2024 Roscommon County Council election
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All 18 seats on Roscommon County Council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||
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 Area of Roscommon County Council | ||
An election to all 18 seats on Roscommon County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Roscommon 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 following councillors did not seek re-election:
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | First elected | Date announced | |
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| Athlone | Donal Kilduff | Independent | 2019 | 4 April 2024[3] | |
| Boyle | Joe Murphy | Fianna Fáil | 2019 | 26 October 2023[4] | |
| Boyle | John Cummins | Fianna Fáil | 1999 | 18 May 2023[5] | |
| Roscommon | Orla Leyden | Fianna Fáil | 2004 | 21 March 2023[6] | |
| Roscommon | Kathleen Shanagher | Independent | 2014 | 17 November 2023[7] | |
Results by party
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 7 | 5 |  1 |
7,840 | 24.64% | 8.49 | |
| Fine Gael | 6 | 4 |  2 |
5,763 | 18.11% | 1.88 | |
| Sinn Féin | 6 | 1 |  |
3,999 | 12.56% | 5.06 | |
| Independent Ireland | 2 | 1 | New | 2,150 | 6.75% | New | |
| Irish Freedom | 1 | 0 | New | 274 | 0.86% | New | |
| The Irish People | 2 | 0 | New | 201 | 0.63% | New | |
| Green | 1 | 0 | New | 147 | 0.46% | New | |
| Aontú | 1 | 0 | New | 139 | 0.43% | New | |
| Independent | 11 | 7 | 2 |
11,131 | 34.97% | 8.24 | |
| Total | 37 | 18 | |
31,822 | 100.00 | ||