2024 Donegal County Council election
An election to all 37 seats on Donegal County Council was 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]
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All 37 seats on Donegal County Council 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Recounts
On the 12th count for the Letterkenny LEA, Mary T. Sweeney called for a full recount, as Tomás Seán Devine's transfers narrowly gave Kevin Bradley 5 votes over Sweeney, and would have resulted in her elimination.[4]
Retiring incumbents
The following councillors did not seek re-election:
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donegal | Tom Conaghan[5] | Independent | |
| Buncrana | Nicholas Crossan[6] | Independent | |
| Lifford-Stranorlar | Liam Doherty[7] | Sinn Féin | |
| Buncrana | Rena Donaghey[8] | Fianna Fáil | |
Results by party
| Party | First-preference votes | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % FPv | Swing (pp) | Cand. | 2019 | Out. | Elected 2024 |
Change | ||
| Fianna Fáil | 17,459 | 22.76 | 6.59 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | |
| Sinn Féin | 16,801 | 21.90 | 2.53 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 100% Redress | 7,400 | 9.65 | New | 6 | New | New | 4 | 4 | |
| Fine Gael | 8,068 | 10.52 | 7.98 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| Labour | 1,514 | 1.97 | 0.71 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Aontú | 2,251 | 2.93 | 0.21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Irish People | 1,050 | 1.37 | New | 4 | New | New | New | ||
| Green | 320 | 0.42 | New | 3 | New | New | New | ||
| Independent | 21,855 | 28.49 | 2.31 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total Valid | 76,718 | 98.97 | |||||||
| Spoilt votes | 800 | 1.03 | |||||||
| Total | 77,518 | 100 | — | 91 | 37 | 37 | 37 | ||
| Registered voters/Turnout | 142,419 | 54.43 | |||||||
Results by LEA
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.
Buncrana
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Jack Murray[*] | 24.82 | 2,248 | ||||||||
| 100% Redress | Joy Beard | 17.52 | 1,587 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Paul Canning[*] | 13.99 | 1,267 | 1,302 | 1,308 | 1,319 | 1,341 | 1,367 | 1,463 | 1,492 | |
| Sinn Féin | Terry Crossan[*] | 10.74 | 973 | 1,102 | 1,114 | 1,125 | 1,152 | 1,173 | 1,203 | 1,243 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Fionán Bradley | 9.35 | 847 | 936 | 946 | 948 | 1,000 | 1,075 | 1,315 | 1,424 | |
| The Irish People | Kim McMenamin | 6.26 | 567 | 616 | 629 | 653 | 692 | 747 | 793 | ||
| Fine Gael | Peter McLaughlin | 5.50 | 499 | 566 | 574 | 576 | 601 | 660 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Niamh McGuinness | 5.30 | 480 | 760 | 772 | 778 | 801 | 846 | 889 | 972 | |
| Independent | Adrian McMyler | 2.77 | 251 | 312 | 319 | 334 | 358 | ||||
| Aontú | Liam Mulligan | 1.76 | 159 | 167 | 170 | 176 | |||||
| Independent | Eamon McGee | 0.99 | 90 | 98 | 101 | ||||||
| Green | Jason Le Masurier | 0.98 | 89 | 101 | 104 | 105 | |||||
| Electorate: 17,578 Valid: 9,057 Spoilt: 141 Quota: 1,510 Turnout: 9,198 (52.33%) | |||||||||||
Carndonagh
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 100% Redress | Ali Farren | 28.38 | 2,253 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin McDermott[*] | 26.06 | 2,069 | |||||||
| Labour | Martin Farren[*] | 12.61 | 1,001 | 1,084 | 1,157 | 1,168 | 1,182 | 1,257 | 1,391 | |
| Sinn Féin | Albert Doherty[*] | 12.55 | 996 | 1,268 | 1,430 | 1,441 | 1,470 | 1,942 | ||
| Fine Gael | John McGuinness[†] | 9.27 | 736 | 835 | 997 | 1,007 | 1,014 | 1,116 | 1,171 | |
| Independent | Paul Barry McKinney | 4.71 | 374 | 481 | 537 | 549 | 674 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Toni Devine | 3.30 | 262 | 304 | 316 | 329 | 331 | |||
| The Irish People | Donal McKinney | 2.43 | 193 | 247 | 260 | 260 | ||||
| Green | Michael White | 0.69 | 55 | 63 | 66 | |||||
| Electorate: 15,041 Valid: 7,939 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,588 Turnout: 8,009 (53.25%) | ||||||||||
Donegal
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Micheál Naughton[*] | 13.30 | 1,847 | 1,851 | 1,851 | 1,921 | 1,947 | 1,956 | 1,981 | 2,151 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Noel Jordan[*] | 11.38 | 1,580 | 1,581 | 1,593 | 1,601 | 1,629 | 1,811 | 1,829 | 1,868 | 1,875 | 2,352 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Michael McMahon[*] | 10.69 | 1,484 | 1,502 | 1,505 | 1,563 | 1,584 | 1,613 | 1,840 | 1,852 | 1,856 | 1,895 | 1,931 | |
| Independent | Jimmy Brogan | 9.76 | 1,356 | 1,365 | 1,398 | 1,404 | 1,466 | 1,528 | 1,557 | 1,705 | 1,717 | 1,950 | 2,059 | |
| Independent | Pauric Kennedy | 9.53 | 1,324 | 1,337 | 1,346 | 1,353 | 1,384 | 1,390 | 1,410 | 1,417 | 1,423 | |||
| Fine Gael | Barry Sweeny[*] | 9.22 | 1,281 | 1,286 | 1,286 | 1,342 | 1,354 | 1,360 | 1,440 | 1,448 | 1,452 | 1,519 | 1,532 | |
| Fine Gael | Manus Boyle | 9.17 | 1,274 | 1,274 | 1,292 | 1,294 | 1,312 | 1,352 | 1,355 | 1,554 | 1,595 | 1,706 | 1,751 | |
| Independent | Niamh Kennedy[*] | 7.93 | 1,102 | 1,119 | 1,177 | 1,197 | 1,237 | 1,321 | 1,357 | 1,588 | 1,622 | 1,941 | 2,067 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Hegarty | 5.59 | 776 | 776 | 785 | 809 | 817 | 891 | 894 | |||||
| Independent | Diarmuid Doherty | 3.59 | 498 | 515 | 521 | 552 | 572 | 573 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Linda Boyle | 3.33 | 462 | 462 | 494 | 497 | 510 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Claudia Kennedy | 2.18 | 301 | 302 | 303 | |||||||||
| Aontú | Patrick Brogan | 2.02 | 280 | 300 | 311 | 313 | ||||||||
| Independent | Derek Vial | 1.33 | 184 | 201 | ||||||||||
| The Irish People | John Molloy | 1.01 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 24,597 Valid: 13,889 Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,985 Turnout: 13,997 (56.91%) | ||||||||||||||
Glenties
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Independent | Micheál Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig[*] | 16.13 | 2,125 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Michael McClafferty[*] | 14.31 | 1,885 | ||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Anthony Molloy[*] | 10.70 | 1,409 | 1,417 | 1,420 | 1,435 | 1,500 | 1,531 | 1,707 | 1,903 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Brian Carr[†] | 7.75 | 1,021 | 1,029 | 1,032 | 1,043 | 1,052 | 1,069 | 1,280 | 1,333 | 1,358 | 1,587 | |
| Sinn Féin | John Shéamais Ó Fearraigh[*] | 7.36 | 970 | 1,004 | 1,010 | 1,033 | 1,068 | 1,119 | 1,122 | 1,146 | 1,381 | 1,727 | |
| 100% Redress | Denis McGee | 6.75 | 889 | 937 | 998 | 1,028 | 1,088 | 1,240 | 1,280 | 1,315 | 1,521 | 1,633 | |
| Sinn Féin | Kellie Rodgers | 6.06 | 798 | 843 | 850 | 924 | 942 | 959 | 981 | 1,116 | 1,154 | ||
| Independent | Jonathan Stewart | 6.03 | 794 | 843 | 860 | 861 | 876 | 915 | 971 | 1,158 | 1,240 | 1,437 | |
| Fine Gael | Joseph Molloy | 5.70 | 751 | 773 | 774 | 798 | 826 | 838 | 855 | 896 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John Reilly | 4.95 | 652 | 666 | 666 | 705 | 768 | 772 | 791 | ||||
| Independent | Kevin O'Donnell | 4.41 | 581 | 586 | 590 | 601 | 601 | 628 | |||||
| Aontú | Michael Harkin | 3.50 | 461 | 464 | 493 | 497 | 508 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Anne Marie Rodgers | 2.80 | 369 | 378 | 386 | 397 | |||||||
| Labour | Séimi Ó Dubhthaigh | 2.18 | 287 | 303 | 308 | ||||||||
| Independent | Anthony Matthew Doohan | 0.81 | 106 | 108 | |||||||||
| Independent | Ann Sweeney | 0.58 | 76 | 78 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 24,479 Valid: 13,174 Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,883 Turnout: 13,297 (54.32%) | |||||||||||||
Letterkenny
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Donál "Mandy" Kelly[†] | 14.13 | 1,843 | ||||||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Ciaran Brogan[*] | 10.80 | 1,407 | 1,438 | 1,441 | 1,448 | 1,451 | 1,467 | 1,478 | 1,514 | 1,563 | 1,607 | 1,619 | 1,621 | 1,822 | ||
| 100% Redress | Tomás Seán Devine | 9.89 | 1,288 | 1,301 | 1,325 | 1,339 | 1,393 | 1,422 | 1,443 | 1,532 | 1,619 | 1,680 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Jimmy Kavanagh[*] | 9.58 | 1,249 | 1,270 | 1,274 | 1,302 | 1,306 | 1,353 | 1,360 | 1,420 | 1,475 | 1,510 | 1,519 | 1,525 | 1,685 | ||
| Independent | Michael McBride[*] | 8.45 | 1,101 | 1,139 | 1,149 | 1,157 | 1,159 | 1,178 | 1,249 | 1,277 | 1,336 | 1,365 | 1,382 | 1,388 | 1,572 | 1,615 | |
| Sinn Féin | Gerry McMonagle[*] | 7.46 | 970 | 980 | 982 | 986 | 990 | 1,011 | 1,093 | 1,139 | 1,206 | 1,710 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Donál Coyle[*] | 7.29 | 950 | 969 | 973 | 979 | 979 | 992 | 996 | 1,017 | 1,066 | 1,105 | 1,113 | 1,116 | 1,212 | 1,266 | |
| Aontú | Mary T. Sweeney | 6.03 | 785 | 798 | 807 | 815 | 876 | 888 | 897 | 918 | 954 | 992 | 1,010 | 1,013 | 1,129 | 1,150 | |
| Independent | Kevin Bradley[*] | 5.63 | 731 | 750 | 758 | 764 | 771 | 792 | 806 | 859 | 945 | 979 | 996 | 1,008 | |||
| Independent | Declan Jordan | 4.77 | 619 | 631 | 637 | 649 | 663 | 673 | 684 | 737 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Sandra Haughey | 4.75 | 620 | 626 | 629 | 636 | 640 | 655 | 774 | 826 | 880 | ||||||
| Independent | Thoiba Ahmed | 3.38 | 439 | 447 | 454 | 497 | 499 | 537 | 543 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Ulick Hughes | 2.65 | 344 | 361 | 362 | 364 | 365 | 370 | |||||||||
| Labour | Michael McLaughlin | 1.74 | 226 | 229 | 229 | 254 | 254 | ||||||||||
| Green | Nuala Carr | 1.35 | 176 | 178 | 178 | ||||||||||||
| The Irish People | Ann McCloskey | 1.15 | 150 | 150 | 180 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Vincent J. Bradley | 0.73 | 98 | 99 | |||||||||||||
| Independent | Selina O'Donnell | 0.23 | 30 | 31 | |||||||||||||
| Electorate: 25,643 Valid: 13,029 Spoilt: 146 Quota: 1,629 Turnout: 13,175 (51.38%) | |||||||||||||||||
Lifford–Stranorlar
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Martin Scanlon | 12.37 | 1,410 | 1,458 | 1,522 | 1,525 | 1,732 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Martin Harley[*] | 11.06 | 1,261 | 1,285 | 1,482 | 1,493 | 1,562 | 1,576 | 1,638 | ||
| Independent | Frank McBrearty Jnr[*] | 10.52 | 1,199 | 1,253 | 1,278 | 1,338 | 1,493 | 1,514 | 1,939 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Gary Doherty[*] | 10.47 | 1,193 | 1,215 | 1,262 | 1,498 | 1,629 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick McGowan[*] | 10.27 | 1,171 | 1,198 | 1,271 | 1,282 | 1,358 | 1,369 | 1,474 | 1,508 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Crawford[*] | 8.68 | 990 | 1,110 | 1,141 | 1,112 | 1,163 | 1,168 | 1,213 | 1,240 | |
| Independent | Niall McConnell | 7.72 | 880 | 971 | 999 | 1,029 | 1,104 | ||||
| 100% Redress | Charles Ward | 7.72 | 880 | 939 | 958 | 985 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Dakota Nic Mheanman | 7.36 | 839 | 874 | 894 | 1,057 | 1,193 | 1,222 | 1,321 | 1,357 | |
| Sinn Féin | Tony McDaid | 5.48 | 625 | 638 | 642 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Garvan Connolly | 4.54 | 518 | 533 | |||||||
| Aontú | Rebecca McDaid | 3.81 | 434 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 21,903 Valid: 11,400 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,629 Turnout: 11,533 (52.65%) | |||||||||||
Milford
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Declan Meehan | 21.13 | 1,739 | 1,762 | 1,886 | 2,074 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Liam Blaney[*] | 18.99 | 1,563 | 1,598 | 1,713 | 1,802 | 2,051 | |
| Independent | Pauric McGarvey[†] | 16.90 | 1,391 | 1,446 | 1,525 | 1,664 | 1,947 | |
| Independent | John O'Donnell[*] | 16.09 | 1,324 | 1,344 | 1,407 | 1,438 | 1,671 | |
| Sinn Féin | Maria Doherty | 11.35 | 934 | 951 | 996 | 1,088 | ||
| 100% Redress | Éamonn Jackson | 6.10 | 502 | 564 | 603 | |||
| Fine Gael | Aaron Sweeney | 6.08 | 500 | 515 | ||||
| Independent | Vincent J. Bradley | 1.76 | 145 | |||||
| Aontú | Kathleen Deeney | 1.60 | 132 | |||||
| Electorate: 13,178 Valid: 8,230 Spoilt: 79 Quota: 2,058 Turnout: 8,309 (63.05%) | ||||||||
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