2009 Irish local elections

2009 Irish local elections

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883 County and City Council seats; 744 Borough and Town Council seats
Turnout	57.77% 0.87pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Enda Kenny Brian Cowen Eamon Gilmore Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour Leader since 6 June 2002 7 May 2008 6 September 2007 Percentage 32.2% 25.4% 14.7% Largest Party 24 3 4 Councillors 556 (340 C&C, 216 B&T) 407 (218 C&C, 189 B&T) 231 (132 C&C, 99 B&T) Councillors +/- 88 135 43   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gerry Adams John Gormley Séamus Healy Party Sinn Féin Green Workers and Unemployed Leader since 13 November 1983 17 July 2007 1997 Percentage 7.4% 2.3% 0.2% Largest Party 1 N/A N/A Councillors 127 (54 C&C, 73 B&T) 18 (3 C&C, 15 B&T) 7 (2 C&C, 5 B&T) Councillors +/- 2 14 5

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The 2009 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Friday, 5 June 2009, on the same day as the European Parliament election and two by-elections (Dublin South and Dublin Central).^[1]