# 2004 Longford County Council election

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 | 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 | Totals | 21 | - | 19,518 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballymahon

Ballymahon - 6 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 | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | 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 | 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%) ||||||||||||||