# 2009 Cavan County Council election

An election to Cavan County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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 | 13 | +2 | 16,051 | 45.64 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 8 | -3 | 12,253 | 34.84 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 4 | +1 | 3,815 | 10.85 | |
| Totals | Totals | 25 | - | 35,166 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Bailieborough

Bailieborough - 7 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niamh Smyth | 10.01 | 1,019 | 1,061 | 1,115 | 1,285 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | David Blake | 9.35 | 952 | 992 | 1,014 | 1,042 | 1,043 | 1,104 | 1,117 | 1,151 |
| | Fine Gael | Aidan Boyle* | 8.95 | 911 | 932 | 967 | 989 | 989 | 1,133 | 1,542 | |
| | Fine Gael | John O'Hare | 8.67 | 882 | 894 | 925 | 1,093 | 1,096 | 1,188 | 1,226 | 1,277 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Clifford Kelly* | 8.57 | 872 | 886 | 893 | 959 | 961 | 970 | 1,069 | 1,111 |
| | Fine Gael | Seán McKiernan Jnr* | 8.42 | 857 | 888 | 963 | 989 | 990 | 1,288 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paddy McDonald* | 8.35 | 850 | 883 | 957 | 1,024 | 1,026 | 1,070 | 1,122 | 1,165 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Fergal Curtin | 8.23 | 838 | 843 | 855 | 901 | 903 | 1,006 | 1,185 | 1,250 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael McCarey* | 7.62 | 776 | 786 | 811 | 878 | 879 | 917 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Fred Kettyle* | 7.44 | 757 | 768 | 848 | 867 | 867 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Francis McDermott* | 6.97 | 709 | 721 | 738 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Winston Turner | 4.53 | 461 | 487 | | | | | | |
| | Green | Alex Ivanov | 2.89 | 294 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,404 Valid: 10,178 (66.07%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,273 Turnout: 10,307 (67.91%) ||||||||||||

### Ballyjamesduff

Ballyjamesduff - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Smith* | 13.14 | 1,177 | 1,239 | 1,289 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy O'Reilly* | 12.76 | 1,143 | 1,171 | 1,178 | 1,281 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Shane P. O'Reilly* | 12.67 | 1,135 | 1,147 | 1,200 | 1,383 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pauline Tully-McCauley* | 10.97 | 982 | 1,021 | 1,094 | 1,119 | 1,127 | 1,242 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Danny Brady* | 10.54 | 944 | 971 | 1,080 | 1,166 | 1,233 | 1,277 |
| | Fine Gael | Dessie Boylan | 9.46 | 847 | 876 | 960 | 975 | 979 | 1,161 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Brady* | 9.35 | 837 | 863 | 877 | 887 | 890 | 1,106 |
| | Fine Gael | Fintan Cahill | 7.81 | 699 | 715 | 725 | 777 | 798 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Peter Brady | 5.20 | 466 | 479 | 508 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ciaran McEvoy | 4.68 | 419 | 445 | | | | |
| | Independent | Connie Colwell | 3.42 | 306 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,262 Valid: 8,955 (62.79%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,280 Turnout: 9,046 (63.43%) ||||||||||

### Belturbet

Belturbet - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Fine Gael | Maura Maguire-Lynch* | 18.54 | 1,334 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Paul Feeley* | 12.81 | 922 | 952 | 954 | 963 | 973 | 990 | 995 | 1,034 | 1,098 |
| | Fine Gael | Peter McVitty* | 12.45 | 896 | 900 | 953 | 1,016 | 1,121 | 1,289 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Smith* | 12.27 | 883 | 896 | 905 | 937 | 945 | 950 | 957 | 1,012 | 1,083 |
| | Sinn Féin | Damien Brady | 8.74 | 629 | 637 | 642 | 723 | 740 | 767 | 786 | 852 | 1,004 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus McGahern | 8.41 | 605 | 632 | 644 | 649 | 739 | 779 | 788 | 879 | 1,003 |
| | Independent | Anthony Vesey* | 6.09 | 438 | 454 | 457 | 484 | 485 | 539 | 559 | | |
| | Independent | Seamus Fitzpatrick | 5.96 | 429 | 440 | 444 | 473 | 488 | 578 | 607 | 760 | |
| | Fine Gael | John McDonald | 4.64 | 334 | 350 | 373 | 390 | 448 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Philip Miney | 4.17 | 300 | 303 | 320 | 322 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Peadar Neary | 4.00 | 288 | 292 | 298 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sinead Donohoe | 1.90 | 137 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,510 Valid: 7,195 (68.46%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,200 Turnout: 7,310 (69.55%) |||||||||||||

### Cavan

Cavan - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Charlie Boylan* | 15.32 | 1,354 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Madeleine Argue* | 13.95 | 1,233 | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Winston Bennett* | 12.04 | 1,064 | 1,086 | 1,115 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Andrew Boylan* | 10.47 | 925 | 968 | 1,017 | 1,115 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Val Smith | 10.22 | 903 | 939 | 954 | 976 | 1,002 | 1,012 | 1,020 |
| | Labour | Liam Hogan | 9.40 | 831 | 886 | 897 | 921 | 979 | 995 | 997 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry Murray* | 8.70 | 769 | 789 | 794 | 888 | 1,105 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patricia Walsh* | 8.17 | 722 | 741 | 752 | 911 | 1,131 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Madge Fleming | 6.52 | 576 | 595 | 599 | 655 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | T.P. Smith* | 5.22 | 461 | 496 | 500 | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,362 Valid: 8,838 (61.54%) Spoilt: 171 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 8,995 (62.63%) |||||||||||