Election Name: | 2024 Laois County Council election |
Country: | Ireland |
Map Size: | 300px |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2019 Laois County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2029 Laois County Council election |
Next Year: | 2029 |
Seats For Election: | All 19 seats on Laois County Council |
Majority Seats: | 10 |
Election Date: | 7 June 2024 |
Party1: | Fianna Fáil |
Seats1: | 6 |
Party2: | Fine Gael |
Seats2: | 5 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Party3: | Sinn Féin |
Seats3: | 2 |
Party4: | Labour Party (Ireland) |
Seats4: | 1 |
Party5: | Independent politician (Ireland) |
Seats5: | 5 |
Seat Change5: | 2 |
An election to all 19 seats on Laois County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Laois is divided into 3 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[2]
Party | Seats | ± | ±% | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | 10,087 | 29.02 | 3.03 | |||||
5 | 2 | 8,802 | 25.32 | 4.32 | ||||
2 | 4,831 | 13.90 | 2.75 | |||||
1 | 1,237 | 3.55 | 2.01 | |||||
0 | 915 | 2.63 | New | |||||
0 | 630 | 1.81 | New | |||||
0 | 182 | 0.52 | New | |||||
5 | 2 | 8,066 | 23.21 | 3.21 | ||||
Total | align=right | 19 | align=right | 34,750 | 100.00 |