# 2009 Longford County Council election

An election to Longford County Council took place on 5 June 2009 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 | 10 | -1 | 8,921 | 45.57 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | - | 7,202 | 34.36 | |
| | Independent | 3 | +1 | 3,805 | 18.16 | |
| Totals | Totals | 21 | - | 20,958 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballymahon

Ballymahon - 6 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 | Larry Bannon* | 15.13 | 925 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Belton* | 13.08 | 800 | 817 | 836 | 858 | 891 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Barney Steele* | 12.37 | 756 | 763 | 765 | 803 | 816 | 867 | 868 | 916 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Cahill* | 10.96 | 670 | 674 | 682 | 689 | 702 | 767 | 769 | 844 |
| | Fine Gael | Adrian Farrell* | 10.48 | 641 | 647 | 648 | 649 | 661 | 684 | 690 | 726 |
| | Independent | Mark Casey | 10.29 | 629 | 643 | 645 | 665 | 699 | 731 | 732 | 857 |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Farrell* | 9.99 | 611 | 622 | 630 | 635 | 663 | 716 | 720 | 789 |
| | Independent | John Nolan | 6.51 | 398 | 412 | 419 | 439 | 467 | 492 | 495 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Anne Marie Nolan | 3.99 | 244 | 253 | 255 | 264 | 274 | | | |
| | Labour | James Feeney | 2.83 | 173 | 182 | 183 | 201 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Conor Nolan | 2.68 | 164 | 171 | 172 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Brennan | 1.68 | 103 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,836 Valid: 6,114 (69.19%) Spoilt: 68 Quota: 874 Turnout: 6,182 (69.96%) ||||||||||||

### Drumlish

Drumlish - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Mulleady* | 19.75 | 886 | 915 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Brady* | 18.24 | 818 | 893 | 901 | |
| | Fine Gael | John Duffy | 16.99 | 762 | 834 | 836 | 1,039 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Luie McEntire* | 16.77 | 752 | 793 | 797 | 899 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Mulligan | 11.37 | 510 | 546 | 548 | 634 |
| | Fine Gael | Martin Farrell* | 9.63 | 432 | 461 | 462 | |
| | Republican Sinn Féin | Seán Lynch | 5.33 | 239 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciaran Grimes | 1.92 | 86 | | | |
| Electorate: 6,289 Valid: 4,485 (71.31%) Spoilt: 47 Quota: 898 Turnout: 4,532 (72.06%) ||||||||

### Granard

Granard - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | P.J. Reilly* | 16.87 | 677 | 731 | 803 | |
| | Fine Gael | Micheál Carrigy | 16.77 | 673 | 735 | 783 | 858 |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Kilbride* | 16.67 | 669 | 695 | 739 | 798 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Thomas Victory | 14.60 | 586 | 625 | 641 | 704 |
| | Fine Gael | Maura Kilbride-Harkin* | 11.88 | 477 | 488 | 534 | 640 |
| | Independent | Brian Lynch | 8.12 | 326 | 351 | 407 | |
| | Independent | Tommy Stokes | 8.00 | 321 | 349 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Margaret Connell | 5.90 | 237 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jack Mulvey | 1.20 | 48 | | | |
| Electorate: 5,810 Valid: 4,014 (69.09%) Spoilt: 68 Quota: 803 Turnout: 4,058 (69.85%) ||||||||

### Longford

Longford - 7 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 | Peggy Nolan* | 15.42 | 978 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Padraig Loughrey | 13.40 | 850 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Mae Sexton | 9.76 | 619 | 658 | 667 | 713 | 818 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Alan Mitchell* | 9.30 | 590 | 636 | 640 | 661 | 727 | 807 | |
| | Fine Gael | Victor Kiernan* | 8.61 | 545 | 563 | 569 | 590 | 653 | 690 | 699 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Butler* | 8.43 | 535 | 549 | 559 | 578 | 597 | 656 | 657 |
| | Independent | Paul Connell | 8.29 | 526 | 536 | 540 | 592 | 629 | 731 | 736 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Denis Glennon* | 7.85 | 499 | 513 | 527 | 545 | 610 | 668 | 677 |
| | Independent | Peter Murphy* | 7.05 | 447 | 458 | 461 | 481 | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Nevin* | 6.86 | 436 | 450 | 454 | 497 | 552 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Farrell | 2.73 | 173 | 180 | 181 | | | | |
| | Labour | Seamus Keaveney | 2.32 | 147 | 157 | 158 | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,565 Valid: 6,344 (66.33%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 794 Turnout: 6,448 (67.41%) |||||||||||