2024 Donegal County Council election
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All 37 seats on Donegal County Council 19 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Area of Donegal County Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An election to all 37 seats on Donegal County Council will be held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Donegal 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).[2] Candidates must be nominated by 12 noon on Saturday, 18 May 2024.[3]
Retiring incumbents[edit]
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donegal | Tom Conaghan[4] | Independent | |
| Buncrana | Nicholas Crossan[5] | Independent | |
| Lifford-Stranorlar | Liam Doherty[6] | Sinn Féin | |
| Buncrana | Rena Donaghey[7] | Fianna Fáil | |
Results by party[edit]
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 12 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | 19 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | 9 | ||||||
| Labour | 3 | ||||||
| Green | 3 | ||||||
| Aontú | 6 | ||||||
| 100% Redress | 6 | New | New | ||||
| The Irish People | 4 | New | New | ||||
| Independent | 26 | ||||||
| Total | 91 | 37 | 
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Candidates by LEA[edit]
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Buncrana[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| 100% Redress | Joy Beard | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Fionán Bradley | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Paul Canning[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Terry Crossan[*] | |||
| Green | Jason Le Masurier | |||
| Independent | Eamon McGee | |||
| Sinn Féin | Niamh McGuinness | |||
| Fine Gael | Peter McLaughlin | |||
| The Irish People | Kim McMenamin | |||
| Independent | Adrian McMyler | |||
| Aontú | Liam Mulligan | |||
| Sinn Féin | Jack Murray[*] | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Carndonagh[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Toni Devine | |||
| Sinn Féin | Albert Doherty[*] | |||
| 100% Redress | Ali Farren | |||
| Labour | Martin Farren[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin McDermott[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | John McGuinness[†] | |||
| The Irish People | Donal McKinney | |||
| Independent | Paul Barry McKinney | |||
| Green | Michael White | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Donegal[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Linda Boyle | |||
| Fine Gael | Manus Boyle | |||
| Independent | Jimmy Brogan | |||
| Aontú | Patrick Brogan | |||
| Independent | Diarmuid Doherty | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Hegarty | |||
| Sinn Féin | Noel Jordan[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Claudia Kennedy | |||
| Independent | Niamh Kennedy[*] | |||
| Independent | Pauric Kennedy | |||
| Sinn Féin | Michael McMahon[*] | |||
| The Irish People | John Molloy | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Micheál Naughton[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Barry Sweeny[*] | |||
| Independent | Derek Vial | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Glenties[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Brian Carr[†] | |||
| Independent | Anthony Matthew Doohan | |||
| Aontú | Michael Harkin | |||
| Independent | Micheál Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig[*] | |||
| Independent | Michael McClafferty[*] | |||
| 100% Redress | Denis McGee | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Anthony Molloy[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Joseph Molloy | |||
| Independent | Kevin O'Donnell | |||
| Labour | Séimi Ó Dubhthaigh | |||
| Sinn Féin | John Sheamuis Ó Fearraigh[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John Reilly | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Anne Marie Rodgers | |||
| Sinn Féin | Kellie Rodgers | |||
| Independent | Jonathan Stewart | |||
| Independent | Ann Sweeney | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Letterkenny[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Thoiba Ahmed | |||
| Independent | Kevin Bradley[*] | |||
| Independent | Vincent J. Bradley | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Ciaran Brogan[*] | |||
| Green | Nuala Carr | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Donál Coyle[*] | |||
| 100% Redress | Tomas Sean Devine | |||
| Sinn Féin | Sandra Haughey | |||
| Sinn Féin | Ulick Hughes | |||
| Independent | Declan Jordan | |||
| Fine Gael | Jimmy Kavanagh[*] | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Donál “Mandy” Kelly[†] | |||
| Independent | Michael McBride[*] | |||
| The Irish People | Ann McCloskey | |||
| Labour | Michael McLaughlin | |||
| Sinn Féin | Gerry McMonagle[*] | |||
| Independent | Selina O'Donnell | |||
| Aontú | Mary T. Sweeney | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Lifford-Stranorlar[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Garvan Connolly | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Crawford[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Gary Doherty[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Martin Harley[*] | |||
| Independent | Frank McBrearty Jnr[*] | |||
| Independent | Niall McConnell | |||
| Aontú | Rebecca McDaid | |||
| Sinn Féin | Tony McDaid | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick McGowan[*] | |||
| Sinn Féin | Dakota Nic Mheanman | |||
| Independent | Martin Scanlon | |||
| 100% Redress | Charles Ward | |||
| Quota: | ||||
Milford[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Liam Blaney[*] | |||
| Independent | Vincent J. Bradley | |||
| Aontú | Kathleen Deeney | |||
| Sinn Féin | Maria Doherty | |||
| 100% Redress | Éamonn Jackson | |||
| Independent | Pauric McGarvey[†] | |||
| Independent | Declan Meehan | |||
| Independent | John O'Donnell[*] | |||
| Fine Gael | Aaron Sweeney | |||
| Quota: | ||||
References[edit]
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- ^ "Local elections in Ireland". Citizens Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Candidate Nominations". Donegal County Council Election Hub. Archived from the original on 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ Breslin, Conor (14 February 2024). "Tom Conaghan announces his retirement from Donegal County Council". Donegal Live. Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Councillor Nicholas Crossan retires after 30 years in local politics". Donegal Daily. 16 February 2024. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (8 February 2024). "Councillor Liam Doherty won't seek re-election". Donegal Live. Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ Magee, Declan (5 March 2024). "Rena Donaghey puts family first as she announces she will not contest local elections". Donegal Live. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Local Election 2024 - Candidate Information". Donegal County Council. Archived from the original on 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.