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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).
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.[1][2] The proposition was approved by 52.4% to 47.6%.[3][4][5] It was one of three areas to hold such a plebiscite, and the only one where the proposition passed.[6] It was implemented by the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024.
- ^ "Local Government Act 2019". electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB). PART 6: Plebiscites on Direct Election of Mayors. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Plebiscites for Directly Elected Mayors". Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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limcitycoco-2019-plebiscite-resultwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Dalton, Eoghan; Raleigh, David (27 May 2019). "Cork and Waterford reject directly-elected mayor proposal Both cities narrowly vote against proposal while Limerick votes in favour". The Irish Times. Dublin. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Limerick votes for directly elected mayor for the city while Cork and Waterford reject same plans". TheJournal.ie. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Miley, Ingrid (27 May 2019). "Cork, Waterford reject, Limerick backs plan for directly elected mayor". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
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