# 2009 Galway City Council election

An election to Galway City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three 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% | ±% |
| | Labour | 5 | +1 | 4,347 | 19.11 | |
| | Fine Gael | 3 | - | 4,848 | 21.31 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 3 | +1 | 4,702 | 20.67 | |
| | Independent | 4 | +3 | 6,970 | 30.64 | |
| | Green | 0 | -1 | 1,194 | 5.25 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | -1 | 690 | 3.03 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 0 | -3 | - | - | |
| Totals | Totals | 15 | - | 22,751 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Galway City Central

Galway City Central - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Billy Cameron* | 20.61 | 1,065 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Padraig Conneely* | 19.58 | 1,012 | 1,017 | 1,025 | 1,059 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ollie Crowe | 15.03 | 777 | 779 | 783 | 787 | 814 | 903 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Connolly* | 11.59 | 599 | 601 | 609 | 623 | 680 | 754 |
| | Labour | Colette Connolly* | 10.47 | 541 | 554 | 588 | 716 | 814 | 1,045 |
| | Independent | Mike Cubbard | 9.17 | 474 | 477 | 493 | 514 | 626 | |
| | Independent | Mike Geraghty | 6.48 | 335 | 338 | 350 | 384 | | |
| | Green | Mairead Ni Chroinin | 4.93 | 255 | 258 | 272 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anna Marley | 2.13 | 110 | 110 | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,284 Valid: 5,168 (45.80%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,034 Turnout: 5,241 (46.45%) ||||||||||

### Galway City East

Galway City East - 6 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 |
| | Independent | Terry O'Flaherty* | 12.95 | 1,139 | 1,141 | 1,160 | 1,174 | 1,204 | 1,242 | 1,311 | | | |
| | Independent | Declan McDonnell* | 12.44 | 1,094 | 1,095 | 1,101 | 1,114 | 1,125 | 1,148 | 1,200 | 1,214 | 1,259 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Crowe* | 11.88 | 1,045 | 1,046 | 1,080 | 1,082 | 1,092 | 1,119 | 1,156 | 1,161 | 1,234 | 1,270 |
| | Labour | Derek Nolan | 11.31 | 995 | 999 | 1,013 | 1,082 | 1,160 | 1,208 | 1,283 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Brian Walsh* | 11.13 | 979 | 979 | 984 | 1,004 | 1,015 | 1,094 | 1,136 | 1,148 | 1,544 | |
| | Labour | Tom Costello* | 8.83 | 777 | 778 | 801 | 823 | 867 | 927 | 1,001 | 1,012 | 1,069 | 1,203 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Leahy* | 8.62 | 758 | 760 | 781 | 785 | 797 | 813 | 832 | 838 | 901 | 930 |
| | Fine Gael | Barra Nevin | 7.07 | 622 | 622 | 625 | 630 | 642 | 733 | 756 | 759 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Concannon | 4.65 | 409 | 411 | 412 | 418 | 431 | 452 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Fahy | 4.50 | 396 | 397 | 407 | 411 | 423 | | | | | |
| | Green | James Hope | 2.65 | 233 | 233 | 238 | 247 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Nuala Nolan | 1.94 | 171 | 175 | 176 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sheila Mangan | 1.76 | 155 | 155 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Thomas King | 0.25 | 22 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,149 Valid: 8,795 (48.46%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 1,257 Turnout: 8,912 (49.10%) ||||||||||||||

### Galway City West

Galway City West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Donal Lyons* | 20.97 | 1,843 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Catherine Connolly* | 13.43 | 1,180 | 1,220 | 1,272 | 1,347 | 1,480 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Hildegarde Naughton | 12.07 | 1,061 | 1,125 | 1,138 | 1,186 | 1,265 | 1,298 | 1,466 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Keane | 9.89 | 869 | 895 | 908 | 921 | 965 | 1,264 | 1,358 |
| | Labour | Niall McNelis | 9.08 | 798 | 837 | 865 | 904 | 959 | 1,011 | 1,346 |
| | Fine Gael | John Mulholland* | 8.85 | 778 | 843 | 861 | 884 | 962 | 1,043 | 1,167 |
| | Green | Niall O Brolchain* | 8.03 | 706 | 755 | 781 | 853 | 923 | 985 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Val Hanley | 5.68 | 499 | 538 | 560 | 587 | 618 | | |
| | Independent | A.J. Cahill | 5.55 | 488 | 507 | 522 | 561 | | | |
| | Independent | Daniel Callanan* | 3.86 | 339 | 364 | 394 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tom Hanly | 1.95 | 171 | 175 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Aidan McCabe | 0.64 | 56 | 64 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,731 Valid: 8,788 (52.53%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,465 Turnout: 8,877 (53.06%) |||||||||||