An election to all 18 seats on Sligo County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Sligo 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).
Retiring incumbents The following councillors are not seeking re-election: Constituency Departing CouncillorParty Ballymote–Tubbercurry Martin Baker Sligo–Strandhill Sinead Maguire Sligo–Strandhill Rosaleen O'Grady Results by party Party Candidates Seats ± ±% 8 6 1 9,859 29.18 0.59 7 4 2 8,403 24.87 5.43 6 2 4,701 13.92 5.72 2 1 940 2.78 1.19 1 1 1 841 2.49 1.09 2 New 894 2.65 New 2 439 1.30 0.78 2 New 296 0.88 New 1 New 186 0.55 New 8 4 7,224 21.38 4.51Total 3918 100.00
Analysis of Election Fianna Fáil supplanted Fine Gael as the largest party in Sligo by gaining a seat at their expense in each of the Ballymote-Tubbercurry and the Sligo-Drumcliff LEAs. The party did lose a seat, however, in Sligo-Strandhill with the retirement of long-serving Rosaleen O'Grady to the Labour Party who regained a presence on the Council after an absence of 10 years.
Results by local electoral area
Ballymote–Tubbercurry
Sligo–Drumcliff
Sligo–Strandhill
Changes Co-options
Changes in affiliation
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