Waterford County Council election, 2009

Waterford County Council election, 2009
All 23 seats to Waterford County Council
	Map showing the area of Waterford County Council
	Council control after election; TBD;

An election to Waterford County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office. [1].

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	11	-	13,939	44.25%
	Fianna Fáil	5	-2	8,079	25.65%
	Labour Party	4	-	4,369	13.87%
	Sinn Féin	2	+1	1,734	5.50%
	Independent	1	+1	3,067	9.74%
Totals		23	-	31,503	100%	—

Comeragh - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fine Gael	Liam Brazil*	21.01	1,732
	Fine Gael	Brendan Coffey*	17.29	1,429
	Fianna Fáil	Michael J. O'Ryan*	16.11	1,329
	Labour Party	Ger Barron*	12.39	1,020	1,169	1,221
	Fine Gael	Mary Greene*	10.43	860	1,108	1,227
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Leary	9.08	748	787	822	903	976	1,001	1,015
	Fianna Fáil	Benji Whelan	8.87	732	806	830	914	991	1,006	1,014
	Independent	Michael Flynn	4.82	398	441	461
Electorate: 13,086 Valid: 8,249 (63.04%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,179 Turnout: 8,369 (63.95%)

Dungarvan - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Damien Geoghegan*	15.32	1,300
	Fine Gael	Pat Nugent*	14.31	1,214
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Mansfield*	11.52	978	991	1,047	1,084	1,279
	Labour Party	Billy Kyne*	11.30	959	974	1,029	1,071	1,130	1,141
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Cronin*	10.30	874	877	907	1,140	1,294
	Fine Gael	Tom Higgins*	8.79	746	769	909	982	1,071	1,100
	Labour Party	Teresa Wright*	8.72	740	755	800	857	974	989
	Independent	Seamus O'Donnell	8.48	720	724	789	830
	Fianna Fáil	Ollie Wilkinson	6.01	510	514	532
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Breathnach	5.24	445	455
Electorate: 13,856 Valid: 8,486 (61.24%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 8,578 (61.91%)

Lismore - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	James Tobin*	17.60	1,023	1,264
	Fine Gael	Nora Flynn*	16.05	933	1,009	1,020	1,170
	Fine Gael	Liam Curran	15.07	876	909	910	977
	Labour Party	John Pratt	14.38	836	892	902	1,059
	Fine Gael	Declan Doocey*	14.14	822	895	913	1,126
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Leddy	11.68	679	806	867
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Wilkinson*	11.08	644
Electorate: 9,548 Valid: 5,813 (60.88%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,163 Turnout: 5,902 (61.81%)

Tramore - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fine Gael	John Carey*	12.43	1,113	1,118	1,129
	Fine Gael	Lola O'Sullivan*	9.55	855	864	880	899	944	1,016	1,113	1,115	1,144
	Fine Gael	Ann Marie Power*	9.48	849	856	871	904	955	994	1,099	1,099	1,122
	Labour Party	Paddy O'Callaghan*	9.09	814	840	860	870	895	962	1,060	1,061	1,087
	Independent	Joe Conway	8.69	778	793	821	844	907	965	1,067	1,069	1,104
	Fine Gael	Pat Barron	8.44	765	766	774	788	801	829	868	870	892
	Sinn Féin	Pat Fitzgerald	8.44	756	773	784	792	801	814	845	845	1,040
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Daly*	7.56	677	681	685	739	756	774	807	807	1,016
	Fianna Fáil	Geoff Power	6.92	620	620	622	660	669	677	694	695
	Independent	Blaise Hannigan	5.34	478	507	547	561	632	658
	Green Party	Stan Nangle	3.52	315	321	348	354	371
	Independent	Pat Finnerty	3.25	291	306	329	344
	Fianna Fáil	Joe O'Shea	2.71	243	247	249
	Independent	James McCartan	2.50	224	232
	Independent	Eddie Walsh	1.99	178
Electorate: 15,451 Valid: 8,956 (57.96%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,120 Turnout: 9,053 (58.59%)

Preceded by Waterford County Council election, 2004	Waterford County Council elections	Succeeded by Waterford City and County Council election, 2014