2004 South Dublin County Council election

An election to South Dublin County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions using the Single transferable vote system for a five-year term of office.

2004 South Dublin County Council election

← 1999 11 June 2004 2009 →
All 26 seats on South Dublin County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Seats won 7 6 3 Seat change - -2 +1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Fine Gael Green Progressive Democrats Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change - +1 -   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Socialist Party Independent Seats won 1 2 Seat change +1 -1
Map showing the area of South Dublin County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Labour	7	-	16,826	18.94
	Fianna Fáil	6	-2	22,825	25.70
	Sinn Féin	3	+1	12,235	13.78
	Fine Gael	3	-	10,857	12.22
	Green	2	+1	7,033	7.92
	Progressive Democrats	2	-	6,689	7.53
	Socialist Party	1	+1	2,505	2.82
	Independent	2	-1	8,804	9.91
Totals		26	-	88,818	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Clondalkin

Clondalkin - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Sinn Féin	Shane O'Connor	17.07	2,421
	Labour	Robert Dowds*	14.06	1,994	2,007	2,013	2,053	2,375
	Fine Gael	Therese Ridge*	12.08	1,714	1,723	1,729	1,771	1,847	1,936	2,051	2,247	2,503
	Progressive Democrats	Colm Tyndall*	11.47	1,627	1,636	1,640	1,768	1,791	1,912	2,099	2,285	2,627
	Socialist Workers	Gino Kenny	7.36	1,044	1,068	1,083	1,092	1,164	1,183	1,203	1,336	1,451
	Fianna Fáil	Trevor Gilligan	6.47	918	927	930	988	1,038	1,214	1,574	1,716	1,875
	Green	Dorothy Corrigan	6.35	900	912	920	930	975	1,008	1,059
	Independent	Colm McGrath*	6.07	861	905	911	947	968	1,013	1,103	1,238
	Labour	Marie Grogan	4.84	686	691	696	700
	Fianna Fáil	Sheila O'Brien*	4.77	677	680	681	783	801	969
	Fianna Fáil	Neil O'Neill	4.21	597	604	606	728	741
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Verso	4.18	593	593	594
	Independent	Noel Kelly	1.06	151
Electorate: 30,462   Valid: 14,183 (46.56%)   Spoilt: 344   Quota: 2,364   Turnout: 14,527 (47.69%)

Lucan

Lucan - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Derek Keating*	21.75	3,680
	Green	Fintan McCarthy*	14.40	2,440	2,547	2,691	2,923	3,036	3,454
	Labour	Eamon Tuffy*	10.48	1,774	1,807	1,873	2,019	2,095	2,338	2,363	3,110
	Independent	Guss O'Connell	9.98	1,688	1,720	1,742	1,820	2,192	2,542	2,574	2,879
	Sinn Féin	Feilim MacCriosta	9.11	1,542	1,552	1,580	1,640	1,755
	Fine Gael	Peter Brady	8.10	1,370	1,405	1,664	1,923	2,013	2,134	2,142
	Fianna Fáil	Des Kelly	7.42	1,255	1,274	1,399	1,588	2,066	2,175	2,179	2,607
	Fianna Fáil	Deirdre Doherty-Ryan*	7.20	1,218	1,227	1,302	1,431
	Progressive Democrats	Jeff Aherne	6.49	1,098	1,127	1,233
	Fianna Fáil	Ed O'Brien	2.84	480	493
	Fine Gael	Joe MacEnri	2.22	376	384
Electorate: 32,269   Valid: 16,921 (52.44%)   Spoilt: 311   Quota: 3,385   Turnout: 17,232 (53.40%)

Tallaght Central

Tallaght Central - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Socialist Party	Mick Murphy	16.10	2,505	2,552	2,654
	Sinn Féin	Mark Daly*	13.74	2,138	1,308	1,360	1,404	1,440	1,501	1,504	1,506
	Fine Gael	Karen Warren	10.44	1,624	1,702	1,808	1,863	1,898	1,933	2,052	2,415	2,423
	Labour	Eamonn Maloney*	9.99	1,554	1,572	1,634	1,672	1,691	1,735	1,810	2,220	2,243
	Labour	Don Tipping*	8.50	1,322	1,352	1,422	1,454	1,495	1,558	1,628
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Neville	8.37	1,302	1,396	1,421	1,741	1,784	1,828	2,437	2,561	2,567
	Labour	Denis Mackin*	7.78	1,210	1,233	1,329	1,385	1,477	1,616	1,691	2,192	2,216
	Sinn Féin	Seán O Cadhla	6.47	1,007	1,027	1,066	1,092
	Fianna Fáil	Roderick Smyth*	6.35	988	1,067	1,088	1,191	1,223	1,249
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Farrell	4.52	703	735	760
	Green	Shauna Hutchinson-Edgar	4.17	648	710
	Progressive Democrats	Paula McCormack	3.57	556
Electorate: 29,520   Valid: 15,557 (52.70%)   Spoilt: 500   Quota: 2,593   Turnout: 16,057 (54.39%)

Tallaght South

Tallaght South - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	John Hannon*	14.63	2,221	2,226	2,314	2,406	2,494	2,731
	Sinn Féin	Cathal King*	11.74	1,782	1,812	1,901	1,908	1,957	2,026	2,030	3,234
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Daly*	10.59	1,607	1,610	1,642	1,804	1,853	1,924	1,976	2,017	2,093	2,108
	Labour	Marie Corr	9.77	1,483	1,500	1,538	1,587	1,793	2,055	2,101	2,204	2,433	2,565
	Fianna Fáil	Mick Billane*	9.73	1,477	1,487	1,631	1,663	1,713	1,786	1,822	1,891	2,007	2,018
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Ferron	9.68	1,469	1,484	1,520	1,532	1,624	1,716	1,721
	Labour	Caitriona Jones	9.45	1,435	1,454	1,479	1,542	1,814	2,324	2,361	2,489	2,693
	Fine Gael	Paul Ringland*	8.80	1,336	1,345	1,361	1,442	1,548
	Green	Elizabeth Davidson	6.59	1,000	1,041	1,063	1,125
	Progressive Democrats	Rita Hayes	3.91	594	599	609
	Fianna Fáil	Ambrose Sheilds	3.69	560	579
	Independent	Mark Luttrell	1.43	217
Electorate: 34,251   Valid: 15,181 (44.32%)   Spoilt: 538   Quota: 2,531   Turnout: 15,719 (45.89%)

Terenure-Rathfarnam

Terenure-Rathfarnam - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	John Lahart*	13.14	3,828
	Progressive Democrats	Cáit Keane*	9.66	2,814	2,965	2,987	3,089	3,204	3,491	3,612	3,845
	Fine Gael	Stanley Laing*	8.55	2,490	2,559	2,568	2,676	3,139	3,263	3,340	3,534	3,588
	Independent	Pat Dunne	7.57	2,207	2,250	2,252	2,308	2,323	2,362	2,718
	Fianna Fáil	Máire Ardagh*	7.42	2,161	2,607	2,650	2,694	2,723	3,333	3,490	3,703
	Labour	Alex White	7.24	2,109	2,143	2,149	2,413	2,507	2,617	2,773	2,994	3,011
	Green	Tony McDermott	7.02	2,045	2,076	2,086	2,245	2,334	2,582	3,033	3,515	3,572
	Fine Gael	Michael McLoughlin	6.68	1,947	1,964	1,977	2,054	2,667	2,747	2,807	2,876	2,889
	Sinn Féin	Sorcha Nic Cormaic	6.44	1,876	1,913	1,919	1,989	2,010	2,082
	Labour	Éamonn Walsh*	6.19	1,803	1,853	1,855	2,303	2,375	2,429	2,734	3,455	3,496
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent Kenny*	5.44	1,585	1,818	1,869	1,911	1,973
	Labour	Paddy Cosgrave	5.00	1,456	1,476	1,485
	Fianna Fáil	Alan Foran	4.17	1,215
Electorate: 53,201   Valid: 29,139 (54.77%)   Spoilt: 727   Quota: 3,643   Turnout: 29,866 (56.14%)

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