2004 Galway County Council election

An election to Galway County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

2004 Galway County Council election

11 June 2004
All 30 seats to Galway County Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Progressive Democrats Seats won 10 10 3 Seat change -6 +1 +1   Party Sinn Féin Labour Independent Seats won 1 1 5 Seat change +1 +1 +2
Map showing the area of Galway County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	10	-6	26,017	34.54%
	Fine Gael	10	+1	21,133	28.06%
	Progressive Democrats	3	+1	6,800	9.03%
	Sinn Féin	1	+1	3,040	4.04%
	Labour	1	+1	2,542	3.37%
	Independent	5	+2	14,164	18.81%
Totals		30	-	75,320	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ballinasloe

Ballinasloe - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Michael Mullins*	15.11	1,725	1,772	1,914
	Fianna Fáil	Tomás Mannion*	12.53	1,431	1,520	1,536	1,682	1,868	2,298
	Fianna Fáil	James Joyce*	10.67	1,219	1,244	1,274	1,299	1,496	1,782	1,915
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Connolly	9.68	1,105	1,164	1,288	1,327	1,491	1,658	1,693
	Independent	Padraic McGann	9.48	1,083	1,169	1,204	1,350	1,405	1,524	1,591
	Fine Gael	Joe Tierney	9.07	1,036	1,059	1,099	1,380	1,530	1,651	1,680
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Gormally*	8.68	991	1,055	1,075	1,190	1,387
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Sullivan*	7.78	889	921	1,061	1,096
	Fine Gael	Michael Kilgannon	7.36	841	873	881
	Independent	Johnny Walsh	5.17	590	613
	Fianna Fáil	Anne Ruane-Devilly	2.38	272
	Independent	Ann Marie Kelly	2.08	238
Electorate: 18,346   Valid: 11,420 (62.25%)   Spoilt: 202   Quota: 1,904   Turnout: 11,622 (63.35%)

Connemara

Connemara - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Independent	Seamus Walsh*	9.06	1,511	1,517	1,528	1,533	1,561	1,607	1,702	1,766	1,814	1,985	2,109
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ó Tuairisg*	8.26	1,377	1,378	1,409	1,412	1,416	1,441	1,518	1,783	1,811	1,837	1,891	2,080	2,080	2,248
	Independent	Seosamh Ó Cuaig	7.97	1,328	1,331	1,404	1,409	1,428	1,518	1,619	1,623	1,693	1,720	1,962	1,974	1,983	2,253
	Fianna Fáil	Connie Ní Fhatharta*	7.50	1,250	1,252	1,294	1,299	1,320	1,360	1,460	1,495	1,515	1,551	1,627	1,785	1,788	1,993	2,038	2,082
	Fianna Fáil	Josie Conneely*	7.29	1,216	1,269	1,283	1,323	1,329	1,333	1,338	1,390	1,503	1,517	1,527	1,618	1,618	1,652	1,661	1,673
	Progressive Democrats	Thomas Welby, Jnr	6.66	1,110	1,114	1,121	1,130	1,149	1,156	1,256	1,310	1,337	1,441	1,488	1,809	1,814	1,915	1,932	1,941
	Fine Gael	Eileen Mannion-Mullen	6.62	1,104	1,141	1,146	1,267	1,282	1,328	1,338	1,390	1,503	1,517	1,527	1,618	1,618	1,652	1,661	1,673
	Republican Sinn Féin	Tomás Ó Curraoin	6.46	1,076	1,077	1,084	1,084	1,100	1,122	1,145	1,150	1,203	1,228	1,284	1,343	1,345
	Fianna Fáil	Pierce O'Malley*	5.56	927	930	943	951	962	964	971	1,047	1,068	1,178	1,191
	Fine Gael	Seán Kyne	5.18	864	866	869	918	945	1,004	1,014	1,024	1,042	1,307	1,386	1,530	1,533	1,673	1,688	1,700
	Independent	Seamus Gavin*	4.82	804	808	811	811	847	849	854	859	885
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Walsh	3.94	657	658	665	678	682	683	684
	Labour	Trevor Ó Clochartaigh	3.71	619	621	638	644	749	798	854	858	931	962
	Sinn Féin	Pam Conroy	3.66	610	629	632	695	722	727	738	752
	Progressive Democrats	Jimi Ó Lorcáin	3.46	577	578	587	590	608	652
	Fine Gael	Caroline Uí Rainne	2.72	454	454	456	463	472
	Green	Diarmuid Mulcahy	2.32	387	389	392	399
	Fine Gael	Ronan Conboy	2.18	364	369	370
	Fianna Fáil	Tomás Ó Briain	1.61	271	274
	Independent	Joseph Joyce	0.98	163
Electorate: 28,882   Valid: 16,669 (57.71%)   Spoilt: 336   Quota: 2,084   Turnout: 17,005 (58.88%)

Loughrea

Loughrea - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Michael (Stroke) Fahy*	11.59	2,004	2,041	2,127	2,170
	Independent	Pat Hynes*	10.95	1,894	2,030	2,114	2,283
	Fine Gael	Bridie Willers	10.03	1,735	1,792	1,935	1,971	2,001	2,022	2,102	2,402
	Independent	Willie Burke	9.78	1,692	1,719	1,782	1,830	2,060	2,067	2,100	2,165
	Fine Gael	Peter Feeney*	8.26	1,428	1,449	1,491	1,498	1,508	1,508	1,807	1,854	1,878
	Progressive Democrats	Ciarán Cannon	7.56	1,307	1,353	1,384	1,477	1,523	1,548	1,744	1,837	1,874
	Fine Gael	Jimmy McClearn*	7.40	1,280	1,297	1,303	1,326	1,503	1,514	1,533	1,548	1,577
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Regan*	6.53	1,129	1,154	1,165	1,304	1,535	1,582	1,764	2,207
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cunningham*	6.22	1,076	1,095	1,180	1,195	1,235	1,237	1,440
	Fianna Fáil	Moira Coen	5.66	978	999	1,034	1,111	1,166	1,174
	Fianna Fáil	Adrian Cummins	4.70	813	821	830	909
	Fianna Fáil	Gabriel Burke	4.28	741	772	779
	Independent	Adrian Feeney	3.74	647	695
	Sinn Féin	Eoghan Mac Cormaic	3.30	570
Electorate: 28,098   Valid: 17,294 (61.55%)   Spoilt: 278   Quota: 2,162   Turnout: 17,572 (62.54%)

Oranmore

Oranmore- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Hoade*	21.71	2,567
	Fine Gael	Jarlath McDonagh*	16.97	2,006	2,027	2,202	2,496
	Progressive Democrats	Jim Cuddy*	16.42	1,941	1,959	2,081	2,203
	Fine Gael	Fidelma Healy Eames	13.80	1,632	1,644	1,782	2,288
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Rabbitt*	13.58	1,606	1,678	1,810	1,950
	Fine Gael	Michael Carey	10.65	1,259	1,327	1,388
	Independent	David Collins	3.46	409	414
	Sinn Féin	Cillian Morris	3.41	403	409
Electorate: 19,286   Valid: 11,823 (61.30%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 2,365   Turnout: 11,982 (62.13%)

Tuam

Tuam - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Sinead Connaughton*	11.21	2,030	2,103	2,404
	Labour	Colm Keaveney	10.60	1,923	2,042	2,057	2,061	2,115	2,171	2,382
	Fine Gael	Tiernan Walsh*	10.04	1,818	1,835	1,880	1,893	1,977	1,990	2,065	2,068	2,440
	Fine Gael	Tom McHugh*	8.60	1,557	1,583	1,600	1,615	1,668	1,742	1,963	2,000	2,073
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Connolly*	8.44	1,528	1,569	1,657	1,681	2,089	2,198	2,264	2,271
	Independent	Seán Canney*	8.19	1,483	1,542	1,565	1,568	1,644	1,886	2,008	2,031	2,113
	Independent	Pete Roche	7.09	1,284	1,377	1,399	1,403	1,485	1,524	1,607	1,622	1,677
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Reilly	6.09	1,104	1,135	1,141	1,142	1,159	1,325	1,489	1,519	1,862
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick O'Brien	5.60	1,014	1,029	1,039	1,042	1,057
	Progressive Democrats	Seamus Quinn*	5.38	974	999	1,096	1,107	1,133	1,207
	Fianna Fáil	Kathleen Quinn*	5.28	957	967	1,100	1,143	1,220	1,376	1,437	1,439
	Progressive Democrats	Pat Gilmore	4.92	891	901
	Independent	Pat Donnellan	4.74	858	914	973	991
	Sinn Féin	Caitlin Glavey	1.94	352
	Independent	Seán Hehir	0.99	180
	Green	Siobhan Nevin	0.89	161
Electorate: 28,853   Valid: 18,114 (62.78%)   Spoilt: 283   Quota: 2,265   Turnout: 18,397 (63.76%)

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