2004 Carlow County Council election

2004 Carlow County Council election
All 21 seats on Carlow County Council
	Map showing the area of Carlow County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

An election to Carlow County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 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	8	-1	7,844	36.32
	Fine Gael	7	-	7,107	32.91
	Labour	4	+1	3,713	17.19
	Green	1	-	1,482	6.86
	Progressive Democrats	1	-	730	3.38
Totals		21	-	21,596	100.00	—

Borris - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Labour	Michael Meaney*	33.13	1,002
	Fine Gael	Tommy Kinsella	23.41	708	798
	Green	Mary White*	20.17	610	680	693	827
	Fianna Fáil	Teddy Holden	11.84	358	412	426	608
	Fianna Fáil	Peter O'Rourke	11.44	346	377	391
Electorate: 5,179 Valid: 3,024 (58.39%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 757 Turnout: 3,082 (59.51%)

Carlow No.1 - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Jennifer Murnane-O'Connor*	30.23	843
	Fianna Fáil	Joe McDonald*	19.47	543	609	655	741
	Fine Gael	Declan Alcock*	15.13	422	449	485	613
	Fine Gael	Colette Fennelly	14.95	417	431	457	562
	Labour	Jimmy Brennan	12.44	347	374	450
	Green	Matt Diskin	7.78	217	228
Electorate: 5,777 Valid: 2,789 (48.28%) Spoilt: 44 Quota: 698 Turnout: 2,857 (49.45%)

Carlow No.2 - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Michael Abbey*	22.94	1,094
	Fianna Fáil	Rody Kelly*	17.38	853
	Progressive Democrats	Walter Lacey*	14.87	730	788	797	814	852
	Labour	Des Hurley	11.14	547	576	579	601	630	679	726	874
	Fianna Fáil	Lorraine Hynes*	7.76	381	404	414	421	486	519	553	597	614	631
	Green	Geraldine Callinan-O'Dea	6.21	305	320	321	336	349	412	432
	Fine Gael	Wayne Fennell*	5.79	284	333	334	338	345	365	512	577	615	619
	Fine Gael	Gerry Dunne	4.36	214	278	279	284	294	310
	Fianna Fáil	Annie Parker-Byrne	3.95	194	208	214	226
	Independent	Thompson Akinwunmi-Streets	3.83	188	204	206	230	244
	Independent	Conor Dowling	2.42	119	126	127
Electorate: 10,135 Valid: 4,909 (48.44%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 819 Turnout: 5,035 (49.68%)

Muinebheag - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Jim Townsend*	18.29	965
	Fine Gael	Denis Foley	18.10	955
	Fianna Fáil	Arthur McDonald*	12.66	668	675	691	710	721	766	820	931
	Fianna Fáil	Enda Nolan*	12.05	636	656	691	697	719	776	803	890
	Fine Gael	Michael Drea	8.38	442	447	461	480	503	533	611	654
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Cullen	7.77	410	416	431	436	456	521	541
	Fine Gael	Michael Doran	7.62	402	408	413	425	463	531	579	760
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Nevin	5.31	280	285	291	295	306
	Labour	Liam O'Brien	4.02	212	238	238	245	312	323
	Green	John James Tully	3.92	207	212	213	216
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Abbey	1.88	99	104
Electorate: 9,184 Valid: 5,276 (57.45%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 880 Turnout: 5,375 (58.53%)

Tullow - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Kavanagh*	15.47	866	866	875	909	929	932	977
	Fianna Fáil	John Pender*	15.40	862	866	872	893	735	825
	Fine Gael	Fred Hunter*	12.20	683	689	705	717	763	766	841	1,023
	Fine Gael	Michael Deering*	11.09	621	635	650	667	688	691	740	859	910	920
	Fine Gael	Pat O'Toole	9.63	539	540	553	562	585	587	695	718	727	733
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Kennedy	9.02	505	525	531	536	565	567	574
	Labour	William Paton*	7.54	422	423	445	527	591	593	651	702	731	741
	Sinn Féin	Declan Sheeran	5.95	333	341	352	363
	Fine Gael	John O'Donovan	5.82	326	326	344	378	392	393
	Labour	Billy Nolan	3.89	218	220	242
	Green	Patricia Carolan	2.55	143	152
	Independent	Bill Leonard	1.43	80
Electorate: 9,693 Valid: 5,598 (57.75%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 934 Turnout: 5,688 (58.68%)