | | | |
| | Labour | William Paton* | 7.54 | 422 | 423 | 445 | 527 | 591 | 593 | 651 | 702 | 731 | 741 |
| | Sinn Féin | Declan Sheeran | 5.95 | 333 | 341 | 352 | 363 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John O'Donovan | 5.82 | 326 | 326 | 344 | 378 | 392 | 393 | | | | |
| | Labour | Billy Nolan | 3.89 | 218 | 220 | 242 | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Patricia Carolan | 2.55 | 143 | 152 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Bill Leonard | 1.43 | 80 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,693 Valid: 5,598 (57.75%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 934 Turnout: 5,688 (58.68%) ||||||||||||||