County Kildare was 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).

Fianna Fáil remained the largest party with 12 seats although they saw a slight reduction in vote share.

Fine Gael increased their vote share by over 2% and also gained an extra 2 seats to have a total of 11.

The Social Democrats benefitted from the presence of Catherine Murphy in the County and saw 4 gains with the party winning seats in Clane, Leixlip, Naas and Newbridge.

The Green Party returned to the council with 3 seats; its 3 gains coming from Celbridge, Maynooth and Naas.