2019 Irish local elections

The 2019 Irish local elections were held in all local authorities in Ireland on Friday, 24 May 2019, on the same day as the 2019 European Parliament election and a referendum easing restrictions on divorce. Each local government area is divided into local electoral areas (LEAs) where three to seven councillors are elected on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

This article is about the Republic of Ireland. For Northern Ireland, see 2019 Northern Ireland local elections.

2019 Irish local elections
24 May 2019
949 County and City Council Seats
Opinion polls
Turnout50.2%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Micheál Martin Leo Varadkar Mary Lou McDonald
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Leader since 26 January 2011 2 June 2017 10 February 2018
Last election 267 235 159
Seats won 279 255 81
Seat change 12 20 78
Popular vote 467,407 438,494 164,637
Percentage 26.92% 25.26% 9.48%
Swing 1.72% 1.34% 5.68%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Brendan Howlin Eamon Ryan Catherine Murphy
Róisín Shortall
Party Labour Green Social Democrats
Leader since 20 May 2016 27 May 2011 15 July 2015
Last election 51 12 New party
Seats won 57 49 19
Seat change 6 37 New party
Popular vote 99,500 96,315 39,644
Percentage 5.73% 5.55% 2.28%
Swing 1.41% 3.95% New party
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
S-PBP
I4C
Leader Collective leadership Peadar Tóibín None
Party Solidarity–PBP Aontú Inds. 4 Change
Leader since n/a 28 January 2019 n/a
Last election 28 New party 0
Seats won 11 (Sol 4) (PBP 7) 3 3
Seat change 17 New party 3
Popular vote 32,883 (Sol 10,911) (PBP 21,972) 25,660 8,626
Percentage 1.89% (Sol 0.64%) (PBP 1.29%) 1.48% 0.5%
Swing 1.11% (Sol 0.60%) (PBP 0.41%) New party 0.39%
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