South Dublin County Council election, 2009

South Dublin County Council election, 2009
All 26 seats to South Dublin County Council
	Map showing the area of South Dublin County Council
	Council control after election; TBD;

An election to South Dublin County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions using the Single transferable vote system for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Labour Party	9	+2	21,813	24.13%
	Fine Gael	8	+5	23,698	26.22%
	Fianna Fáil	4	-2	15,290	16.92%
	Sinn Féin	3	-	9,661	10.69%
	People Before Profit	1	+1	5,721	6.33%
	Independent	1	-1	7,997	8.85%
	Green Party	0	-2	3,345	3.70%
	Socialist Party	0	-1	2,159	2.39%
	Progressive Democrats	0	-2	-	-
Totals		26	-	90,389	100%	—

Clondalkin - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Labour Party	Robert Dowds*	15.66	2,449
	Fine Gael	Tony Delaney*	11.03	1,725	1,754	1,780	1,792	1,916	2,018	2,057	2,258
	Fine Gael	Therese Ridge*	10.07	1,575	1,600	1,623	1,657	1,742	1,813	1,857	2,092	2,188	2,294
	Sinn Féin	Matthew McDonagh	9.61	1,502	1,507	1,511	1,546	1,564	1,574	1,767	1,936	2,896
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Daly*	8.02	1,254	1,256	1,267	1,268	1,372	1,531	1,541	1,568	1,595	1,617
	Sinn Féin	Shane O'Connor*	7.81	1,221	1,227	1,250	1,278	1,311	1,324	1,402	1,489
	People Before Profit	Gino Kenny	7.27	1,137	1,151	1,179	1,218	1,270	1,292	1,471	1,703	1,838	2,203
	Fianna Fáil	Trevor Gilligan*	6.61	1,034	1,046	1,079	1,104	1,174	1,476	1,513	1,587	1,652	1,713
	Labour Party	Margaret McCarthy	5.90	922	1,019	1,055	1,088	1,200	1,224	1,324
	Fianna Fáil	Thyes Kavanagh	4.69	734	740	762	769	792
	Green Party	Dorothy Corrigan*	4.37	683	690	718	725
	Independent	John McCann	4.21	658	663	692	897	917	932
	Independent	Mark Ward	2.62	410	413	453
	Independent	Jim McHale	1.14	179	182
	Independent	Gbemi Shogunle	0.97	151	152
Electorate: 36,859 Valid: 15,634 (42.42%) Spoilt: 295 Quota: 2,234 Turnout: 15,929 (43.22%)

Lucan - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Fine Gael	Derek Keating*	26.88	4,146
	Independent	Guss O'Connell*	13.89	2,143	2,244	2,253	2,316	2,402	2,526	2,689
	Labour Party	Eamon Tuffy*	11.66	1,799	2,123	2,155	2,206	2,269	2,438	2,493	2,511	2,727
	Fine Gael	William Lavelle	8.47	1,307	1,939	1,957	2,022	2,057	2,122	2,191	2,207	2,340	2,608
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Moynihan	5.63	868	939	994	1,013	1,029	1,062	1,495	1,537	1,625	1,810	1,834
	Labour Party	Caitriona Jones*	5.55	856	969	1,006	1,054	1,132	1,257	1,309	1,319	1,471	1,944	2,040
	Fianna Fáil	Edno Cooney	4.89	754	783	940	946	968	985
	Green Party	Kevin Farrell	4.77	736	840	865	936	994	1,057	1,125	1,139	1,310
	Workers' Party	Mick Finnegan	4.57	705	745	752	774	871
	Independent	Jim Doyle	3.71	572	632	638	811	885	1,037	1,081	1,088
	Sinn Féin	Robert Ballesty	3.68	568	588	597	610
	Independent	Tom Dowling	3.39	523	587	594
	Fianna Fáil	Shaleem Ahmed	2.90	448	465
Electorate: 30,945 Valid: 15,425 (49.85%) Spoilt: 178 Quota: 2,571 Turnout: 15,603 (50.42%)

Rathfarnam - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Cáit Keane*	21.01	3,639
	Fianna Fáil	John Lahart*	20.81	3,605
	Labour Party	Paddy Cosgrave*	19.80	3,431	3,460	3,482
	Fine Gael	Emma Coburn	17.44	3,022	3,138	3,158	3,230	3,330	3,516
	Independent	Vincent Kenny	6.31	1,093	1,100	1,110	1,282	1,435	1,509
	Green Party	Elizabeth Davidson	5.66	981	992	1,006	1,056	1,172	1,348
	Fianna Fáil	John Phelan	3.45	597	603	670	687	720
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha Nic Cormaic	3.18	551	553	556	586
	Independent	Gerard Dolan	1.32	228	229	231
	Independent	Frank O'Gorman	1.02	177	179	181
Electorate: 32,136 Valid: 17,324 (53.91%) Spoilt: 190 Quota: 3,465 Turnout: 17,514 (54.50%)

Tallaght Central - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Labour Party	Mick Duff	13.15	3,125	3,151	3,206	3,287	3,373	3,460
	Fine Gael	Colm Brophy*	12.98	3,085	3,094	3,170	3,211	3,307	3,369	3,378	4,270
	Sinn Féin	Seán Crowe*	11.42	2,715	2,759	2,787	2,844	3,006	3,050	3,061	3,194	3,441
	Labour Party	Pamela Kearns	11.12	2,643	2,664	2,733	2,808	2,925	2,986	2,998	3,181	3,275
	Labour Party	Dermot Looney	9.80	2,329	2,346	2,382	2,418	2,849	2,894	2,902	3,105	3,318
	Socialist Party	Mick Murphy*	9.08	2,159	2,205	2,226	2,320	2,628	2,684	2,692	2,883	2,940
	Fianna Fáil	Eamonn Walsh	7.44	1,768	1,777	1,816	1,851	1,899	3,098	3,108	3,195	3,241
	Fine Gael	Gay Kelly	7.02	1,668	1,682	1,706	1,737	1,794	1,848	1,854
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Neville*	6.65	1,580	1,594	1,621	1,653	1,700
	People Before Profit	Pat Dunne	5.56	1,346	1,357	1,404	1,495
	Independent	David Hutchinson-Edgar	2.36	562	630	655
	Green Party	Arthur Doohan	2.02	479	488
	Independent	Ray Kelly	1.30	309
Electorate: 44,783 Valid: 23,768 (53.07%) Spoilt: 295 Quota: 3,396 Turnout: 24,063 (53.73%)

Tallaght South - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Labour Party	Eamonn Maloney*	15.40	2,344	2,377	2,445	2,499	2,540
	Sinn Féin	Cathal King*	15.19	2,312	2,347	2,376	2,427	2,981
	Fine Gael	Brian Lawlor	12.65	1,926	1,962	1,997	2,042	2,076	2,105	2,219	2,296
	Labour Party	Marie Corr*	12.58	1,915	2,000	2,148	2,193	2,318	2,452	2,799
	Fine Gael	Karen Warren*	10.87	1,655	1,680	1,724	1,793	1,816	1,863	2,108	2,196
	Fianna Fáil	John Hannon*	10.13	1,542	1,616	1,647	2,038	2,060	2,087	2,167	2,211
	Independent	Baby Perrepadan	5.25	799	877	1,032	1,091	1,118	1,216
	Sinn Féin	Sinead Cooke	5.20	792	817	844	878
	Fianna Fáil	Tara de Buitlear	4.66	710	804	828
	Green Party	Tendai Madondo	4.18	636	674
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot Flanagan	2.60	396
	Independent	Frank O'Gorman	1.27	193
Electorate: 35,234 Valid: 15,220 (43.20%) Spoilt: 217 Quota: 2,537 Turnout: 15,437 (43.81%)

Preceded by South Dublin County Council election, 2004	South Dublin County Council elections	Succeeded by South Dublin County Council election, 2014