Carlow County Council election, 1999

Carlow County Council election, 1999
Republic of Ireland
10 June 1999
All 21 seats to Carlow County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party
Seats won 9 7 3
Seat change - - -1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Progressive Democrats Green Party
Seats won 1 1
Seat change - +1

Map showing the area of Carlow County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Carlow County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 - 6,397 35.25%
Fine Gael 7 - 5,501 30.31%
Labour Party 3 -1 3,193 17.59%
Progressive Democrats 1 - 793 4.37%
Green Party 1 +1 658 3.63%
Totals 21 - 18,149 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Borris

Borris - 3 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3
Green Party Mary White 21.98 582 627 700
Labour Party Michael Meaney* 20.73 549 584 647
Fine Gael Michael Doyle* 19.45 515 550 604
Fianna Fáil Dolores Barron 16.99 450 509 654
Fianna Fáil Siobhan Minchin 13.18 349 365  
Independent Bridie Lawlor 7.67 203    
Electorate: 4,591   Valid: 2,648 (57.68%)   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 663   Turnout: 2,682 (58.42%)

    Carlow No.1

    Carlow No.1 - 3 seats
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
    Fianna Fáil Jimmy Murnane* 22.78 519 537 655  
    Fianna Fáil Joe McDonald 19.80 451 482 517 546
    Fine Gael Declan Alcock* 16.68 380 471 556 599
    Labour Party Des Hurley* 15.14 345 370    
    Progressive Democrats Senator Jim Gibbons, Jnr 14.93 340 395 457 469
    Fine Gael Colette Fennelly 10.67 243      
    Electorate: 4,869   Valid: 2,278 (46.79%)   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 570   Turnout: 2,322 (47.69%)

      Carlow No.2

      Carlow No.2 - 5 seats
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
      Fine Gael John Browne TD* 17.39 625          
      Fine Gael Michael Abbey* 16.72 601          
      Fianna Fáil M.J. Nolan TD* 14.30 514 523 565 569 624  
      Progressive Democrats Walter Lacey* 12.60 453 468 508 516 622  
      Fianna Fáil Rody Kelly 10.77 387 400 443 447 499 511
      Labour Party Tony O'Sullivan 9.54 343 359 386 391    
      Fianna Fáil Nicholas Carpenter* 9.10 327 348 400 404 468 480
      Fianna Fáil Jennifer Murnane-O'Connor 6.12 220 232        
      Independent Conor Dowling 3.45 124          
      Electorate: 8,791   Valid: 3,594 (40.88%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 600   Turnout: 3,659 (41.62%)

        Muinebheag

        Muinebheag - 5 seats
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
        Labour Party Jim Townsend* 15.23 671 706 719 727 754    
        Fianna Fáil Enda Nolan* 13.30 586 588 590 621 633 691 776
        Fine Gael Denis Foley 12.48 550 552 558 578 640 677 748
        Fianna Fáil Arthur McDonald* 10.92 481 483 495 540 562 634 690
        Labour Party John Clarke 10.05 443 456 468 508 516 528 582
        Fine Gael Mary McDonald* 9.01 397 405 413 417 486 537 675
        Independent Martin Nevin 7.99 352 355 382 391 410 490  
        Fianna Fáil Eddie Cullen 7.47 329 337 344 348 360    
        Fine Gael John Hughes 5.38 237 240 243 247      
        Fianna Fáil Paddy Kiely 3.95 174 176 179        
        Independent John McNally 2.32 102 176 179        
        Labour Party Liz Dunne 1.91 84            
        Electorate: 8,148   Valid: 4,406 (54.07%)   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 735   Turnout: 4,483 (55.02%)

          Tullow

          Tullow - 5 seats
          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
          Labour Party William Paton 18.11 842              
          Fine Gael Fred Hunter* 14.54 676 684 691 712 768 915    
          Fianna Fáil John Pender* 14.00 651 660 673 718 735 825    
          Fine Gael Michael Deering* 13.31 619 627 639 649 690 860    
          Fianna Fáil Noel Kennedy 10.71 498 502 505 516 522 531 545 564
          Fianna Fáil P.J. Kavanagh 9.92 461 464 468 498 601 627 651 688
          Fine Gael Pat O'Toole* 8.52 396 412 431 454 506      
          Fine Gael Michael Murphy 5.64 262 263 266 298        
          Independent Billy Nolan 3.61 168 188 194          
          Green Party Danny Kelly 1.63 76              
          Electorate: 8,611   Valid: 4,649 (53.99%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 775   Turnout: 4,721 (54.83%)

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            Preceded by
            Carlow County Council election, 1991            		 Carlow County Council elections Succeeded by
            Carlow County Council election, 2004
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