2019 Carlow County Council election
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18 seats on Carlow County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 49.4%  2.9%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election to all 18 seats on Carlow County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Carlow was divided into three 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).
At the 2014 Carlow County Council election, there were two LEAs, of 10 and 8 seats. The terms of reference of the 2018 local electoral area boundary committee required a maximum of seven councillors in each LEA. Following the recommendations of committee, County Carlow was divided into three LEAs.[2][3]
Overview
Fianna Fáil gained an additional seat to emerge level with Fine Gael on 6 seats apiece and a higher share of the vote. Sinn Féin lost two seats, and Cllr John Cassin was re-elected as an Independent. Labour retained two seats, while Adrienne Wallace, who contested South for Solidarity–People Before Profit in the European Parliament election held on the same day, gained a seat for the party.
Results by party
| Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 6 |  1 |
7,244 | 33.55 | 4.65 | |
| Fine Gael | 6 |  |
6,769 | 31.35 | 4.35 | |
| Labour | 2 | |
1,910 | 8.85 | 4.35 | |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 2 |
1,817 | 8.41 | 4.29 | |
| People Before Profit | 1 | 1 |
448 | 2.07 | New | |
| Aontú | 0 | |
310 | 1.44 | New | |
| Renua | 0 | |
288 | 1.33 | New | |
| Independent | 2 | |
2,807 | 13.00 | 1.00 | |
| Total | 18 | |
21,593 | 100.00 | ||