2024 Sligo County Council election
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7 June 2024
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An election to all 18 seats on Sligo County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Sligo 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 are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymote–Tubbercurry | Martin Baker | Fianna Fáil | |
| Sligo–Strandhill | Sinead Maguire | Fine Gael | |
| Sligo–Strandhill | Rosaleen O'Grady | Fianna Fáil | |
Results by party
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 8 | 6 |  1 |
9,859 | 29.18 | 0.59 | |
| Fine Gael | 7 | 4 |  2 |
8,403 | 24.87 | 5.43 | |
| Sinn Féin | 6 | 2 |  |
4,701 | 13.92 | 5.72 | |
| People Before Profit | 2 | 1 | |
940 | 2.78 | 1.19 | |
| Labour | 1 | 1 | 1 |
841 | 2.49 | 1.09 | |
| Irish Freedom | 2 | New | 894 | 2.65 | New | ||
| Green | 2 | 439 | 1.30 | 0.78 | |||
| The Irish People | 2 | New | 296 | 0.88 | New | ||
| Aontú | 1 | New | 186 | 0.55 | New | ||
| Independent | 8 | 4 | |
7,224 | 21.38 | 4.51 | |
| Total | 39 | 18 | |
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Analysis of Election
Fianna Fáil supplanted Fine Gael as the largest party in Sligo by gaining a seat at their expense in each of the Ballymote-Tubbercurry and the Sligo-Drumcliff LEAs. The party did lose a seat, however, in Sligo-Strandhill with the retirement of long-serving Rosaleen O'Grady to the Labour Party who regained a presence on the Council after an absence of 10 years.