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All 37 seats on Donegal County Council 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Results by Local Electoral Area |
An election to all 37 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Donegal was 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).
Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from which had been used at the 2014 elections.[1][2] Its terms of reference required no change in the total number of councillors but set a lower maximum LEA size of seven councillors, whereas Donegal in 2015 had LEAs of 10 and 9 seats. Other changes were necessitated by population shifts revealed by the 2016 census.
Fianna Fáil gained an additional seat to reach 12 and also saw a slight increase in their vote share. Anthony Molloy – who captained the Donegal GAA team to the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – won a seat for the party, as did rally driver Manus Kelly (both for the first time). However, Seamus O Domhnaill – Fianna Fáil's outgoing Cathaoirleach – was a notable casualty, as was former Senator Enda Bonner.
Unlike other performances around the State, Sinn Féin actually gained a seat in Donegal; increasing their numbers by 1 to 10 seats while seeing a slight reduction in vote share. Fine Gael retained 6 seats overall, while Independents saw a reduction of 2 seats. One Independent elected was John O'Donnell, who attracted controversy following an RTÉ Investigates programme into Irish councillors.
Party | Seats | ± | 1st pref | FPv% | ±% | |
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Fianna Fáil | 12 | ![]() |
21,142 | 29.35 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 10 | ![]() |
13,953 | 19.37 | ![]() | |
Fine Gael | 6 | ![]() |
13,327 | 18.50 | ![]() | |
Labour | 1 | ![]() |
1,927 | 2.68 | ![]() | |
Aontú | 0 | ![]() |
2,265 | 3.14 | New | |
People Before Profit | 0 | ![]() |
284 | 0.39 | ![]() | |
Renua | 0 | ![]() |
279 | 0.39 | New | |
Independent | 8 | ![]() |
18,857 | 26.18 | ![]() | |
Total | 37 | ![]() |
72,034 | 100.00 | ![]() |
^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Paul Canning[*] | 20.31% | 1,720 | |||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Rena Donaghey[*] | 16.96% | 1,436 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Jack Murray[*] | 16.70% | 1,414 | |||||||||
Independent | Nicholas Crossan[*] | 13.97% | 1,183 | 1,257 | 1,263 | 1,275 | 1,339 | 1,410 | 1,411 | 1,527 | ||
Sinn Féin | Terry Crossan | 9.54% | 808 | 880 | 902 | 903 | 928 | 995 | 996 | 1,012 | 1,098 | |
Fine Gael | Mickey Doherty[†] | 6.28% | 532 | 588 | 599 | 601 | 608 | 624 | 624 | 739 | 835 | |
Independent | Frankie Lavelle | 4.40% | 373 | 399 | 405 | 408 | 507 | 565 | 565 | 597 | ||
Fine Gael | Michelle McKenna | 3.75% | 318 | 353 | 356 | 359 | 371 | 403 | 403 | |||
Aontú | Joe Murphy | 3.59% | 304 | 319 | 329 | 331 | ||||||
Independent | Sinéad Stewart | 3.41% | 289 | 315 | 337 | 338 | 367 | |||||
Independent | Mark McKinney | 1.09% | 92 | 96 | ||||||||
Electorate: 16,798 Valid: 8,469 Spoilt: 143 Quota: 1,412 Turnout: 51.27% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Martin McDermott[*] | 34.59% | 2,501 | ||||||
Labour | Martin Farren[*] | 19.11% | 1,383 | 1,435 | 1,470 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Albert Doherty[*] | 15.91% | 1,151 | 1,413 | 1,460 | 1,460 | |||
Fine Gael | Bernard McGuinness[*] | 14.41% | 1,043 | 1,323 | 1,355 | 1,362 | 1,368 | 1,448 | |
Fianna Fáil | Marie Duffy | 8.67% | 627 | 1,022 | 1,057 | 1,060 | 1,066 | 1,156 | |
Independent | Tracy Cullen | 3.90% | 282 | 311 | 347 | 352 | 352 | ||
Aontú | Mary Rose Doherty | 2.69% | 195 | 226 | |||||
Independent | Arthur Desmond McGuinness | 0.75% | 54 | 58 | |||||
Electorate: 14,062 Valid: 7,236 Spoilt: 94 Quota: 1,448 Turnout: 52.13% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
Independent | Niamh Kennedy[*] | 10.77% | 1,540 | 1,544 | 1,568 | 1,585 | 1,661 | 1,682 | 1,749 | 1,759 | 1,938 | 2,031 | 2,322 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Noel Jordan[*] | 10.74% | 1,535 | 1,550 | 1,557 | 1,573 | 1,598 | 1,609 | 1,690 | 1,693 | 1,731 | 1,873 | 2,033 | 2,087 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michéal Naughton[†] | 8.34% | 1,192 | 1,205 | 1,213 | 1,224 | 1,227 | 1,235 | 1,236 | 1,413 | 1,536 | 1,612 | 1,648 | 1,661 | 1,742 | 1,924 | |
Fine Gael | Barry Sweeny | 7.81% | 1,116 | 1,126 | 1,151 | 1,215 | 1,217 | 1,263 | 1,264 | 1,353 | 1,360 | 1,376 | 1,424 | 1,432 | 1,917 | 1,958 | |
Fine Gael | John McNulty | 6.84% | 978 | 978 | 978 | 980 | 1,106 | 1,106 | 1,148 | 1,153 | 1,199 | 1,214 | 1,393 | 1,453 | 1,463 | 1,547 | |
Independent | Tom Conaghan[*] | 6.60% | 944 | 979 | 987 | 993 | 1,000 | 1,004 | 1,017 | 1,028 | 1,058 | 1,272 | 1,373 | 1,397 | 1,435 | 1,831 | |
Sinn Féin | Michael McMahon | 6.29% | 900 | 902 | 924 | 973 | 974 | 1,186 | 1,190 | 1,446 | 1,462 | 1,470 | 1,474 | 1,478 | 1,749 | 1,798 | |
Independent | Seamus Maguire[†] | 6.07% | 868 | 880 | 896 | 907 | 923 | 927 | 939 | 939 | 961 | 1,106 | 1,163 | 1,176 | 1,194 | ||
Independent | Billy Grimes | 6.07% | 868 | 873 | 895 | 951 | 952 | 989 | 989 | 1,043 | 1,050 | 1,057 | 1,067 | 1,075 | |||
Fine Gael | John J Boyle | 5.53% | 791 | 793 | 793 | 795 | 810 | 810 | 886 | 888 | 970 | 1,001 | |||||
Independent | Pauric Kennedy | 5.14% | 735 | 751 | 754 | 760 | 760 | 763 | 780 | 783 | 802 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Philip McGlynn | 3.64% | 521 | 522 | 528 | 533 | 533 | 576 | 582 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Eimear McGuinness | 3.48% | 497 | 498 | 502 | 506 | 527 | 527 | 591 | 631 | |||||||
Fianna Fáil | Roger Meehan | 3.38% | 483 | 484 | 485 | 487 | 503 | 504 | |||||||||
Independent | Diarmaid Doherty | 2.72% | 389 | 394 | 399 | 432 | 432 | ||||||||||
Independent | Seán Ó Beirne | 2.27% | 325 | 325 | 329 | 331 | |||||||||||
People Before Profit | Cyril Brennan | 1.99% | 284 | 288 | 319 | ||||||||||||
Independent | Valerie McNulty | 1.36% | 194 | 196 | |||||||||||||
Independent | Justin Coughlin | 0.97% | 138 | ||||||||||||||
Electorate: 23,075 Valid: 14,298 Spoilt: 165 Quota: 2,043 Turnout: 62.68% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Independent | Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig[*] | 15.80% | 2,007 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | John Sheamuis Ó Fearraigh[*] | 11.25% | 1,429 | 1,464 | 1,501 | 1,558 | 1,740 | 1,750 | 1,782 | 2,050 | ||
Sinn Féin | Maire Therese Gallagher[*] | 8.57% | 1,089 | 1,103 | 1,152 | 1,241 | 1,286 | 1,324 | 1,615 | 1,658 | 1,693 | |
Fianna Fáil | Noreen McGarvey | 8.01% | 1,018 | 1,023 | 1,043 | 1,103 | 1,155 | 1,171 | 1,402 | 1,499 | 1,506 | |
Fine Gael | Michael McClafferty | 7.97% | 1,012 | 1,033 | 1,038 | 1,061 | 1,314 | 1,341 | 1,376 | 1,721 | 1,799 | |
Fianna Fáil | Seamus O Domhnaill[*] | 7.71% | 979 | 1,071 | 1,079 | 1,095 | 1,153 | 1,161 | 1,222 | |||
Sinn Féin | Brian Carr | 7.26% | 922 | 932 | 934 | 978 | 988 | 1,211 | 1,263 | 1,282 | 1,290 | |
Fianna Fáil | Anthony Molloy | 7.21% | 916 | 928 | 932 | 964 | 999 | 1,400 | 1,574 | 1,702 | 1,713 | |
Fianna Fáil | Enda Bonner[*] | 7.03% | 893 | 914 | 926 | 975 | 1,023 | 1,056 | ||||
Independent | Liam Whyte | 6.47% | 822 | 844 | 856 | 910 | 934 | |||||
Fine Gael | Evelyn Sweeney | 5.7% | 724 | 737 | 758 | 822 | ||||||
Labour | Seamus Rodgers | 4.28% | 544 | 562 | 584 | |||||||
Aontú | Liam Mulligan | 2.75% | 349 | |||||||||
Electorate: 23,165 Valid: 12,704 Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,815 Turnout: 55.48% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Ciaran Brogan[*] | 13.41% | 1,570 | |||||||||
Fine Gael | Jimmy Kavanagh[*] | 10.53% | 1,233 | 1,245 | 1,255 | 1,271 | 1,312 | 1,367 | 1,701 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Donal Coyle | 10.18% | 1,192 | 1,209 | 1,211 | 1,231 | 1,249 | 1,273 | 1,348 | 1,389 | 1,444 | |
Independent | Michael McBride[*] | 9.75% | 1,141 | 1,155 | 1,159 | 1,174 | 1,297 | 1,360 | 1,430 | 1,464 | ||
Independent | Kevin Bradley | 8.48% | 993 | 1,009 | 1,024 | 1,050 | 1,127 | 1,210 | 1,294 | 1,347 | 1,465 | |
Fianna Fáil | Manus Mandy Kelly[a] | 7.74% | 906 | 924 | 932 | 948 | 1,003 | 1,028 | 1,124 | 1,171 | 1,374 | |
Aontú | Mary T Sweeney | 7.31% | 856 | 860 | 876 | 906 | 932 | 974 | 1,041 | 1,057 | 1,108 | |
Sinn Féin | Gerry McMonagle[*] | 7.17% | 839 | 845 | 873 | 903 | 926 | 972 | 995 | 1,003 | 1,398 | |
Sinn Féin | Adrian Glackin[†] | 6.83% | 799 | 804 | 813 | 838 | 877 | 935 | 957 | 969 | ||
Fine Gael | Bernie Moran | 6.33% | 741 | 746 | 750 | 762 | 794 | 885 | ||||
Independent | Thoiba Ahmed | 4.48% | 525 | 527 | 571 | 637 | 653 | |||||
Independent | Charlie McClafferty | 3.92% | 459 | 464 | 471 | 491 | ||||||
Independent | Cathal McGlynn | 2.14% | 251 | 252 | 294 | |||||||
Independent | Finnian O'Donnell | 1.72% | 201 | 202 | ||||||||
Electorate: 22,826 Valid: 11,706 Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,464 Turnout: 51.85% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Fine Gael | Martin Harley[*] | 17.16% | 1,688 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick McGowan[*] | 16.32% | 1,606 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Gary Doherty[*] | 15.97% | 1,571 | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | Gerry Crawford[*] | 13.92% | 1,369 | 1,393 | 1,468 | ||||||
Fine Gael | Frank McBrearty Jnr[*][a] | 9.81% | 965 | 1,016 | 1,041 | 1,052 | 1,058 | 1,079 | 1,131 | 1,208 | |
Sinn Féin | Liam Doherty[*] | 7.56% | 744 | 776 | 799 | 924 | 929 | 974 | 1,036 | 1,195 | |
Fine Gael | Garvan Connolly | 7.25% | 713 | 811 | 846 | 857 | 969 | 893 | 950 | 1,041 | |
Independent | Alan McMenamin | 4.82% | 474 | 514 | 531 | 537 | |||||
Renua | Maghnus Monaghan | 2.84% | 279 | 289 | 296 | 301 | 310 | 317 | |||
Aontú | John Hartnett | 2.27% | 223 | 231 | 238 | 240 | 245 | 264 | |||
Independent | Michael De Ward | 2.09% | 206 | 225 | 236 | 241 | 244 | ||||
Electorate: 20,389 Valid: 9,838 Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,406 Turnout: 49.01% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Independent | John O'Donnell[*] | 25.17% | 1,959 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Liam Blaney[*] | 22.05% | 1,716 | 1,812 | 1,968 | |||
Independent | Ian McGarvey[*][a] | 10.34% | 805 | 893 | 1,062 | 1,219 | 1,522 | |
Sinn Féin | Maria Doherty | 9.66% | 752 | 780 | 885 | 1,035 | ||
Fine Gael | Noel McBride | 9.61% | 748 | 793 | 845 | |||
Fine Gael | Eimer Friel | 9.32% | 725 | 747 | 886 | 1,213 | 1,412 | |
Independent | Declan Meehan | 8.70% | 677 | 722 | ||||
Aontú | Dermot Hardy | 4.34% | 338 | |||||
Independent | Charlie McGinley | 0.81% | 63 | |||||
Electorate: 12,066 Valid: 7,783 Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,946 Turnout: 65.13% |
2019 Donegal County Council election[11][12] Candidates by gender | ||||
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Gender | Number of candidates |
% of candidates |
Elected councillors |
% of councillors |
Men | 74 | 69.2% | 34 | 91.9% |
Women | 33 | 30.8% | 3 | 8.1% |
TOTAL | 107 | 37 |
Party | Outgoing | Electoral area | Reason | Date | Co-optee | |
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Fianna Fáil | Manus Kelly | Letterkenny | Death | November 2019 | Donal Kelly | |
Fianna Fáil | Manus Kelly | Letterkenny | Death[13] | June 2019 | Donal Kelly[14] | |
Fianna Fáil | Donal Kelly | Letterkenny | Resignation | September 2020 | Donal Kelly Jr[15] | |
Independent | Ian McGarvey | Milford | Retirement | February 2023 | Pauric McGarvey[16] |
Name | Electoral area | Elected as | New affiliation | Date | ||
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Frank McBrearty Jnr | Lifford–Stranorlar | Fine Gael | Independent | June 2019[17] |