Waterford City Council: 2004 Local Election
| Party | Seats | Votes | Share | Candidates | Constituencies | |||||
| Fine Gael |  | 4 | (+1) | 3235 | 18.5% | (-1.9%) | 6 | 3 | ||
| Independent |  | 3 | (+1) | 3702 | 21.2% | (+1.2%) | 6 | (+2) | 3 | |
| Labour Party |  | 3 | (+1) | 2660 | 15.2% | (+1.6%) | 3 | (-1) | 3 | |
| Sinn Féin |  | 2 | (+2) | 2366 | 13.5% | (+13.6%) | 3 | (+3) | 3 | (+3) |
| Workers' Party |  | 2 | (-1) | 1774 | 10.2% | (-6.5%) | 3 | (-3) | 2 | (-1) |
| Fianna Fáil |  | 1 | (-3) | 2435 | 13.9% | (-6.3%) | 6 | 3 | ||
| Green Party |  | 0 | 727 | 4.2% | (+0.7%) | 2 | (-1) | 2 | (-1) | |
| Progressive Democrats |  | 0 | (-1) | 516 | 3.0% | (-0.9%) | 2 | (+1) | 2 | (+1) |
| Socialist Workers |  | 0 | 52 | 0.3% | (-1.4%) | 1 | (-1) | 1 | (-1) | |