# 2009 Kerry County Council election

An election to Kerry County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 councillors were elected from five 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 | 21,062 | 27.37 | 2.55 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 7 | 4 | 20,723 | 26.93 | 10.54 |
| | Labour | 4 | 2 | 11,532 | 14.98 | 3.48 |
| | Sinn Féin | 2 | | 8,010 | 10.41 | 2.55 |
| | SKIA | 1 | | 2,536 | 3.30 | 1.11 |
| | Green | 0 | | 881 | 1.14 | 0.13 |
| | Independent | 3 | | 12,215 | 15.87 | 1.34 |
| Totals | Totals | 27 | | 76,959 | 100.00 | |

## Results by local electoral area
### Dingle

Dingle - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael O'Shea* | 21.64 | 2,011 | 2,054 | 2,142 | 2,517 |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan Griffin | 21.93 | 2,038 | 2,114 | 2,228 | 2,317 |
| | Fine Gael | Seamus (Cosai) Fitzgerald* | 17.00 | 1,580 | 1,659 | 1,964 | 2,442 |
| | Independent | Brigid O'Connor | 12.69 | 1,179 | 1,315 | 1,494 | 1,620 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Breandan Fitzgerald | 11.33 | 1,053 | 1,113 | 1,251 | |
| | Labour | Pat Hanafin | 8.75 | 813 | 942 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Theresa Rafter Moriarty | 2.72 | 253 | | | |
| | Green | Darach O Murchu | 2.32 | 216 | | | |
| | Independent | Breanainn Breglaoi | 1.60 | 149 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,200 Valid: 9,292 (70.39%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 2,324 Turnout: 9,373 (71.01%) ||||||||

### Killarney

Killarney - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Danny Healy-Rae* | 15.70 | 2,958 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Fleming* | 14.51 | 2,733 | | | | | | |
| | SKIA | Michael Gleeson* | 13.46 | 2,536 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Brendan Cronin* | 12.37 | 2,331 | 2,436 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Marie Moloney | 11.80 | 2,223 | 2,318 | 2,370 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Sheahan* | 8.77 | 1,652 | 1,743 | 1,778 | 1,828 | 1,908 | 1,920 | 2,204 |
| | Fine Gael | Bobby O'Connell* | 8.43 | 1,588 | 1,637 | 1,722 | 1,735 | 1,859 | 1,871 | 1,973 |
| | Independent | Donal Grady | 5.71 | 1,075 | 1,159 | 1,178 | 1,222 | 1,347 | 1,364 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian O'Leary | 5.58 | 1,052 | 1,173 | 1,318 | 1,362 | 1,432 | 1,455 | 1,730 |
| | Sinn Féin | Lynn Boylan | 1.71 | 323 | 354 | 364 | 381 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Con Walsh | 1.56 | 293 | 315 | 345 | 348 | | | |
| | Green | Conor O'Neill | 0.39 | 74 | 79 | 81 | 91 | | | |
| Electorate: 29,916 Valid: 18,838 (62.97%) Spoilt: 195 Quota: 2,355 Turnout: 19,033 (63.62%) |||||||||||

### Killorglin

Killorglin - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | Michael Healy-Rae* | 21.28 | 3,198 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Cahill* | 16.27 | 2,446 | 2,538 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | P.J. Donovan | 15.18 | 2,282 | 2,375 | 2,464 | 2,473 | 2,540 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Connor-Scarteen | 13.61 | 2,045 | 2,261 | 2,473 | 3,118 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul O'Donoghue* | 13.23 | 1,988 | 2,055 | 2,090 | 2,251 | 2,352 |
| | Fine Gael | Johnny (Porridge) O'Connor* | 10.15 | 1,525 | 1,584 | 1,721 | 1,754 | 1,819 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Donald Lynch | 5.78 | 869 | 986 | 1,059 | | |
| | Labour | John Sheehan | 2.42 | 364 | 385 | | | |
| | Green | Oonagh Comerford | 2.08 | 313 | 340 | | | |
| Electorate: 21,590 Valid: 15,030 (69.62%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 2,506 Turnout: 15,177 (70.30%) |||||||||

### Listowel

Listowel - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Robert Beasley* | 15.42 | 2,523 | 2,601 | 3,004 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Purtill* | 15.34 | 2,511 | 2,598 | 2,660 | 2,669 | 2,790 |
| | Fine Gael | Tim Buckley* | 14.56 | 2,383 | 2,536 | 2,575 | 2,604 | 2,808 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Brassil* | 12.44 | 2,036 | 2,170 | 2,322 | 2,369 | 2,655 |
| | Labour | Pat Leahy* | 15.54 | 1,889 | 2,033 | 2,080 | 2,110 | 2,694 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Dan Kiely* | 10.23 | 1,674 | 1,898 | 1,920 | 1,928 | 2,048 |
| | Labour | Michael Conway | 8.57 | 1,403 | 1,427 | 1,606 | 1,701 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Risteard O Fuarain | 6.14 | 1,005 | 1,017 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Maria Gorman | 5.75 | 941 | | | | |
| Electorate: 25,042 Valid: 16,365 (65.35%) Spoilt: 230 Quota: 2,728 Turnout: 16,595 (66.27%) |||||||||

### Tralee

Tralee - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | Labour | Arthur Spring | 18.10 | 3,155 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Toireasa Ferris* | 17.23 | 3,004 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Anne McEllistrim* | 10.44 | 1,820 | 1,892 | 1,980 | 2,010 | 2,022 | 2,076 | 2,127 | 2,233 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Pat McCarthy* | 10.43 | 1,819 | 1,900 | 1,945 | 1,982 | 1,985 | 2,037 | 2,080 | 2,230 | | | | |
| | Labour | Terry O'Brien* | 9.67 | 1,685 | 2,105 | 2,237 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Finucane | 9.40 | 1,639 | 1,769 | 1,825 | 1,863 | 1,867 | 1,923 | 2,008 | 2,103 | 2,110 | 2,252 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Norma Foley* | 6.05 | 1,055 | 1,099 | 1,149 | 1,178 | 1,184 | 1,215 | 1,242 | 1,271 | 1,286 | 1,379 | 1,398 | 1,414 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ted Fitzgerald* | 5.99 | 1,045 | 1,097 | 1,140 | 1,158 | 1,161 | 1,194 | 1,234 | 1,277 | 1,293 | 1,348 | 1,382 | 1,400 |
| | Sinn Féin | Moss Hannon | 3.49 | 609 | 636 | 910 | 925 | 939 | 968 | 1,018 | 1,073 | 1,080 | | | |
| | Independent | Timmy Griffin | 2.88 | 502 | 541 | 575 | 601 | 606 | 674 | 794 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Thomas Collins | 2.39 | 416 | 451 | 496 | 531 | 537 | 603 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Foley | 2.33 | 407 | 439 | 474 | 490 | 494 | | | | | | | |
| | Green | David Grey | 1.59 | 278 | 321 | 343 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 29,305 Valid: 19,249 (59.49%) Spoilt: 335 Quota: 2,180 Turnout: 19,584 (60.36%) ||||||||||||||||