An election to

Dublin City Council Dublin City Council ( ga, Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath) is the authority responsible for local government in the city of Dublin in Ireland. As a city council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. Until 2001, the council wa ...

took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the Irish local elections. 63 councillors were elected from 11

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s (LEAs) on the system of

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by means of the

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(PR-STV) for a five-year term of office. In

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, there were nine LEAs each electing between six and nine councillors. Following the recommendations of the Local Area Boundary Committee Report in June 2018, there are now eleven LEAs each electing between five and seven councillors. Sinn Féin had a bad election, losing eight seats to return with eight councillors, going from being the largest party to the fourth largest. Fianna Fáil won eleven seats an increase of two, to become the largest party on the council for the first time since 1999. The Green Party became the second largest party on the council for the first time going from three to ten councillors, making the largest gains of any party and winning a seat in every LEA they contested here. Labour returned with eight councillors the same as they did five years previous.

Results by party

Outgoing Councillor Ellis Ryan was elected in 2014 in the North Inner City as an Independent but subsequently joined the Workers' Party. Outgoing Councillor Pat Dunne was elected in 2014 in Crumlin-Kimmage as a United Left candidate but was elected as an

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candidate in this election. Outgoing Councillor John Lyons was a candidate for

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which is an unregistered political party so appeared on the ballot paper as a non party independent.

Results by local electoral area

Artane–Whitehall

Outgoing Councillor John Lyons was a candidate for

which is an unregistered political party so appeared on the ballot paper as a non-party independent.

Ballyfermot–Drimnagh

Ballymun–Finglas

Cabra–Glasnevin

Clontarf

Donaghmede

Niamh McDonald was a candidate for

which is an unregistered political party so appeared on the ballot paper as a non-party independent.

Kimmage–Rathmines

North Inner City

Pembroke

South East Inner City

South West Inner City

Results by gender

Changes since 2019 local election

Co-options

Changes in affiliation

Footnotes

Sources

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References

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