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2024 Roscommon County Council election
All 18 seats on Roscommon County Council; 10 seats needed for a majority
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An election to all 18 seats on Roscommon County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.^[1] County Roscommon is 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).^[2]

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

Constituency	Departing Councillor		First elected	Date announced
Athlone	Donal Kilduff	Independent	2019	4 April 2024^[3]
Boyle	Joe Murphy	Fianna Fáil	2019	26 October 2023^[4]
Boyle	John Cummins	Fianna Fáil	1999	18 May 2023^[5]
Roscommon	Orla Leyden	Fianna Fáil	2004	21 March 2023^[6]
Roscommon	Kathleen Shanagher	Independent	2014	17 November 2023^[7]

Results by party

Party		Candidates	Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	7	5	1	7,840	24.64%	8.49
	Fine Gael	6	4	2	5,763	18.11%	1.88
	Sinn Féin	6	1		3,999	12.56%	5.06
	Independent Ireland	2	1	New	2,150	6.75%	New
	Irish Freedom	1	0	New	274	0.86%	New
	The Irish People	2	0	New	201	0.63%	New
	Green	1	0	New	147	0.46%	New
	Aontú	1	0	New	139	0.43%	New
	Independent	11	7	2	11,131	34.97%	8.24
Total		37	18		31,822	100.00

Candidates by LEA

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Athlone

Athlone: 6 Seats^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Sam Brooks
	Fine Gael	Domnick Connolly
	Independent	Laurence Fallon^[*]
	Sinn Féin	Joe Harney
	Independent	Emer Kelly^[†]
	Fianna Fáil	John Keogh^[*]
	Fianna Fáil	James Murray
	Fine Gael	John Naughten^[*]
	Independent	Dominic Naughton
	Independent	Tony Ward^[*]
Electorate: 15,862 Valid: 9,818 Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,403 Turnout: 9,903 (62.43%)

Boyle

Boyle: 6 Seats^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Majid Ali
	Aontú	Fayiz Alsani
	Sinn Féin	Angela Beirne
	Independent	Valerie Byrne
	Fine Gael	Liam Callaghan^[*]
	Independent	Tom Crosby
	Sinn Féin	Leah Cull
	Fine Gael	Dympna Daly Finn
	Independent Ireland	Paul Forde
	Independent	Micheál Frain
	Independent	Sajjid Hussain
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Moylan
	Independent	Caoimhín Ó Miadh
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Sampey
	The Irish People	Edmund Shanahan
	Sinn Féin	Rory Williams Doyle
Electorate: 19,159 Valid: 11,393 Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,628 Turnout: 11,528 (60.17%)

Roscommon

Roscommon: 6 Seats^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Brennan
	Independent Ireland	Nigel Dineen^[*]
	The Irish People	Cathal Finnegan
	Fianna Fáil	Paschal Fitzmaurice^[*]
	Green	Paul Hester^[*]
	Fine Gael	Robbie McConn
	Fianna Fáil	Marty McDermott^[*]
	Sinn Féin	Christine McDonagh
	Fine Gael	Gareth Scahill
	Irish Freedom	Justin Slamen
	Independent	Anthony Waldron
Electorate: 17,969 Valid: 10,434 Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,491 Turnout: 10,536 (58.63%)

References

^ "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ "South Roscommon councillor confirms he won't seek re-election". Westmeath Independent. 4 April 2024. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ "Councillor Joe Murphy opts out 'for personal reasons'". Roscommon People. 26 October 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ "Fianna Fáil gears up for selection conventions". Roscommon People. 18 May 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ "Orla Leyden opts out of local politics". Roscommon People. 21 March 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ "Orla Leyden opts out of local politics". Roscommon People. 17 November 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Roscommon ElectionsElection Information for 2024". Roscommon County Council. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Roscommon LEA Results". Retrieved 14 June 2024.

[order-1] "Polling Day Orders made for European, local and Limerick mayoral elections". Gov.ie (Press release). Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[citizensinformation-2] "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[kilduff-retire-3] "South Roscommon councillor confirms he won't seek re-election". Westmeath Independent. 4 April 2024. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

[murphy-retire-4] "Councillor Joe Murphy opts out 'for personal reasons'". Roscommon People. 26 October 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

[FF-Selection-5] "Fianna Fáil gears up for selection conventions". Roscommon People. 18 May 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

[Leyden-Retirement-6] "Orla Leyden opts out of local politics". Roscommon People. 21 March 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

[Shanagher-Retirement-7] "Orla Leyden opts out of local politics". Roscommon People. 17 November 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

[PollNotice-8] "Roscommon ElectionsElection Information for 2024". Roscommon County Council. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

[results-9] "Roscommon LEA Results". Retrieved 14 June 2024.

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