Kerry County Council election, 2004

11 June 2004

All 27 seats to Kerry County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party
Seats won	11	8	2
Seat change	-1	+2	-1

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Sinn Féin	Independent
Seats won	2	4
Seat change	+1	-1

Map showing the area of Kerry County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Kerry County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	-1	27,689	37.47%
	Fine Gael	8	+2	18,346	24.82%
	Labour Party	2	-1	8,502	11.50%
	Sinn Féin	2	+1	5,809	7.86%
	Independent	4	-1	12,353	16.71%
Totals		27	-	73,906	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Dingle

Dingle- 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Shea*	23.04	1,898	2,087
	Fianna Fáil	Breandan MacGearailt*	19.58	1,613	1,695	1,834	1,872
	Fine Gael	Seamus (Cosai) Fitzgerald*	19.00	1,565	1,673	2,163
	Independent	Brigid O'Connor	14.52	1,196	1,433	1,744	1,809
	Fine Gael	Brendan Griffin	12.67	1,044	1,239
	Labour Party	Owen O'Shea	7.00	577
	Sinn Féin	Pat O'Shea	4.19	345
Electorate: 11,918 Valid: 8,238 (69.12%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 2,060 Turnout: 8,313 (69.75%)

Killarney

Killarney - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Fleming*	17.52	3,038
	Independent	Brendan Cronin*	11.69	2,027	2,094	2,127	2,179	2,323	2,414	2,582
	Fianna Fáil	Colin Miller	10.62	1,842	1,913	1,942	1,975	2,041	2,144	2,745
	Independent	Danny Healy-Rae*	10.44	1,811	1,902	1,948	2,033	2,097	2,192	2,337	2,393
	South Kerry Independent	Michael Gleeson*	9.33	1,618	1,652	1,701	1,798	2,000	2,168	2,445	2,577
	Fianna Fáil	Brian O'Leary*	8.08	1,402	1,527	1,540	1,573	1,625	1,740
	Fine Gael	Tom Sheahan	7.78	1,349	1,481	1,482	1,659	1,998	2,069	2,186	2,226
	Labour Party	Seán O'Grady	6.07	1,052	1,071	1,113	1,384	1,449	1,767	1,943	1,982
	Independent	Donal Grady	5.78	1,003	1,022	1,047	1,090	1,146
	Fine Gael	Sheila Casey	5.43	942	964	1,022	1,059
	Labour Party	Andrew McCarthy*	4.88	846	876	904
	Independent	Tom Randles	1.33	231	238
	Green Party	Bea O'Neill	1.06	184	187
Electorate: 24,541 Valid: 17,345 (70.68%) Spoilt: 197 Quota: 2,478 Turnout: 17,542 (71.48%)

Killorglin

Killorglin - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Michael Healy-Rae*	15.11	1,973	1,987	2,051	2,115	2,154	2,236
	Fine Gael	Johnny (Porridge) O'Connor	14.10	1,841	1,860	1,873	1,897	2,075	2,243
	Fianna Fáil	Paul O'Donoghue*	14.01	1,829	1,833	1,841	1,869	1,917	1,975	2,093	2,097
	Fine Gael	P.J. Donovan*	13.25	1,730	1,743	1,750	1,789	1,795	1,933	1,945	1,960
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cahill*	12.47	1,628	1,646	1,649	1,661	1,902	2,010	2,142	2,174
	Fine Gael	Michael Connor-Scarteen*	9.62	1,256	1,264	1,351	1,375	1,382	1,455	2,041	2,057
	Fianna Fáil	Dan McCarthy	6.94	906	907	943	983	994	1,016
	Labour Party	Donal Barry	4.83	631	641	664	719	759
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Crowley	4.38	572	581	583	593
	Sinn Féin	Michael O'Leary	2.44	318	320	325
	Independent	Denis McCarthy	2.02	264	267
	Independent	Tom Lyons	0.82	107
Electorate: 19,035 Valid: 13,055 (68.58%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 2,176 Turnout: 13,227 (69.49%)

Listowel

Listowel- 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
	Fianna Fáil	Ned O'Sullivan*	12.00	1,922	2,002	2,029	2,153	2,193	2,465
	Fianna Fáil	John Brassil*	10.96	1,755	1,782	1,852	1,872	2,060	2,137	2,170	2,512
	Fine Gael	Tim Buckley*	10.16	1,627	1,683	1,691	1,874	1,888	2,035	2,055	2,405
	Fine Gael	Liam Purtill*	9.35	1,498	1,557	1,567	1,652	1,670	1,749	1,760	1,954	1,984	2,088
	Labour Party	Pat Leahy*	8.98	1,438	1,488	1,714	1,770	1,824	2,099	2,142	2,273	2,313
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Kiely*	8.75	1,402	1,461	1,500	1,545	1,591	1,724	1,778	1,852	1,908	1,916
	Sinn Féin	Robert Beasley	8.49	1,360	1,454	1,466	1,493	1,927	1,990	1,999	2,070	2,077	2,081
	Fine Gael	Bernie Behan	6.89	1,103	1,117	1,277	1,337	1,410	1,450	1,456
	Fianna Fáil	William Sheehan	6.37	1,020	1,049	1,077	1,171	1,189
	Sinn Féin	Risteard O Fuarain	5.72	916	926	989	1,007
	Fine Gael	Denis Stack	4.46	715	734	752
	Labour Party	Michael O'Keeffe	4.39	703	716
	Progressive Democrats	Gerard Burke	2.88	462
	Independent	Padraig O'Sullivan	0.61	98
Electorate: 24,738 Valid: 16,019 (64.75%) Spoilt: 254 Quota: 2,289 Turnout: 16,273 (65.78%)

Tralee

Tralee - 7 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	Terry O'Brien*	12.47	2,401	2,453
	Fianna Fáil	Anne McEllistrim*	12.39	2,385	2,408
	Sinn Féin	Toireasa Ferris*	12.17	2,343	2,619
	Fine Gael	Bobby O'Connell*	8.63	1,662	1,663	1,663	1,673	1,783	1,798	2,099	2,115	2,211
	Fianna Fáil	Norma Foley*	7.64	1,471	1,487	1,495	1,540	1,588	1,764	1,942	2,051	2,220
	Fianna Fáil	Ted Fitzgerald*	7.23	1,391	1,407	1,414	1,436	1,479	1,622	1,752	1,857	2,034
	Fine Gael	Pat McCarthy	7.19	1,384	1,394	1,403	1,453	1,646	1,687	1,755	1,835	2,013
	Independent	Billy Leen*	6.49	1,249	1,272	1,303	1,369	1,402	1,443	1,495	1,680	1,835
	Fianna Fáil	Charlie Farrelly	4.54	873	875	877	889	897	925
	Labour Party	Donal Tobin	4.44	854	865	877	988	1,063	1,187	1,214	1,390
	Independent	Tommy Foley	4.03	776	809	834	888	915	989	1,000
	Fianna Fáil	Johnnie Wall	3.85	742	761	772	807	829
	Fine Gael	John Shanahan	3.27	630	630	631	660
	Green Party	David Grey	2.91	561	570	582
	Sinn Féin	Maisie Houlihan	2.74	527
Electorate: 32,127 Valid: 19,249 (59.92%) Spoilt: 335 Quota: 2,407 Turnout: 19,584 (60.96%)

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