2024 Louth County Council election

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

Party		Candidates	Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Sinn Féin	17	7		11,222	23.59	0.51
	Fine Gael	11	6	1	8,665	18.21	1.91
	Fianna Fáil	8	6	1	8,072	16.96	2.55
	Labour	5	2	1	3,648	7.67	0.25
	Green	5	1		1,570	3.30	3.10
	Irish Freedom	4	0	New	1,788	3.76	New
	Aontú	2	0	New	636	1.34	New
	Independent Ireland	1	0	New	508	1.07	New
	People Before Profit	1	0		344	0.72	0.49
	The Irish People	3	0	New	334	0.70	New
	Social Democrats	1	0	New	310	0.65	New
	Independent	19	7	1	10,484	22.03	4.26
Total		77	29		47,581	100.00

In the Ardee LEA all 6 sitting Councillors retained their seats though Fine Gael ran close for a third seat and geography was a factor as sitting Councillor Bernie Conlon prevailed on the last count. In Drogheda Rural there was no change in party representation though International Boxing Champion, Eric Donovan, outpolled and unseated his fellow running-mate Clogherhead based Cllr Tom Cunningham. In Drogheda Urban Fine Gael regained the seat that they lost at the 2019 Locals at the expense of the Labour Party as co-opted Cllr Emma Cutlip was defeated. In Dundalk South all seats were retained though Independent Ireland pushed hard, following transfers from the Irish Freedom Party, to challenge for the final seat as Cllr Marianne Butler of the Green Party prevailed with transfers. In the Dundalk-Carlingford LEA, Sinn Féin retained their two seats through good internal party transfers after eliminations but there was considerable leakage in the Fianna Fáil vote which was also not well managed among the three sitting Councillors. First time candidate, Independent Ciarán Fisher, was elected at the expense of incumbent Councillor Conor Keelan. This resulted in Fianna Fáil returning with a net loss of one seat and the loss of their then Party Whip on the council.