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2019 Kilkenny County Council election
An election to all 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Kilkenny was divided into 4 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.
Fianna Fáil gained 1 additional seat to increase their numbers to 11 while also increasing their vote by 4%. Fine Gael gained 2 seats and also increased their vote by 2%. Labour and the Greens retained their previous position but it was a disastrous election for Sinn Féin. The party lost all 3 seats, including Sean Tyrell, the partner of Kathleen Funchion TD and saw a significant drop in their vote-share. Breda Gardner, a sitting Independent who also contested the Ireland South European Parliament constituency unsuccessfully, failed to retain her seat.
| Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 11 | 1 | 15,895 | 41.11 | 3.91 | |
| Fine Gael | 9 | 2 | 12,410 | 32.10 | 2.20 | |
| Labour | 2 | 2,915 | 7.54 | 3.66 | ||
| Green | 1 | 1,485 | 3.84 | 0.34 | ||
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 3 | 2,458 | 6.36 | 3.54 | |
| People Before Profit | 0 | 231 | 0.60 | New | ||
| Independent | 1 | 3,270 | 8.46 | 1.26 | ||
| Total | 24 | 38,664 | 100.00 |
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Fitzpatrick | 22.21% | 2,249 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Mary Hilda Cavanagh | 16.66% | 1,687 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael McCarthy | 15.71% | 1,591 | |||||
| Fine Gael | John Brennan | 11.74% | 1,189 | 1,413 | 1,493 | |||
| Labour | Denis Hynes | 10.84% | 1,098 | 1,175 | 1,190 | 1,201 | 1,403 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Delaney | 9.73% | 985 | 1,340 | 1,416 | 1,520 | ||
| Fine Gael | Pat O'Neill | 8.09% | 819 | 911 | 964 | 980 | 1,049 | |
| Sinn Féin | Joseph Kavanagh | 5.01% | 507 | 561 | 577 | 590 | ||
| Electorate: 19,146 Valid: 10,125 Spoilt: 233 Quota: 1,447 Turnout: 10,358 (54.1%) |
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | Pat Dunphy | 19.60% | 1,579 | ||||||
| Labour | Tomás Breathnach | 18.82% | 1,516 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Fidelis Doherty | 13.14% | 1,059 | 1,118 | 1,145 | 1,147 | 1,284 | 1,356 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon Aylward | 12.57% | 1,013 | 1,065 | 1,106 | 1,112 | 1,164 | 1,432 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ger Frisby | 12.04% | 970 | 984 | 1,010 | 1,017 | 1,143 | 1,246 | |
| Sinn Féin | Grace Doyle | 8.38% | 675 | 690 | 720 | 730 | 859 | 950 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Rob Duggan | 7.60% | 612 | 667 | 681 | 686 | 714 | ||
| Fine Gael | John Hayes | 3.96% | 319 | 345 | 363 | 365 | |||
| Independent | Melissa O'Neill | 2.89% | 233 | 241 | 253 | 291 | |||
| Independent | Alan Curran | 1.01% | 81 | 88 | 93 | ||||
| Electorate: 16,125 Valid: 8,057 Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,343 Turnout: 8,187 (50.77%) |
| 2019 Kilkenny County Council electionCandidates by gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 33 | 75.0% | 21 | 87.5% |
| Women | 11 | 25.0% | 3 | 12.5% |
| TOTAL | 44 | 24 |
| Party | Outgoing | LEA | Reason | Date | Co-optee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Malcolm Noonan | Kilkenny | Elected to the 33rd Dáil for Carlow–Kilkenny at the 2020 general election | 24 February 2020 | Maria Dollard |
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