2024 Cavan County Council election
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7 June 2024
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An election to all 18 seats on Cavan County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Cavan 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]
The period for nominations ran from 10 a.m. on Saturday 11 May and ended at 12 p.m. on Saturday 18 May 2024. Candidates could be nominated by a registered political party, through the submission of 15 assents from voters in the local electoral area, or alternatively with a deposit of €100.[3][4]
Analysis of Election
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavan-Belturbet | Madeleine Argue[5] | Fine Gael | |
| Ballyjamesduff | Craig Lovett[6] | Fianna Fáil | |
Fianna Fail and Fine Gael both emerged with 6 seats after the election though Fine Gael had a higher share of the vote. Fine Gael lost a seat in Cavan-Belturbet to Sinn Féin's Damien Brady who regained his former seat he lost in 2019 and Peter McVitty lost to his running-mate. Fianna Fáil lost 2 seats in the Ballyjamesduff LEA as Shane P. O'Reilly was re-elected under the Independent-Ireland banner and Sinn Féin's Noel Connell regained his former seat also at the party's expense. There was no change of party allegiance in the Bailieborough LEA though a change of personnel under the Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin banners. Sinn Féin increased their numbers from 1 to 3 and the other 3 seats comprise members of Aontú, Independent-Ireland and one Independent.
Results by party
| Party | First-preference votes | Seats | |||||||
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| Votes | % FPv | Swing (pp) | Cand. | 2019 | Out. | Elected 2024 |
Change | ||
| Fine Gael | 9,553 | 28.17% |  5.20% |
7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 9,372 | 27.63% | 11.29% |
8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | |
| Sinn Féin | 5,642 | 16.64% |  4.26% |
7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Aontú | 2,756 | 8.13% | 0.40% |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  | |
| Independent Ireland | 2,521 | 7.43% | New | 2 | New | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | 338 | 1.00% | 1.20% |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Green | 104 | 0.31% | New | 1 | New | New | 0 | New | |
| Irish Freedom | 109 | 0.32% | New | 1 | New | New | 0 | New | |
| The Irish People | 958 | 2.82% | New | 1 | New | New | 0 | New | |
| Independent | 2,562 | 7.55% | 3.70% |
5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Total Valid | 33,915 | 98.92 | |||||||
| Spoilt votes | 372 | 1.08 | |||||||
| Total | 33,915 | 100 | — | 36 | 18 | 18 | 18 | | |
| Registered voters/Turnout | 61,786 | 55.49 | |||||||