# 2019 Leitrim County Council election

An election to all 18 seats on Leitrim County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Leitrim was divided into 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Boundary review

Following the recommendations of the 2018 LEA boundary review committee, no changes were made to the LEAs used in the 2014 elections.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 6 | | 6,128 | 34.39 | 0.71 |
| | Fine Gael | 6 | 2 | 4,394 | 24.66 | 2.63 |
| | Sinn Féin | 2 | 2 | 3,061 | 17.18 | 2.01 |
| | Green | 0 | | 389 | 2.18 | New |
| | Renua | 0 | | 43 | 0.24 | New |
| | Independent | 4 | | 3,806 | 21.36 | 1.52 |
| Total | Total | 18 | | 17,821 | 100.00 | |

## Results by local electoral area

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.

### Ballinamore

Ballinamore: 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy O'Rourke | 20.87% | 1,365 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Caillian Ellis | 14.57% | 953 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Barry | 11.70% | 765 | 781 | 787 | 790 | 855 | 981 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Enda McGloin | 11.52% | 753 | 772 | 777 | 778 | 882 | 888 | 890 | 895 |
| | Fine Gael | Ita Reynolds-Flynn | 10.63% | 695 | 816 | 821 | 825 | 855 | 950 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Gilhooley | 9.73% | 636 | 673 | 675 | 678 | 700 | 807 | 841 | 845 |
| | Independent | Gerry Dolan | 8.63% | 564 | 628 | 650 | 653 | 786 | 835 | 845 | 851 |
| | Independent | Sean Wynne | 6.10% | 399 | 436 | 455 | 456 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Caroline Mulvey | 5.18% | 339 | 457 | 464 | 467 | 492 | | | |
| | Renua | Oisín O'Dwyer | 0.66% | 43 | 55 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Denis O'Brien | 0.41% | 27 | 34 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,892 Valid: 6,539 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 935 Turnout: 6,613 (66.85%) ||||||||||||

### Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean McGowan | 14.96% | 847 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Enda Stenson | 12.88% | 729 | 737 | 768 | 810 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Mulligan | 12.19% | 690 | 696 | 708 | 720 | 737 | 824 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Fintan Cox | 11.29% | 639 | 642 | 659 | 667 | 703 | 737 | 738 |
| | Fine Gael | Finola Armstrong-Maguire | 10.87% | 615 | 616 | 645 | 670 | 727 | 752 | 754 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Farrell | 9.72% | 550 | 556 | 583 | 611 | 658 | 737 | 742 |
| | Independent | Des Guckian | 9.36% | 530 | 538 | 548 | 577 | 639 | 751 | 758 |
| | Sinn Féin | Séadhna Logan | 7.17% | 406 | 408 | 428 | 440 | 481 | | |
| | Independent | Yvonne Hollidge | 4.73% | 268 | 270 | 289 | 321 | | | |
| | Independent | Sean Wynne | 3.43% | 194 | 195 | 203 | | | | |
| | Green | Leslie O'Hora | 1.82% | 103 | 104 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Denis O'Brien | 1.57% | 89 | 89 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,027 Valid: 5,660 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 809 Turnout: 5,729 (63.47%) |||||||||||

### Manorhamilton

Manorhamilton: 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Bohan | 16.67% | 937 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Padraig Fallon | 16.28% | 915 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Justin Warnock | 14.89% | 837 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Dolan | 12.54% | 705 | 749 | 768 | 828 | |
| | Independent | Felim Gurn | 12.33% | 693 | 733 | 769 | 798 | 808 |
| | Fine Gael | Seán McDermott | 11.76% | 661 | 676 | 695 | 767 | 778 |
| | Independent | Jamie Murphy | 5.57% | 313 | 322 | 340 | 360 | 366 |
| | Green | Bláithín Gallagher | 5.09% | 286 | 306 | 320 | 345 | 351 |
| | Fine Gael | John Joe Dowdican | 4.89% | 275 | 280 | 285 | | |
| Electorate: 9,058 Valid: 5,622 Spoilt: 71 Quota: 804 Turnout: 5,693 (62.85%) |||||||||

## Results by gender

2019 Leitrim County Council election Candidates by gender :
| Gender | Number of candidates | % of candidates | Elected councillors | % of councillors |
| Men | 26 | 81.3% | 15 | 83.3% |
| Women | 6 | 18.8% | 3 | 16.7% |
| TOTAL | 32 | | 18 | |