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2024 Galway County Council election
An election to all 39 seats on Galway County Council was held on 7 June 2024, as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Galway is divided into 7 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).
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 14 | 13 | 2 | 23,430 | 29.43 | 1.43 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 17 | 11 | 4 | 21,719 | 27.28 | 5.52 | |
| Independent Ireland | 7 | 6 | New | 9,549 | 11.99 | New | |
| Sinn Féin | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6,252 | 7.85 | 3.04 | |
| Republican Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 974 | 1.22 | 0.04 | ||
| Green | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2,575 | 3.23 | 1.31 | |
| The Irish People | 5 | 0 | New | 896 | 1.13 | New | |
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 615 | 0.77 | 0.50 | ||
| Aontú | 1 | 0 | 553 | 0.69 | 0.77 | ||
| People Before Profit | 1 | 0 | New | 364 | 0.46 | New | |
| National Party | 1 | 0 | New | 149 | 0.19 | New | |
| Irish Freedom | 1 | 0 | New | 122 | 0.15 | New | |
| Independent | 14 | 6 | 4 | 12,425 | 15.60 | 9.30 | |
| Totals | 79 | 39 | 79,623 | 100.00 |
| Constituency | Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinasloe | Tim Broderick | Independent | |
| Athenry–Oranmore | Jim Cuddy | Independent | |
| Tuam | Colm Keaveney | Fianna Fáil |
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Connolly | 19.38% | 2,410 | ||
| Independent Ireland | Declan Geraghty | 18.19% | 2,262 | ||
| Independent | Evelyn Parsons | 16.53% | 2,055 | ||
| Fine Gael | Alan Harney | 14.35% | 1,784 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Dermot Connolly | 14.22% | 1,768 | 1,925 | |
| Fine Gael | Peter Keaveney | 12.56% | 1,561 | 1,953 | |
| PBP–Solidarity | Andrew Mannion | 2.93% | 364 | 397 | |
| Sinn Féin | Regan Maher | 1.84% | 229 | 280 | |
| Electorate: 26,074 Valid: 12,433 Spoilt: 134 Quota: 1,777 Turnout: 12,567 (48.20%) |
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Welby | 22.10% | 1,758 | ||||
| Independent Ireland | Séamus Walsh | 19.17% | 1,525 | 1,598 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerard King | 18.04% | 1,435 | 1,456 | 1,496 | 1,663 | |
| Fine Gael | Eileen Mannion | 17.92% | 1,425 | 1,463 | 1,572 | 1,684 | |
| Independent | Mánus Ó Conaire | 11.38% | 905 | 920 | 973 | 1,117 | |
| Sinn Féin | Tom Healy | 7.43% | 591 | 600 | 671 | ||
| Green | Daniel Gleeson | 3.12% | 248 | 255 | |||
| Independent | Críostóir Breathnach | 0.84% | 67 | 71 | |||
| Electorate: 14,650 Valid: 7,954 Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,591 Turnout: 8,051 (54.96%) |
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | P. J. Murphy | 19.64% | 1,953 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Martina Kinane | 18.95% | 1,884 | |||||
| Independent | Geraldine Donohue | 17.71% | 1,761 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Paul Killilea | 15.47% | 1,538 | 1,717 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Finnerty | 12.32% | 1,225 | 1,301 | 1,415 | 1,456 | 1,585 | |
| Green | Megan Flynn Dixon | 7.66% | 762 | 781 | 852 | 861 | 1,057 | |
| Sinn Féin | Lucina Kelly | 5.26% | 523 | 537 | 559 | 607 | ||
| The Irish People | Alan Sweeney | 2.98% | 296 | 303 | 322 | |||
| Electorate: 19,135 Valid: 9,942 Spoilt: 101 Quota: 1,658 Turnout: 10,043 (52.48%) |
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Curley | 18.65% | 1,933 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Jimmy McClearn | 16.92% | 1,754 | ||||||
| Independent Ireland | Declan Kelly | 16.84% | 1,746 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Michael 'Moegie' Maher | 16.41% | 1,701 | 1,801 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Ivan Canning | 12.98% | 1,346 | 1,392 | 1,424 | 1,439 | 1,519 | 2,040 | |
| Sinn Féin | Ailish O'Reilly | 7.79% | 807 | 824 | 829 | 832 | 930 | 1,014 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mark Larkin | 6.28% | 651 | 684 | 701 | 707 | 761 | ||
| Green | Michelle Tooher Madden | 2.23% | 231 | 238 | 242 | 203 | |||
| The Irish People | John McGettigan | 1.90% | 197 | 199 | 202 | 203 | |||
| Electorate: 19,964 Valid: 10,366 Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,728 Turnout: 10,461 (52.40%) |
| Party | Outgoing | LEA | Reason | Date | Co-optee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Louis O'Hara | Athenry–Oranmore | Elected to 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election | 11 December 2024 | Martin McNamara |
| Fianna Fáil | Albert Dolan | Athenry–Oranmore | Elected to 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election | 16 December 2024 | Seán Broderick |
| Fine Gael | Peter Roche | Tuam | Elected to 34th Dáil at the 2024 general election | 12 December 2024 | Siobhan McHugh |
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Curley | Loughrea | Elected to 27th Seanad at the 2025 Seanad election | 24 March 2025 | Michael Regan |
| Fine Gael | P. J. Murphy | Gort–Kinvara | Elected to 27th Seanad at the 2025 Seanad election | January 2025 | Laurie Harney |
| Name | LEA | Elected as | New affiliation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Charity | Athenry-Oranmore | Independent | Fine Gael | 11 March 2025 |
| Martin McNamara | Athenry-Oranmore | Sinn Féin | Independent | 29 April 2026 |
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