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2019 Donegal County Council election

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All 37 seats on Donegal County Council 19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	54.4% 3.7%
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Fine Gael Seats won 12 10 6 Seat change 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour Independent Seats won 1 8 Seat change 2
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).

Boundary changes

Following a recommendation of the 2018 Boundary Committee, the boundaries of the LEAs were altered from which had been used at the 2014 elections. 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.

Overview

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.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	1st pref	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	12	1	21,142	29.35	0.25
	Sinn Féin	10	1	13,953	19.37	0.23
	Fine Gael	6		13,327	18.50	2.80
	Labour	1		1,927	2.68	1.12
	Aontú	0		2,265	3.14	New
	People Before Profit	0		284	0.39	1.02
	Renua	0		279	0.39	New
	Independent	8	2	18,857	26.18	3.22
Total		37		72,034	100.00

Results by local electoral area

 *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2014.
 †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2014 election.

Buncrana

Carndonagh

Donegal

Glenties

Letterkenny

Lifford–Stranorlar

Milford

Footnotes

1. ^ See change below.

Results by gender

Changes

Co-options

Change in affiliation

Sources

• "Donegal County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ News. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
• "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG). pp. 89–97. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

References

1. "Donegal County Council - Local Election candidates". RTÉ. 15 May 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
2. Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No. 1 (13 June 2018). Report 2018 (PDF). Government Publications. pp. 36–39, 145. ISBN 978-1-4064-2990-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. County of Donegal Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 613 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018 by John Paul Phelan, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
4. "Buncrana LEA Counts 1-9" (PDF). donegalcoco.ie. Donegal County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
5. "Cardonagh LEA Counts 1-10" (PDF). donegalcoco.ie. Donegal County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
6. "Local Elections Results 2019". donegalcoco.ie. Donegal County Council. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
7. "Declaration Of Result: Donegal LEA, Donegal County Council Local Election - 24 May 2019" (PDF). Donegal County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
8. "Glenties LEA Counts 1-9" (PDF). donegalcoco.ie. Donegal County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
9. "Letterkenny LEA Counts 1-9" (PDF). donegalcoco.ie. Donegal County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
10. "Lifford-Stranorlar LEA Counts 1-8" (PDF). donegalcoco.ie. Donegal County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
11. "Mildford LEA Counts 1-5" (PDF). donegalcoco.ie. Donegal County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
12. Maguire, Stephen (30 May 2019) . "Donegal County Council: All-Ireland winning captain Anthony Molloy elected". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
13. DHPLG 2019, p. 247.
14. "Man killed in Donegal International Rally crash named as Manus Kelly". RTÉ News. 23 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019.
15. "Cllr Donal Kelly co-opted onto Donegal County Council". Highland Radio. 25 November 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
16. McLaughlin, Rachel (28 September 2020). "Donal 'Mandy' Kelly takes his seat on Donegal County Council". Donegal Daily. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
17. Maguire, Stephen (29 August 2021). "Sadness at death of county councillor Bernard McGuinness". DonegalDaily. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
18. "Johnny McGuinness officially welcomed onto Donegal County Council". DonegalDaily. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
19. "Donegal's newest councillor, Pauric McGarvey, has mica priorities on his mind". DonegalLive.ie. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
20. "Glenties man Brian Carr co-opted onto Donegal County Council". Donegal Daily. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
21. Ryan, Emma (29 December 2023). "Widespread sadness following death of popular Donegal County councillor Noreen McGarvey". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
22. McNulty, Chris (9 June 2024). "Local elections: Transfer to be the master to fill openings in Glenties MD". DonegalLive. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
23. McConnell, Daniel (2 June 2019). "Frank McBrearty to sue FG for post-traumatic stress disorder". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
24. "Councillor McClafferty quits Fine Gael to become Independent politician". Donegal Daily. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

• 2019 Irish local elections
• Donegal County Council elections