2019 Clare County Council election
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All 28 seats on Clare County Council 15 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election to all 28 seats on Clare County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Councillors were elected for a five-year term of office from 5 local electoral areas (LEAs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs in County Clare were altered from those used in the 2014 election.[1][2] Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a maximum LEA size of seven councillors, whereas in 2014, the West Clare LEA had eight. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.
Results by party
| Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 13 |  1 |
19,515 | 38.59 | 2.86 | |
| Fine Gael | 8 |  |
16,032 | 31.70 | 0.22 | |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | |
2,468 | 4.88 | 0.64 | |
| Green | 1 | 1 |
2,010 | 3.97 | 3.02 | |
| Social Democrats | 0 | |
849 | 1.68 | New | |
| Labour | 0 | |
495 | 0.98 |  2.16 | |
| Independent | 5 | 2 |
9,203 | 18.20 | 3.32 | |
| Totals | 28 | |
50,572 | 100.00 | ||