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.^[2] 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).^[3] Candidates must be nominated by 12 noon on Saturday, 18 May 2024.^[4]

2024 Donegal County Council election

← 2019 7 June 2024 2029 →
All 37 seats on Donegal County Council 19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	54.7% 0.3%[1]
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin 100% Redress Last election 12 10 Did not exist Seats before 12 10 0 Seats won 10 10 4 Seat change 2 4   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Fine Gael Labour Independent Last election 6 1 8 Seats before 4 1 10 Seats won 3 1 9 Seat change 1 1
Results by Local Electoral Area

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.^[5]

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors did not seek re-election:

Constituency	Departing Councillor	Party
Donegal	Tom Conaghan[6]		Independent
Buncrana	Nicholas Crossan[7]		Independent
Lifford-Stranorlar	Liam Doherty[8]		Sinn Féin
Buncrana	Rena Donaghey[9]		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

Buncrana: 5 seats^[10][11]

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

Carndonagh: 4 seats^[10][12]

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

Donegal: 6 seats^[10][13]

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

Glenties: 6 seats^[10][14]

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

Letterkenny: 7 seats^[10][15]

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	621	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

Lifford–Stranorlar: 6 seats^[10][16]

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	1,732
	Fine Gael	Martin Harley[*]	11.06	1,261	1,285	1,482	1,493	1,562	1,576	1,638	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

Milford: 3 seats^[10][17]

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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External links

• Donegal County Council: Election 2024