Part of the 2009 Irish local elections
2009 Galway City Council election|
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Galway_City_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Galway_City_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Galway City Council |
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Council control after election
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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 local electoral area
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Galway City Central
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Galway City Central - 4 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6
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Labour
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Billy Cameron*
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20.61
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1,065
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Fine Gael
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Padraig Conneely*
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19.58
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1,012
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1,017
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1,025
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1,059
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Fianna Fáil
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Oliver Crowe
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15.03
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777
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779
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783
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787
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814
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903
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Fianna Fáil
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John Connolly*
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11.59
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599
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601
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609
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623
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680
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754
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Labour
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Colette Connolly*
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10.47
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541
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554
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588
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716
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814
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1,045
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Independent
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Mike Cubbard
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9.17
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474
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477
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493
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514
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626
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Independent
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Mike Geraghty
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6.48
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335
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338
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350
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384
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Green
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Mairead Ni Chroinin
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4.93
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255
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258
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272
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Sinn Féin
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Anna Marley
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2.13
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110
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110
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Electorate: 11,284 Valid: 5,168 (45.80%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,034 Turnout: 5,241 (46.45%)
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Galway City East - 6 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10
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Independent
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Terry O'Flaherty*
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12.95
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1,139
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1,141
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1,160
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1,174
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1,204
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1,242
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1,311
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Independent
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Declan McDonnell*
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12.44
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1,094
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1,095
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1,101
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1,114
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1,125
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1,148
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1,200
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1,214
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1,259
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Fianna Fáil
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Michael Crowe*
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11.88
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1,045
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1,046
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1,080
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1,082
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1,092
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1,119
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1,156
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1,161
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1,234
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1,270
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Labour
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Derek Nolan
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11.31
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995
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999
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1,013
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1,082
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1,160
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1,208
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1,283
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Fine Gael
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Brian Walsh*
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11.13
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979
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979
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984
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1,004
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1,015
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1,094
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1,136
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1,148
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1,544
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Labour
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Tom Costello*
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8.83
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777
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778
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801
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823
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867
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927
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1,001
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1,012
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1,069
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1,203
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Fianna Fáil
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Mary Leahy*
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8.62
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758
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760
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781
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785
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797
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813
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832
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838
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901
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930
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Fine Gael
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Barra Nevin
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7.07
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622
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622
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625
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630
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642
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733
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756
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759
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Sinn Féin
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Martin Concannon
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4.65
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409
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411
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412
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418
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431
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452
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Fine Gael
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Frank Fahy
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4.50
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396
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397
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407
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411
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423
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Green
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James Hope
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2.65
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233
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233
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238
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247
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Labour
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Nuala Nolan
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1.94
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171
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175
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176
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Fianna Fáil
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Sheila Mangan
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1.76
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155
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155
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Independent
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Thomas King
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0.25
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22
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Electorate: 18,149 Valid: 8,795 (48.46%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 1,257 Turnout: 8,912 (49.10%)
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Galway City West - 5 seats
Party |
Candidate |
FPv% |
Count
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7
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Independent
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Donal Lyons*
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20.97
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1,843
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Independent
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Catherine Connolly*
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13.43
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1,180
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1,220
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1,272
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1,347
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1,480
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Fine Gael
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Hildegarde Naughton
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12.07
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1,061
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1,125
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1,138
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1,186
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1,265
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1,298
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1,466
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Fianna Fáil
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Peter Keane
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9.89
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869
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895
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908
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921
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965
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1,264
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1,358
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Labour
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Niall McNelis
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9.08
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798
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837
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865
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904
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959
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1,011
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1,346
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Fine Gael
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John Mulholland*
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8.85
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778
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843
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861
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884
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962
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1,043
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1,167
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Green
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Niall O Brolchain*
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8.03
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706
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755
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781
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853
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923
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985
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Fianna Fáil
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Val Hanley
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5.68
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499
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538
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560
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587
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618
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Independent
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A.J. Cahill
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5.55
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488
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507
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522
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561
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Independent
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Daniel Callanan*
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3.86
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339
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364
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394
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Sinn Féin
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Tom Hanly
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1.95
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171
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175
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Independent
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Aidan McCabe
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0.64
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56
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64
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Electorate: 16,731 Valid: 8,788 (52.53%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,465 Turnout: 8,877 (53.06%)
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