# 2004 Sligo County Council election

An election to Sligo County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 10 | +1 | 12,331 | 37.42 | |
| | Fine Gael | 10 | -1 | 12,115 | 36.76 | |
| | Labour | 3 | +1 | 3,434 | 10.42 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 1 | - | 2,546 | 7.73 | |
| | Independent | 1 | -1 | 2,529 | 7.67 | |
| Totals | Totals | 25 | - | 32,955 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Ballymote

Ballymote - 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Martin Baker | 19.92 | 1,435 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerard Mullaney | 12.58 | 906 | 977 | 987 | 1,014 | 1,074 | 1,264 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Murray* | 11.38 | 820 | 828 | 831 | 843 | 891 | 946 | 963 | 1,085 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Sherlock | 10.79 | 777 | 802 | 863 | 948 | 998 | 1,116 | 1,124 | 1,269 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Shannon* | 9.49 | 684 | 726 | 729 | 749 | 798 | 820 | 823 | 908 |
| | Fine Gael | Pat McGrath | 8.36 | 602 | 611 | 616 | 640 | 775 | 831 | 847 | 1,042 |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Walsh | 7.77 | 560 | 593 | 602 | 628 | 654 | | | |
| | Independent | Alfie Parke* | 6.68 | 481 | 507 | 519 | 575 | 666 | 776 | 795 | |
| | Labour | Tim Mulcahy | 6.51 | 469 | 474 | 501 | 556 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Joe Gilmartin | 4.58 | 330 | 343 | 349 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Scanlon | 1.94 | 140 | 142 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,169 Valid: 7,204 (70.84%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,201 Turnout: 7,280 (71.59%) ||||||||||||

### Dromore

Dromore - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Queenan* | 30.92 | 1,254 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Barrett* | 26.50 | 1,075 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paul Conmy* | 20.22 | 820 | 927 | 1,036 |
| | Sinn Féin | Padraig Hallinan | 13.04 | 529 | 584 | 758 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerry O'Connor | 9.32 | 378 | 455 | |
| Electorate: 5,793 Valid: 4,056 (70.02%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 1,015 Turnout: 4,104 (70.84%) |||||||

### Sligo Drumcliff

Sligo Drumcliff - 6 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 | Joe Leonard* | 18.38 | 1,411 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jude Devins | 15.08 | 1,158 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patsy Barry* | 13.55 | 1,040 | 1,157 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Veronica Cawley | 10.59 | 813 | 839 | 919 | 930 | 938 | 994 | 1,056 | 1,236 | |
| | Fine Gael | Ita Fox* | 8.32 | 639 | 699 | 720 | 727 | 740 | 855 | 946 | 1,011 | 1,045 |
| | Fine Gael | John Peyton | 7.45 | 572 | 630 | 639 | 646 | 654 | 690 | 745 | 794 | 809 |
| | Sinn Féin | Des Skeffington | 7.13 | 547 | 571 | 599 | 603 | 613 | 637 | 678 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Kilgannon* | 6.71 | 515 | 521 | 525 | 537 | 540 | 598 | 762 | 828 | 849 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pádraig Branley* | 5.18 | 398 | 410 | 418 | 430 | 445 | 536 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian McHugh | 5.11 | 392 | 399 | 410 | 418 | 421 | | | | |
| | Labour | Brian Scanlon* | 2.50 | 192 | 196 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,221 Valid: 7,677 (62.82%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,097 Turnout: 7,804 (63.86%) |||||||||||||

### Sligo Strandhill

Sligo Strandhill - 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Tony McLoughlin* | 24.12 | 2,054 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Declan Bree* | 13.47 | 1,147 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán MacManus* | 13.39 | 1,140 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jim McGarry* | 9.55 | 813 | 940 | 973 | 1,004 | 1,028 | 1,067 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Healy-McGowan | 9.03 | 769 | 915 | 922 | 930 | 939 | 981 | 1,010 | 1,217 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Albert Higgins* | 8.32 | 708 | 835 | 840 | 846 | 853 | 883 | 890 | 967 |
| | Fine Gael | Imelda Henry | 8.08 | 688 | 966 | 977 | 1,008 | 1,016 | 1,176 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Roddy McGuinn* | 5.79 | 493 | 567 | 578 | 587 | 598 | 607 | 622 | 681 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Francis Cadden | 4.42 | 376 | 440 | 447 | 456 | 468 | 498 | 513 | |
| | Fine Gael | Jarlath Hunt | 2.44 | 208 | 360 | 364 | 375 | 379 | | | |
| | Independent | Jim O'Sullivan | 1.39 | 118 | 139 | 143 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,445 Valid: 8,514 (63.32%) Spoilt: 189 Quota: 1,065 Turnout: 8,703 (64.73%) ||||||||||||

### Tobercurry

Tobercurry - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | Margaret Gormley* | 32.56 | 1,790 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Aidan Colleary* | 16.68 | 917 | 984 | 1,116 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Fleming* | 14.08 | 742 | 911 | 1,011 | 1,277 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jerry Lundy | 10.35 | 659 | 743 | 846 | 971 | 1,030 |
| | Fine Gael | Brendan Kivlehan | 8.50 | 606 | 730 | 780 | 876 | 994 |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Cawley* | 8.07 | 412 | 516 | 576 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kieran O'Dowd | 7.56 | 372 | 514 | | | |
| Electorate: 7,418 Valid: 5,498 (74.12%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,100 Turnout: 5,574 (75.14%) |||||||||