Kildare County Council has 40 members. Co. Kildare is divided into Eight Local Electoral Areas (LEAs) for the purposes of local elections. An election is held in respect of each LEA for the number of council members assigned to that area.
Details of the eight local electoral areas are set out below:
|
Area |
No. of seats |
Electorate* |
|
|
Athy |
5 |
19,106 |
|
|
Celbridge |
4 |
15,318 |
|
|
Clane |
5 |
18,456 |
|
|
Kildare |
5 |
17,151 |
|
|
Leixlip |
3 |
13,162 |
|
|
Maynooth |
5 |
17,758 |
|
|
Naas |
7 |
|
26,283 |
|
Newbridge |
6 |
|
22,291 |
* the electorate will change as supplementary electors are added and the names of deceased persons are removed