1999 Irish local elections

1999 Irish local elections

11 June 1999
1,627 County, City, Borough and Town Council Seats
Turnout	50.19% 5.46pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bertie Ahern John Bruton Ruairi Quinn Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Leader since 19 November 1994 21 November 1990 13 November 1997 Percentage 38.9% 28.1% 10.8% Councillors 382 277 83 Councillors +/- 28 3 6   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   GP Leader Mary Harney Gerry Adams None Party Progressive Democrats Sinn Féin Green Leader since 26 October 1993 13 November 1983 Percentage 3.9% 3.5% 2.5% Councillors 25 21 8 Councillors +/- 12 13 5   Seventh party Eighth party   IFF Leader — Seán Garland Party Independent Fianna Fáil Workers' Party Leader since — 1998 Seats won 4 3 Seat change 1 21 Popular vote 7,087 6,847 Percentage 0.65 0.5% Swing 0.4% 3.1%

The 1999 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Friday, 11 June 1999, on the same day as the European elections.

Ireland was divided into local government areas of administrative counties and county boroughs, in which the local authorities had last been elected at the 1991 local elections, and a second tier in certain areas of boroughs, urban districts and towns, in which the local authorities had last been elected at the 1994 local elections. The elections had been scheduled for 1998, but were postponed.[1][2]

Each local government area was divided into local electoral areas (LEAs) in which councillors were elected for a five-year term on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). During the period of office of these councils, local government throughout the state was restructured under the Local Government Act 2001.

Results

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. Votes	% FPv	±%
	Fianna Fáil	382	+28	552,033	38.9	+0.9
	Fine Gael	277	+3	399,125	28.1	+1.5
	Labour	83	−6	153,197	10.8	+0.3
	Progressive Democrats	25	−12	41,362	2.9	-2.1
	Sinn Féin	21	+13	49,192	3.5	+1.4
	Green	8	−5	35,742	2.5	+0.1
	Independent Fianna Fáil	4	—	7,087	0.5	-0.4
	Workers' Party	3	–21	6,847	0.5	-3.1
	Socialist Party	2	New	5,312	0.4	New
	SKIA	1	New	1,478	0.1	New
	Republican Sinn Féin	1	—	1,390	0.1	-0.2
	Christian Solidarity	0	New	1,252	0.1	New
	Socialist Workers	0	New	904	0.1	New
	National Party	0	New	881	0.1	New
	Natural Law Party	0	New	129	0.0	New
	Independent	76	−2	164,552	11.6	+1.0
Total		883	—	1,420,483	100	—

18 Workers' Party councillors had left the party in 1992 upon the creation of Democratic Left. In January 1999, Democratic Left merged with the Labour Party. One Workers' Party councillor had joined Labour since 1991.^[citation needed]

County councils

Authority		FF		FG		Lab		GP		SF		PD	Other	Total	Details
Carlow	9		7		3		1				1			21	Details
Cavan	13		9						2				1	25	Details
Clare	18		9								1		4	32	Details
Cork	19		21		4						1		3	48	Details
Donegal	14		8		1								6	29	Details
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown	10		8		6		1				3			28	Details
Fingal	6		5		6		1				1		5	24	Details
Galway	16		9								2		3	30	Details
Kerry	12		6		3				1				5	27	Details
Kildare	9		5		5						2		4	25	Details
Kilkenny	12		11		1								2	26	Details
Laois	14		10										1	25	Details
Leitrim	10		8						2				2	22	Details
Limerick	14		10								3		1	28	Details
Longford	8		10								1		2	21	Details
Louth	14		7		1				1				3	26	Details
Mayo	16		13		1								1	31	Details
Meath	14		11						1				3	29	Details
Monaghan	8		6						6					20	Details
Offaly	9		7		1								4	21	Details
Roscommon	9		12								1		4	26	Details
Sligo	9		11		2				1				2	25	Details
South Dublin	8		3		7		1		2		2		3	26	Details
North Tipperary	12		5		1								3	21	Details
South Tipperary	12		9		1								4	26	Details
Waterford	11		8		3								1	23	Details
Westmeath	12		6		5									23	Details
Wexford	9		8		1								3	21	Details
Wicklow	8		6		5		1						4	24	Details

City councils

Authority		FF		FG		Lab		GP		SF		PD	Other	Total	Details
Cork City	12		8		5		1		1		2		2	31	Details
Dublin City	20		9		14		2		4		0		3	52	Details
Galway City	5		4		2		0		0		4		0	15	Details
Limerick City	6		5		3		0		0		0		3	17	Details
Waterford City	4		3		2		0		0		1		5	15	Details

Borough and town councils

Party		Seats	±
	Fianna Fáil	289	+16
	Fine Gael	159	-15
	Labour	87	+10
	Sinn Féin	41	+16
	Progressive Democrats	7	-11
	Green	5	-1
	Workers' Party	1	-1
	Democratic Left	0	-11
	Other parties	156	-3

Borough councils

Authority		FF		FG		Lab		SF		PDs		GP		WP		Others
Clonmel	5		2												5[a]
Drogheda	5		1		3										3
Kilkenny	5		4		3
Sligo	4		3		2		3
Wexford	3		2		3		1								3
Totals	22		12		11		4		0		0		0		11

Town councils

Town	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party	Sinn Féin	Progressive Democrats	Green Party	Workers Party of Ireland	Others	Total
Ardee	3	2	2	1	1				9
Arklow	4		1					4	9
Athlone	5	2						2	9
Athy	4	1	2	1				1	9
Balbriggan	2	1	2			1		3	9
Ballina	4	2						3	9
Ballinasloe	3	2						4	9
Ballybay	4	3		1				1	9
Ballyshannon	3	3						3	9
Bandon	4	3						2	9
Bantry	4	3		1				1	9
Belturbet	5	2		1				1	9
Birr	3	3	1					2	9
Boyle	2	2	2					3	9
Bray	5	1	4					2	12
Buncrana	3	3		1				2	9
Bundoran	5	2		1				1	9
Carlow	3	3	2		1				9
Carrickmacross	5	2		1				1	9
Carrick-on-Suir	3	1	2	1				2	9
Cashel	3	2	1					3	9
Castlebar	4	2	2					1	9
Castleblayney	3			2				4	9
Cavan	5	3		1					9
Clonakilty	3	2	1	1				2	9
Clones	3	2		3				2	9
Cobh	3	1	2	1				2	9
Cootehill	3	2		2				2	9
Dundalk	5	1		2	1			3	12
Dungarvan	1	2	4					2	9
Edenderry	4	1						4	9
Ennis	3	2	1			1		2	9
Enniscorthy	4	2		1				2	9
Fermoy	3	2	1					3	9
Gorey	5	3		1					9
Granard	3	2	1					3	9
Greystones	2	2	1					4	9
Kells	5	2	1					1	9
Kilkee	4	3						1	9
Killarney	3	1	1					4[b]	9
Kilrush	4		1			1		3	9
Kinsale	4	2	1					2	9
Leixlip	4	2	3						9
Letterkenny	3	1	1					4	9
Lismore	2	3	2					2	9
Listowel	4	4		1					9
Longford	3	3			1			2	9
Loughrea	5	3						1	9
Macroom	3	4	1					1	9
Mallow	3	3	3						9
Midleton	3	2						4	9
Monaghan	3	1		4				1	9
Mountmellick	6	1						2	9
Muine Bheag	6	2	1						9
Mullingar	3	1	4					1	9
Naas	2	1	1		1			4	9
Navan	4	2		1				2	9
Nenagh	5	2	1					1	9
Newbridge	5	2						2	9
New Ross	5	1	1	1				1	9
Passage West	3	3	1	1		1			9
Portlaoise	5	2		1				1	9
Shannon	3	2	2					2	9
Skibbereen	2	2	2					3	9
Templemore	4	3						2	9
Thurles	4	2	2					1	9
Tipperary	2	2	2					3	9
Tralee	4	1	3	2				2	12
Tramore	3	1	1		1		1	2	9
Trim	3	1	1					4	9
Tuam	2	2	1		1			3	9
Tullamore	2	1	4	1				1	9
Westport	4	4						1	9
Wicklow	3	1	3					2	9
Youghal	4	1		1		1		2	9

Notes

1. The Workers and Unemployed Action Group has 2 County Councillors in South Tipperary and 5 Borough Councillors in Clonmel.
2. Michael Gleeson of the South Kerry Independent Alliance is included in this total.

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.

• "1999 Local Elections". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 February 2008.