Government and politics in Dublin, Ireland: official figures
Dublin City Council appoints 7 of the 35 members of the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly, the regional assembly for the Eastern and Midland Region.
How many councillors are on Dublin City Council?
Dublin City Council has 63 councillors elected from 11 local electoral areas; at the local elections of 7 June 2024, 172 candidates stood.
Source: Dublin City Council · saved copyWhich party controls Dublin City Council?
Fine Gael won the most seats on Dublin City Council in 2024 (11 of 63), ahead of the Social Democrats with 10; the full result was Fine Gael 11, the Social Democrats 10, independents 9, Sinn Féin 9, Fianna Fáil 8, the Green Party 8, Labour 4, People Before Profit 2, Right to Change 1, Independent Ireland 1.
Source: Dublin City Council · saved copyWhat was the turnout in the Dublin City Council election?
Turnout in the 2024 Dublin City Council election was 40.6%: 149,595 ballots were cast by an electorate of 368,863, of which 2,743 were invalid.
Source: Dublin City Council · saved copyMore figures
- Turnout varied from 47.9% in Clontarf to 33.0% in South East Inner City, the lowest of the city's 11 local electoral areas in 2024. Source: Dublin City Council · saved copy
- Among the parties, Fine Gael won the most first-preference votes in Dublin City in 2024, 21,656 or 14.7% of the valid poll, while non-party candidates together took 16.1%. Source: Dublin City Council · saved copy
- 26 of the 63 councillors elected to Dublin City Council in 2024 were not outgoing members, so 41% of the council was new. Source: Dublin City Council · saved copy
- The largest Dublin City local electoral areas elect 7 councillors each (Cabra-Glasnevin, North Inner City); the quota to be elected ranged from 1,212 to 2,858 votes in 2024. Source: Dublin City Council · saved copy
- In the EU's 2023 survey of quality of life in European cities, 40% of residents of Dublin agreed that there is corruption in their local public administration. Source: Eurostat · saved copy
- 57% of people in Dublin were satisfied with how long the local administration takes to deal with a request (EU quality of life in European cities survey, 2023). Source: Eurostat · saved copy
- 63% of people in Dublin found the local administration's procedures straightforward and easy to understand (EU quality of life in European cities survey, 2023). Source: Eurostat · saved copy
- 62% of people in Dublin thought the fees charged by the local administration were reasonable (EU quality of life in European cities survey, 2023). Source: Eurostat · saved copy
- In the EU's 2023 survey of quality of life in European cities, 76% of residents of Dublin said the local administration's information and services were easy to access online. Source: Eurostat · saved copy
- In the EU's 2023 survey of quality of life in European cities, 90% of residents of Dublin were satisfied to live in the city. Source: Eurostat · saved copy
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Sources
- Eurostat: Eurostat dataset urb_percep: Quality of life in European cities survey 2023: perception (cities), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 81bd3e277f3e…)
- Office of the Attorney General, Irish Statute Book: S.I. No. 573 of 2014: Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b6dea72d3d80…)
- Dublin City Council: Local Elections 2024: results sheets for the 11 local electoral areas of Dublin City Council (7 June 2024), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 e8ecd655976d…)
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