2019 Limerick City and County Council election

An election to all 40 seats on Limerick City and County Council was held on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. Limerick City and County was divided into 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect 40 councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

2019 Limerick City and County Council election
24 May 2019
All 40 seats on Limerick City and County Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won 14 12 3
Seat change 2 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Green Social Democrats
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change 4 2 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 6
Seat change 3
Results by local electoral area

The election was held alongside a plebiscite under the Local Government Act 2019 on whether or not Limerick City and County would establish the position of a directly elected mayor for the council. The proposition was approved by 52.4% to 47.6%. It was one of three areas to hold such a plebiscite, and the only one where the proposition passed. It was implemented by the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024.

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