On June 5th tens of thousands of voters in Carlow and Kilkenny are eligible to go to the polls to elect members of their Local Authorities in Carlow and Kilkenny.

In Kilkenny there are 2 Local authorities: Kilkenny County Council which administers the county of Kilkenny and Kilkenny Borough Council which is responsible for the Kilkenny City Borough area.

In Carlow voters will elect members to 3 Local Authorities: Carlow Town Council; Carlow County Council and Muine Bheag Town Council.

The representatives in each of these Local Authorities are elected from individual Electoral Areas.

The Electoral Areas for each of the Local Authorities are as follows:

Kilkenny County Council 26 seats is comprised of 5 Electoral areas:

There has been a change in the number of seats in some electoral areas since the last election in 2004.

- Ballyragget [5 seats unchanged]

- Kilkenny [7 seats unchanged]

- Piltown [6 seats unchanged]

- Thomastown [4 seats one down from 5]

- Callan [4 seats up one from 3]

Click here for a link to a map of the electoral areas for Kilkenny County Council

Carlow County Council 21 seats is comprised of

- Borris was 3 now 4

- Muine Bheag was 5 now 4

- Tullow was 5 now 4

- Carlow East was 3 now 4

- Carlow West 5 seats

Click here for a link to a map of the electoral areas for Carlow County Council

Kilkenny Borough Council 12 seats

The electorate for Kilkenny Borough Council is comprised of the population of the Borough of Kilkenny as well as those living in the environs of Kilkenny city. Voters in this area have votes to elect members of both Kilkenny Borough Council and Kilkenny County Council.

Carlow Town Council 9 seats Need Detail on who is eligible to vote details to follow

Muine Bheag Town Council 9 seats Need Detail on who is eligible to vote Anyone who is on the register in Muine Bheag Urban area There are currently 2053 people on the Muine Bheag Urban register Check the register to see if your name has Muine Bheag WG beside it Or “within the bridges.”