2019 Galway County Council election
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All 39 seats on Galway County Council 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An election to all 39 seats on Galway County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Galway was divided into 7 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).
Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from those used in the 2014 elections. Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a maximum LEA size of seven councillors, which three of the 2014 LEAs exceeded. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.[1][2]
Overview
Fianna Fáil had a very good election, winning 3 additional seats and increasing their vote by over 5%. Fine Gael lost a seat to fall to 11 but also increased their vote. The Greens gained 1 seat in Conamara and Republican Sinn Féin retained their single seat. Sinn Féin lost 2 seats to be reduced to just 1 member. However, Gabe Cronelly who had quit the party since 2014 was re-elected as an independent.
Results by party
| Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 15 |  3 |
25,369 | 32.80 | 5.40 | |
| Fine Gael | 11 |  1 |
23,869 | 30.86 | 3.26 | |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 2 |
3,721 | 4.81 | 2.69 | |
| Green | 1 | 1 |
1,482 | 1.92 | New | |
| Republican Sinn Féin | 1[a] |  |
971 | 1.26 | 0.14 | |
| Aontú | 0 | |
1,128 | 1.46 | New | |
| Renua | 0 | |
505 | 0.65 | New | |
| Inds. 4 Change | 0 | |
429 | 0.55 | New | |
| Social Democrats | 0 | |
407 | 0.53 | New | |
| Labour | 0 | |
206 | 0.27 | 3.23 | |
| Independent | 10 | 1 |
19,262 | 24.90 | 4.50 | |
| Total | 39 | |
77,349 | 100.00 | ||