Part of the 2009 Irish local elections
2009 Waterford City Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png)
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All 15 seats on Waterford City Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fine Gael | Labour | Fianna Fáil | Seats won | 4 | 3 | 1 | Seat change | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | Party | Sinn Féin | Workers' Party | Independent | Seats won | 1 | 1 | 5 | Seat change | -1 | -1 | +2 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Waterford_City_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Waterford_City_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Waterford City Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Waterford City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three 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
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| Fine Gael | 4 | 0 | 3,637 | 21.62 | |
| Labour | 3 | 0 | 2,831 | 16.83 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 1 | 0 | 2,212 | 13.15 | |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | -1 | 1,543 | 9.17 | |
| Workers' Party | 1 | -1 | 1,427 | 8.48 | |
| Independent | 5 | +2 | 4,737 | 28.16 | |
Totals | 15 | 0 | 16,823 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Waterford City East
Waterford City East - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Independent | Davy Daniels* | 19.48 | 1,291 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Jack Walsh* | 13.91 | 922 | 974 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jim D'Arcy* | 12.30 | 815 | 864 | 867 | 891 | 908 | 927 | 944 | 964 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Tom Cunningham* | 8.87 | 588 | 629 | 632 | 641 | 656 | 669 | 682 | 708 | 711 | 748 | 778 | 942 |
| Independent | Mary Roche* | 6.93 | 459 | 504 | 509 | 536 | 557 | 600 | 628 | 651 | 652 | 711 | 778 | 890 |
| Sinn Féin | Bill Hayes | 6.05 | 401 | 412 | 414 | 416 | 424 | 428 | 433 | 438 | 441 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jacqueline Kelly | 5.61 | 372 | 395 | 396 | 406 | 415 | 437 | 461 | 469 | 470 | 520 | 555 | |
| Workers' Party | Joe Tobin | 5.21 | 345 | 365 | 367 | 386 | 402 | 428 | 445 | 452 | 453 | 589 | 624 | 724 |
| Fianna Fáil | Gary Wyse | 4.75 | 315 | 328 | 331 | 338 | 346 | 356 | 375 | 458 | 463 | 485 | 686 | 732 |
| Fianna Fáil | Catherine O'Neil | 4.21 | 279 | 291 | 294 | 298 | 305 | 317 | 383 | 456 | 457 | 478 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Ormond | 3.49 | 231 | 244 | 245 | 246 | 247 | 248 | 280 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Stephanie Keating | 3.11 | 206 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 234 | 247 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Michael Ivory | 2.16 | 143 | 174 | 176 | 181 | 194 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Sheikh M. Ahmed | 1.96 | 130 | 141 | 142 | 150 | | | | | | | | |
| Green | Maria Raftis Kennedy | 1.95 | 129 | 134 | 135 | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 10,094 Valid: 6,626 (65.64%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 947 Turnout: 6,688 (66.26%) |
Waterford City North
Waterford City North - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fine Gael | Hilary Quinlan* | 22.58 | 963 | | | | | |
| Labour | Pat Hayes* | 21.57 | 920 | | | | | |
| Independent | Dick Roche | 14.68 | 626 | 655 | 660 | 678 | 725 | 822 |
| Sinn Féin | Joe Kelly* | 12.94 | 552 | 575 | 575 | 588 | 605 | 685 |
| Workers' Party | Davy Walsh* | 12.54 | 535 | 564 | 568 | 590 | 631 | 752 |
| Fianna Fáil | Liam Dunne | 6.66 | 284 | 292 | 294 | 299 | 324 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Gearoid Ryan | 4.85 | 207 | 211 | 212 | 214 | 220 | |
| Independent | Oli Dempsey | 3.63 | 155 | 168 | 176 | 182 | | |
| Independent | Ram Ramasamy | 0.54 | 23 | 26 | | | | |
Electorate: 6,965 Valid: 4,265 (61.23%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 894 Turnout: 4,353 (62.50%) |
Waterford City South
Waterford City South - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Independent | John Halligan* | 18.65 | 1,430 | | | | | |
| Labour | Seamus Ryan* | 16.67 | 989 | | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | David Cullinane* | 9.95 | 590 | 684 | 697 | 785 | 825 | 912 |
| Fine Gael | John Cummins | 9.09 | 539 | 594 | 605 | 638 | 840 | 943 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Murphy* | 9.27 | 550 | 579 | 655 | 676 | 706 | |
| Workers' Party | Willie Moore | 9.20 | 546 | 615 | 621 | 715 | 732 | 824 |
| Independent | Laurence (Cha) O'Neill* | 7.69 | 456 | 540 | 562 | 627 | 731 | 880 |
| Fine Gael | Mary O'Halloran* | 6.07 | 360 | 400 | 419 | 447 | | |
| People Before Profit | Donie Fell | 5.19 | 308 | 358 | 373 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Elaine Walsh | 2.36 | 140 | 153 | | | | |
| Independent | Ram Ramasamy | 0.40 | 24 | 31 | | | | |
Electorate: 9,339 Valid: 5,932 (63.52%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 989 Turnout: 5,998 (64.23%) |
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