1991 Westmeath County Council election

1991 Westmeath County Council election
All 23 seats to Westmeath County Council
	Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council
Council control before election; Fianna Fáil;	Council control after election ; Fianna Fáil;

An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from five 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[edit]

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	12	-1	12,247	44.26
	Fine Gael	6	+1	7,561	27.33
	Labour	4	+1	5,063	18.30
	Independent	1	-1	2,415	8.70
Totals		23	-	27,670	100.00	—

Athlone - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Seán Fallon*	13%	1,140
	Fine Gael	Brendan McFadden*	9.3%	817	821	831	839	860	906	962	988	1,064	1,070	1,180
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Coghill*	8.4%	737	740	742	746	753	758	762	764	834	882	896	897	912	932	940	981
	Independent	Stephen Price*	7.9%	693	694	713	719	729	736	742	778	792	931	952	956	1,009	1,228
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Molloy	7.5%	660	668	671	684	701	707	734	766	774	812	846	857	943	959	966	1,033
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Temple*	6.5%	575	582	583	590	600	621	629	641	647	672	712	729	764	774	782	826
	Fianna Fáil	Egbert Moran	5.3%	463	467	469	477	480	510	517	522	531	591	643	648	662	675	680	782
	Fine Gael	George Allen*	4.7%	415	416	423	424	435	477	480	484	537	581	636	652	664	837	895	998
	Fianna Fáil	George Ledwidth*	4.5%	399	401	407	408	414	416	419	425	432
	Fine Gael	Pauline Coghlan	4.3%	381	382	392	393	394	417	417	422	486	525	545	558	567
	Labour	John Henson	4.3%	377	379	400	410	427	441	507	533	555	563	587	594	646	670	673
	Progressive Democrats	Des Lynch	4.1%	364	365	367	372	377	402	412	425	437	445
	Fine Gael	Vincent Dooley	3.8%	332	333	336	337	352	367	371	379
	Independent	Patsy Beaumont	2.9%	255	257	263	282	327	330	363	450	460	462	484	491
	Fine Gael	Dick O'Brien	2.7%	241	243	244	246
	Independent	Austin Berry	2.7%	234	235	245	285	321	324	337
	Labour	John Keenehan	2.6%	230	231	237	244	250	250
	Independent	Oliver Gavin	2.4%	209	210	217	226
	Independent	John Kearney	1.6%	144	145	147
	Labour	David Dolan	0.9%	82	82
	Independent	Benny Cooney	0.5%	43	43
Electorate: 15,813 Valid: 8,790 (55.59%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 1,099 Turnout: 8,861 (56.04%)

Coole - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Donie Cassidy*	18.3%	897	921	933	1,021
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. O'Shaughnessy*	14.7%	720	725	731	816	857	880	1,000
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Bourke*	12.8%	628	630	714	753	768	870	878
	Fine Gael	Frank McDermott*	12.1%	594	617	644	702	728	764	1,007
	Fine Gael	Phil Brennan	10.3%	504	507	561	578	580	672	748
	Fine Gael	Maura Drum	8.7%	429	435	443	466	470	493
	Labour	Johnnie Penrose	7.8%	381	421	463	469	470
	Fianna Fáil	Molly Cahill	7.6%	372	385	391
	Independent	Kevin Boyhan	5.2%	255	258
	Labour	Johnny McCormack	2.5%	125
Electorate: 7,178 Valid: 4,905 (68.33%) Spoilt: 45 Quota: 982 Turnout: 4,950 (68.96%)

Kilbeggan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Joe Flanagan*	23.2%	1,124
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Cowley	17.3%	837	841	925	942	1,163
	Labour	Mark Nugent*	16.9%	820	832	874	954	1,188
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Ryan*	13.6%	659	705	718	724	815	866	1,043
	Fianna Fáil	Christo Bradley	10.9%	529	536	547	593
	Fine Gael	Mary Fallon	7%	340	397	440	630	644	678	682
	Fine Gael	Mary Henry	7%	321	345	360
	Fine Gael	Gerald Cooney	4.5%	218	222
Electorate: 7,331 Valid: 4,848 (66.13%) Spoilt: 54 Quota: 970 Turnout: 4,902 (66.87%)

Mullingar Lough Owel - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Willie Penrose*	24.1%	1,170
	Fianna Fáil	Henry Abbott*	22.6%	1,101
	Fine Gael	John Keegan	16.9%	821	854	864	909	978
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Wright	12.1%	587	619	654	689	700	700	1,043
	Fianna Fáil	Shay Callaghan*	9.1%	444	470	527	568	574	574
	Fine Gael	Frank Wallace	7.6%	371	424	440	455	574	579	624
	Fine Gael	Tommy Moughty	4.3%	210	239	243	247
	Independent	Robert Bagnall	3.3%	160	184	190
Electorate: 8,054 Valid: 4,864 (60.39%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 973 Turnout: 4,904 (60.89%)

Mullingar Urban - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Mick Dollard*	39.6%	1,688
	Fianna Fáil	Camillus Glynn*	14.1%	603	674	674	679	700	714	764	874
	Fine Gael	Paul McGrath TD	12.1%	517	578	578	579	615	695	747	836
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Hynes*	11.8%	501	553	554	555	565	576	623	719
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Bourke	6.5%	275	304	304	304	328	349	372
	Labour	Des Coleman*	4.5%	190	678	679	689	710	732	810	845
	Independent	Frank McIntyre*	4.3%	183	266	268	272	290	307
	Fine Gael	Jim Guinan	3.4%	144	160	161	164	177
	Progressive Democrats	Pat Whelan	3.3%	141	160	160	163
	Workers' Party	Patrick Boyce	0.4%	19	30	31
	Independent	Benedict Cooney	0%	2	7
Electorate: 11,119 Valid: 5,731 (51.54%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 956 Turnout: 5,809 (52.24%)

^ 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.
^ 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.