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2009 Roscommon County Council election
All 26 seats on Roscommon County Council
	Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five 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	10	-	12,621	36.47
	Fianna Fáil	8	-1	10,118	29.24
	Sinn Féin	1	-	1,467	4.24
	Independent	7	+1	10,281	29.71
Totals		26	-	34,606	100.00	—

Athlone - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Tony Ward*	18.28	1,463
	Fine Gael	John Naughten*	16.08	1,287
	Independent	Jimmy Kenny	12.58	1,007	1,072	1,093	1,180
	Fine Gael	Ollie Moore*	10.39	832	870	930	989	1,032	1,403
	Fianna Fáil	John Keogh	8.93	715	744	760	811	882	908	951
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Kilduff*	8.43	675	711	720	733	920	1,027	1,091
	Fianna Fáil	Trevor Finneran*	8.20	656	676	683	706	795	876	912
	Fine Gael	Dermot Kelly	6.93	555	622	637	671	734
	Fianna Fáil	Anthony Geraghty*	5.65	452	485	489	508
	Sinn Féin	Alma Keogh	4.52	362	393	404
Electorate: 10,796 Valid: 8,004 (74.14%) Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,144 Turnout: 8,078 (74.82%)

Boyle - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	John Cummins*	22.95	1,321
	Fine Gael	Ernie Keenan*	19.11	1,100	1,162
	Fianna Fáil	Rachel Doherty*	18.02	1,037	1,111	1,196
	Fine Gael	Gerry Garvey*	17.34	998	1,011	1,056	1,079	1,086
	Fine Gael	Charlie Hopkins*	16.98	977	987	1,057	1,072	1,075
	Sinn Féin	Jane Suffin	5.60	322	332
Electorate: 7,757 Valid: 5,755 (74.19%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,152 Turnout: 5,839 (75.27%)

Castlerea - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	John Kelly*	24.01	2,230
	Independent	Luke Flanagan*	16.75	1,556
	Fine Gael	Michael McGreal*	9.79	909	942	994	1,054	1,124	1,149
	Fine Gael	Michael Creaton*	8.19	761	902	942	966	1,046	1,115
	Fine Gael	Liam Callaghan	8.00	743	854	909	949	1,143	1,163
	Sinn Féin	Michael Mulligan*	7.48	695	1,011	1,040	1,071	1,094	1,268
	Fianna Fáil	Paschal Fitzmaurice	6.96	647	706	788	864	947	1,141
	Fianna Fáil	James Kilcoyne	5.92	550	682	691	702	704
	Fine Gael	Michael Frain	5.39	501	685	693	700	710	827
	Fine Gael	John Murray	4.63	430	470	525	579
	Independent	Padraig Morris	2.63	244	279	332
	Independent	Ger O'Brien	0.25	23
Electorate: 12,753 Valid: 9,289 (72.84%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,162 Turnout: 9,397 (73.68%)

Roscommon - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Connaughton*	19.94	1,239
	Independent	Paula McNamara*	19.66	1,222
	Fianna Fáil	Orla Leyden*	16.28	1,012	1,075
	Fine Gael	Laurence Fallon	14.38	894	922	958	961	990	1,051
	Fine Gael	Dominick Connolly*	14.22	884	938	1,006	1,019	1,053
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Brennan	11.30	702	752	797	819	830	861
	Independent	Martin Connaughton	2.30	143	146	156	156	183
	People Before Profit	Tim Stevens	1.91	119
Electorate: 8,522 Valid: 6,215 (72.93%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,036 Turnout: 6,292 (73.83%)

Strokestown- 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Tom Crosby*	21.81	1,181
	Independent	Valerie Byrne*	19.43	1,052	1,071	1,086
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Murphy*	17.81	964	993	1,003	1,071	1,157
	Fine Gael	Seán Beirne*	16.22	806	886	896	918	1,090
	Fine Gael	Adrian Cox	11.20	613	640	645	651	762
	Fine Gael	John Gormley	6.11	331	334	341	361
	Independent	Mary Rattigan	2.96	160	286	287	362
	Fianna Fáil	John Ames	2.73	148	271	273
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Vallely	1.63	88
Electorate: 7,349 Valid: 5,414 (73.67%) Spoilt: 54 Quota: 1,083 Turnout: 5,468 (74.40%)