An election to all 40 seats on Kildare County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Kildare is divided into 8 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Retiring incumbents
The following councillors did not seek re-election: ==Results by local electoral area==
Results by local electoral area
Athy Celbridge Clane Kildare Leixlip Maynooth Naas Newbridge ==Changes==
Changes
Changes in affiliation Co-options since 2024 • † Clane Social Democrat Cllr Aidan Farrelly was elected to the Dáil at the 2025 General Election for Kildare North. Paula Mulroe was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 19 December 2024. • †† Kildare Sinn Féin Cllr Shona Ni Raghallaigh was elected to the Dáil at the 2025 General Election for Kildare South. Noel Connolly was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 19 December 2024. • ††† Leixlip Fine Gael Cllr Joe Neville was elected to the Dáil at the 2025 General Election for Kildare North. Paul Brooks was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 19 December 2024. • †††† Maynooth Fianna Fáil Cllr Naoise O Cearuil was elected to the Dáil at the 2025 General Election for Kildare North. Donna Phelan was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 19 December 2024. ==References==