1991 Galway Corporation election

1991 Galway Corporation election
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All 15 seats on Galway City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Progressive Democrats Fine Gael
Seats won 4 4 4
Seat change -2 +4 -1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Independent Workers' Party
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change +1 0 -2
Map showing the area of Galway City Council
Council control after election

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An election to Galway City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.[1][2]

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 4 -2 4,645 27.37
Progressive Democrats 4 +4 3,746 22.07
Fine Gael 4 -1 3,437 20.25
Labour 2 +1 2,242 13.21
Independent 1 0 2,121 12.50
Workers' Party 0 -2 484 2.85
Totals 15 0 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Galway No.1

Galway No.1 - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Fianna Fáil Michael Leahy* 10.9% 825 828 842 853 876 1,028              
Progressive Democrats Declan McDonnell 10.4% 789 794 805 813 843 850 852 881 991        
Progressive Democrats Bridie O'Flaherty* 9.2% 698 704 723 742 774 787 789 822 971        
Fine Gael Fintan Coogan* 8.0% 604 611 622 633 699 732 735 795 843 858 865 896 1,005
Fine Gael Pádraic McCormack TD* 7.3% 556 562 569 579 646 654 655 674 716 722 726 762 816
Fianna Fáil Henry O'Connor 6.4% 485 489 502 507 528 598 621 646 659 664 666 936 1,008
Independent Brendan Smith 5.7% 433 435 467 483 498 507 508 551 586 588 591 611 683
Progressive Democrats Martin McHugh 5.5% 418 419 424 434 461 467 468 490          
Independent Pat McNamara* 5.5% 413 424 436 446 456 476 480 513 527 531 533 551  
Fianna Fáil Sean Nolan 5.1% 386 388 393 394 412 439 480 491 516 521 523    
Fianna Fáil Sean Fox 4.9% 374 374 380 386 395                
Labour Tom Costello 4.8% 360 362 385 513 542 561 562 683 713 720 724 752 827
Workers' Party Liz Hackett* 4.5% 340 342 367 406 415 434 434            
Fine Gael Mary Tierney 4.5% 340 341 348 360                  
Labour Ivan McPhillips 3.7% 279 282 292                    
Republican Sinn Féin Dave Joyce 2.9% 216 218                      
Independent Edward Manning 0.8% 58                        
Electorate: 15,295   Valid: 7,574 (49.52%)   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 947   Turnout: 7,655 (50.05%)  

Galway No.2

Galway No.2 - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Progressive Democrats Martin Connolly* 15.9% 543 552 562 575 591 693 1,004    
Fine Gael John Mulholland* 15.5% 527 537 569 599 729 807 909    
Fianna Fáil Tom Cox 13.4% 455 461 485 534 551 637 654 735 762
Fianna Fáil Tony O'Connor 13.3% 452 455 475 548 571 592 643 714 739
Progressive Democrats Tom Burke 11.5% 393 397 424 451 474 519      
Labour John Cunningham 9.5% 324 400 426 432 446        
Fine Gael Michael Walsh 6.1% 207 210 227 235          
Fianna Fáil Carmel Garrett 5.8% 199 202 218            
Independent Eileen Manning 5.3% 179 188              
Labour Noreen Robinson 3.7% 126                
Electorate: 7,004   Valid: 3,405 (48.62%)   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 852   Turnout: 3,444 (49.17%)  

Galway No.3

Galway No.3 - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Labour Michael D. Higgins TD* 15.7% 940 959 968 1,033                
Fianna Fáil Michéal Ó hUiginn* 13.9% 832 837 868 879 880 961 989 1,026        
Fine Gael Angela Lynch-Lupton* 10.1% 608 611 621 631 632 643 666 693 699 723 772 845
Fine Gael Billy Lawless 9.9% 595 596 602 608 609 634 651 680 684 708 753 799
Independent Paddy Lally* 9.2% 554 564 567 584 587 594 638 722 729 811 909 972
Progressive Democrats Liam Madden 8.6% 513 514 518 519 520 541 568 584 586 615 657 906
Progressive Democrats Donal Lyons 16.5% 392 393 397 398 399 406 467 480 481 505 528  
Fianna Fáil John Byrne 5.4% 324 326 345 346 346 389 395 420 426 437    
Independent Tom Browne 4.2% 252 259 260 269 272 276 283          
Independent Aidan McCabe 3.9% 232 223 236 237 238 243            
Labour Jim Mullarkey 3.6% 213 223 226 253 275 280 293 313 314      
Fianna Fáil Jim Doolan 3.4% 202 202 217 220 220              
Workers' Party Michael Donnelly 2.4% 144 156 157                  
Fianna Fáil Mary Lawless 1.9% 111 114                    
Sinn Féin Mike Egan 1.3% 80                      
Electorate: 12,664   Valid: 5,992 (47.32%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 999   Turnout: 6,040 (47.69%)  

References

  1. ^ Local Government Act 1994, s. 20: Year of elections to all local authorities (No. 8 of 1994, s. 20). Enacted on 29 April 1994. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
  2. ^ Local Government Act 1998, s. 10: Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 (No. 16 of 1998, s. 10). Enacted on 29 May 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.