| Election Name: | 2024 Louth County Council election |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Louth County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2029 Louth County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2029 |
| Seats For Election: | All 29 seats to Louth County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 15 |
| Election Date: | 7 June 2024 |
| Council control before election | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| After Election: | TBD |
An election to all 29 seats on Louth County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Louth is divided into 5 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]
The following councillors are not seeking re-election:
| Constituency | Departing Councillor | Party | Date announced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk–Carlingford | Edel Corrigan | [3] | ||
| Dundalk South | Liam Reilly | [4] | ||
| Dundalk South | Tomás Sharkey | |||
| Party | Candidates | Seats | ± | ±% | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 7 | 11,222 | 23.59 | 0.51 | |||||
| 11 | 6 | 1 | 8,665 | 18.21 | 1.91 | ||||
| 8 | 6 | 1 | 8,072 | 16.96 | 2.55 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 3,648 | 7.67 | 0.25 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 1,570 | 3.30 | 3.10 | |||||
| 4 | 0 | New | 1,788 | 3.76 | New | ||||
| 2 | 0 | New | 636 | 1.34 | New | ||||
| 1 | 0 | New | 508 | 1.07 | New | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 344 | 0.72 | 0.49 | |||||
| 3 | 0 | New | 334 | 0.70 | New | ||||
| 1 | 0 | New | 310 | 0.65 | New | ||||
| 19 | 7 | 1 | 10,484 | 22.03 | 4.26 | ||||
| Total | 77 | align=right | 29 | align=right | 47,581 | 100.00 |
In the Ardee LEA all 6 sitting Councillors retained their seats though Fine Gael ran close for a third seat and geography was a factor as sitting Councillor Bernie Conlon prevailed on the last count. In Drogheda Rural there was no change in party representation though International Boxing Champion, Eric Donovan, outpolled and unseated his fellow running-mate Clogherhead based Cllr Tom Cunningham. In Drogheda Urban Fine Gael regained the seat that they lost at the 2019 Locals at the expense of the Labour Party as co-opted Cllr Emma Cutlip was defeated. In Dundalk South all seats were retained though Independent Ireland pushed hard, following transfers from the Irish Freedom Party, to challenge for the final seat as Cllr Marianne Butler of the Green Party prevailed with transfers. In the Dundalk-Carlingford LEA, Sinn Féin retained their two seats through good internal party transfers after eliminations but there was considerable leakage in the Fianna Fáil vote which was also not well managed among the three sitting Councillors. First time candidate, Independent Ciarán Fisher, was elected at the expense of incumbent Councillor Conor Keelan. This resulted in Fianna Fáil returning with a net loss of one seat and the loss of their then Party Whip on the Council.