Cavan County Council election, 1991

Cavan County Council election, 1991
Republic of Ireland
27 June 1991

All 25 seats to Cavan County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent
Seats won 11 9 5
Seat change -3 -1 +4

Map showing the area of Cavan County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Cavan County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 11 -3 11,312 42.8%
Fine Gael 9 -1 9,393 35.5%
Independent 5 +4 4,739 17.9%
Totals 25 - 26,456 100%

Results by Electoral Area

Bailieborough

Bailieborough - 7 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
Independent Winston Turner 12.8% 958                
Fine Gael Aidan Boyle 11.6% 863 866 895 896 1,121        
Fianna Fáil Michael Giles* 11.4% 850 852 861 862 871 877 880 1,028  
Fianna Fáil Clifford Kelly* 11.4% 848 849 940            
Fine Gael Timothy Ryan* 10% 746 751 890 892 1,054        
Independent May Coleman 9.2% 683 688 710 710 741 831 884 916 925
Fianna Fáil Michael Smith* 7.8% 579 581 588 589 614 631 634 803 863
Fianna Fáil Turlough Smith* 7.4% 551 553 558 558 584 594 604 712 738
Fianna Fáil Francis McDermott 7.0% 525 527 537 538 574 586 600    
Fine Gael Denis Reynolds* 5.8% 434 436 535 536          
Fine Gael Jim Patterson 5.7% 424 425              
Electorate: 11,113   Valid: 7,461 (67.14%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 933   Turnout: 7,544 (67.88%)

    Ballyjamesduff

    Ballyjamesduff - 6 seats
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
    Fine Gael Paddy O'Reilly* 14.4 876        
    Fine Gael Dessie Boylan* 11.7 711 994      
    Fianna Fáil Danny Brady* 11.3 690 702 703 939  
    Fine Gael Philip Miney* 11% 669 726 812 858 864
    Independent Seamus Harten 10.9 664 732 752 877  
    Fianna Fáil Francie Fitzsimons 10.7 654 717 727 830 872
    Fianna Fáil Aidan O'Dwyer 10.6 647 676 678 779 799
    Fianna Fáil Patsy Sheridan 10.4 633 652 656    
    Fine Gael Robert Faussett* 9% 547        
    Electorate: 9,442   Valid: 6,091 (64.51%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 871   Turnout: 6,157 (65.21%)

      Belturbet

      Belturbet - 5 seats
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
      Independent Matthew Fitzpatrick 19.5 1,071            
      Fianna Fáil Seán Smith* 16.1 885 898 969        
      Fianna Fáil Eddie Feeley* 12.7 696 700 709 729 737 835 858
      Fianna Fáil Anthony Vesey* 10.7 588 615 658 730 763 851 1,009
      Fine Gael Maura Maguire* 10.3 564 591 646 713 722 757 860
      Fine Gael Eamon Dolan* 7.9 432 448 450 463 464 525 652
      Sinn Féin Peadar Neary 7.3 400 417 422 441 443    
      Fine Gael Seamus Fitzpatrick 7.1 392 425 438 466 467 493  
      Independent May Smith 4.7 256 267 278        
      Fianna Fáil Pat Tiernan 3.7 204 212          
      Electorate: 7,763   Valid: 5,488 (70.69%)   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 915   Turnout: 5,537 (71.33%)

        Cavan

        Cavan - 7 seats
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
        Independent Dolores Smith 13.5 1,001                
        Fine Gael Andrew BoylanTD* 12.1 895 906 918 937          
        Fianna Fáil Gerry Murray* 12% 891 905 912 957          
        Fine Gael Andrew O'Brien 9% 670 676 688 712 713 768 806 1,034  
        Fianna Fáil T.P. Smith* 8.8% 654 659 673 720 725 753 800 829 841
        Fine Gael Paddy O'Reilly 8.6% 641 645 651 669 669 742 788 953  
        Fianna Fáil Diarmuid Wilson 7.5% 553 557 582 606 611 648 699 737 745
        Fine Gael Senator Joe O'Reilly* 7.1% 529 541 543 569 572 614 631    
        Fianna Fáil Patrick Conaty* 6.7% 497 501 510 528 532 578 777 815 831
        Fianna Fáil Breda Elliot 4.9% 367 368 372 381 391 422      
        Labour Party Paul Dolan 4.3% 320 324 333 379 380        
        Sinn Féin Joe Ennis 3.9% 292 296 302            
        Independent Mary Smith 1.4 106 110              
        Electorate: 9,442   Valid: 6,091 (64.5%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 871   Turnout: 6,157 (65.21%)

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          Preceded by
          Cavan County Council election, 1985
          Cavan County Council elections Succeeded by
          Cavan County Council election, 1999
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