Councillors
The Council currently consists of:
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 19† | |
| Fine Gael | 12 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 6 | |
| Sinn Féin | 5† | |
| People Before Profit Alliance | 2 | |
| Éirígí | 1† | |
| Independents | 7† | |
†Nineteen Labour, seven Sinn Féin and six Independent councillors were elected in the 2009 local elections. However, two Sinn Féin Councillors, Christy Burke and Louise Minihan, resigned from the party in 2009 with Burke sitting on the council as an independent and Minihan joining Éirígí, and a third, Killian Forde, resigned in January 2010 to join the Labour Party. Following Forde's resignation from the council, the seat reverted to Sinn Féin.
For the purposes of elections the city is divided into eleven local electoral areas each of which elects between 4 and 6 councillors. The electoral areas used for the last local elections were:
| Area | Seats |
|---|---|
| Artane–Whitehall | 5 |
| Ballyfermot–Drimnagh | 4 |
| Ballymun–Finglas | 5 |
| Cabra–Glasnevin | 5 |
| Clontarf | 5 |
| Crumlin–Kimmage | 4 |
| Donaghmede | 4 |
| North Inner City | 6 |
| Pembroke–Rathmines | 6 |
| South East Inner City | 4 |
| South West Inner City | 4 |
Dublin City Council must by law at least once in every ten years, following consultation with the returning officer for Dáil elections in respect of each constituency within its area, establish a polling district containing a polling place. This is call the Polling Scheme which lists each constituency with its Local electoral areas, polling districts and polling places.
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