2009 Cavan County Council election

2009 Cavan County Council election
All 25 seats on Cavan County Council
	Map showing the area of Cavan County Council
	Council control after election ; Fine Gael;

An election to Cavan County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party[edit]

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	13	+2	16,051	45.64
	Fianna Fáil	8	-3	12,253	34.84
	Sinn Féin	4	+1	3,815	10.85
Totals		25	-	35,166	100.00	—

Bailieborough - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Niamh Smyth	10.01	1,019	1,061	1,115	1,285
	Fine Gael	David Blake	9.35	952	992	1,014	1,042	1,043	1,104	1,117	1,151
	Fine Gael	Aidan Boyle*	8.95	911	932	967	989	989	1,133	1,542
	Fine Gael	John O'Hare	8.67	882	894	925	1,093	1,096	1,188	1,226	1,277
	Fianna Fáil	Clifford Kelly*	8.57	872	886	893	959	961	970	1,069	1,111
	Fine Gael	Seán McKiernan Jnr*	8.42	857	888	963	989	990	1,288
	Sinn Féin	Paddy McDonald*	8.35	850	883	957	1,024	1,026	1,070	1,122	1,165
	Fianna Fáil	Fergal Curtin	8.23	838	843	855	901	903	1,006	1,185	1,250
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McCarey*	7.62	776	786	811	878	879	917
	Fine Gael	Fred Kettyle*	7.44	757	768	848	867	867
	Fianna Fáil	Francis McDermott*	6.97	709	721	738
	Independent	Winston Turner	4.53	461	487
	Green	Alex Ivanov	2.89	294
Electorate: 15,404 Valid: 10,178 (66.07%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 1,273 Turnout: 10,307 (67.91%)

Ballyjamesduff - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Paddy Smith*	13.14	1,177	1,239	1,289
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Reilly*	12.76	1,143	1,171	1,178	1,281
	Fianna Fáil	Shane P. O'Reilly*	12.67	1,135	1,147	1,200	1,383
	Sinn Féin	Pauline Tully-McCauley*	10.97	982	1,021	1,094	1,119	1,127	1,242
	Fianna Fáil	Danny Brady*	10.54	944	971	1,080	1,166	1,233	1,277
	Fine Gael	Dessie Boylan	9.46	847	876	960	975	979	1,161
	Fine Gael	Mary Brady*	9.35	837	863	877	887	890	1,106
	Fine Gael	Fintan Cahill	7.81	699	715	725	777	798
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Brady	5.20	466	479	508
	Fianna Fáil	Ciaran McEvoy	4.68	419	445
	Independent	Connie Colwell	3.42	306
Electorate: 14,262 Valid: 8,955 (62.79%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,280 Turnout: 9,046 (63.43%)

Belturbet - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Maura Maguire-Lynch*	18.54	1,334
	Fianna Fáil	John Paul Feeley*	12.81	922	952	954	963	973	990	995	1,034	1,098
	Fine Gael	Peter McVitty*	12.45	896	900	953	1,016	1,121	1,289
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Smith*	12.27	883	896	905	937	945	950	957	1,012	1,083
	Sinn Féin	Damien Brady	8.74	629	637	642	723	740	767	786	852	1,004
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McGahern	8.41	605	632	644	649	739	779	788	879	1,003
	Independent	Anthony Vesey*	6.09	438	454	457	484	485	539	559
	Independent	Seamus Fitzpatrick	5.96	429	440	444	473	488	578	607	760
	Fine Gael	John McDonald	4.64	334	350	373	390	448
	Fine Gael	Philip Miney	4.17	300	303	320	322
	Independent	Peadar Neary	4.00	288	292	298
	Fianna Fáil	Sinead Donohoe	1.90	137
Electorate: 10,510 Valid: 7,195 (68.46%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,200 Turnout: 7,310 (69.55%)

Cavan - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Charlie Boylan*	15.32	1,354
	Fine Gael	Madeleine Argue*	13.95	1,233
	Fine Gael	Winston Bennett*	12.04	1,064	1,086	1,115
	Fine Gael	Andrew Boylan*	10.47	925	968	1,017	1,115
	Fine Gael	Val Smith	10.22	903	939	954	976	1,002	1,012	1,020
	Labour	Liam Hogan	9.40	831	886	897	921	979	995	997
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Murray*	8.70	769	789	794	888	1,105
	Fianna Fáil	Patricia Walsh*	8.17	722	741	752	911	1,131
	Fianna Fáil	Madge Fleming	6.52	576	595	599	655
	Fianna Fáil	T.P. Smith*	5.22	461	496	500
Electorate: 14,362 Valid: 8,838 (61.54%) Spoilt: 171 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 8,995 (62.63%)