1999 Leitrim County Council election

1999 Leitrim County Council election

10 June 1999
All 22 seats to Leitrim County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 10 8 2 Seat change +1 -1 +1   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 2 Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 22 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	10	+1	7,020	43.21
	Fine Gael	8	-1	6,761	41.61
	Sinn Féin	2	+1	1,286	7.92
	Independent	2	-1	895	5.51
Totals		22	0	16,247	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ballinamore

Ballinamore - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Caillian Ellis	19.71	855
	Fine Gael	Tommy McCartin*	16.57	719
	Fine Gael	Damien Brennan*	14.27	619	638
	Fine Gael	Gerry Reynolds	13.92	604	646
	Fianna Fáil	J.J. Shortt*	11.92	517	577	597	605	611	621
	Sinn Féin	Liam McGirl*	11.78	511	567	593	606	608	615
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy O'Rourke	11.36	493	550	597	601	605	608
	Independent	Sean McBrien	0.48	21	22	28	29	30
Electorate: 5,883   Valid: 4,339 (73.75%)   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 620   Turnout: 4,381 (74.47%)

Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McGowan*	16.30	704
	Fine Gael	Thomas Mulligan*	13.59	587	597	646
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry McGee	8.32	558	576	603	616	620
	Fianna Fáil	Sinead Guckian	11.28	488	502	516	517	564	648
	Independent	Enda Stenson	9.84	425	435	480	488	550	651
	Fianna Fáil	Liam McElgunn	9.35	404	406	417	417	495	560	577	597
	Fine Gael	T.P. Cox	8.31	359	384	400	404	435	545	561	571
	Fine Gael	Percy French	7.41	320	321	324	325	397
	Fine Gael	Marese O'Brien	6.85	296	297	300	301
	Sinn Féin	John Reynolds	4.14	179	184
Electorate: 6,201   Valid: 4,320 (69.67%)   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 618   Turnout: 4,351 (70.17%)

Dromahaire

Dromahaire - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	John McTernan*	18.15	710
	Fine Gael	Jim McPadden*	15.77	617	631	650	690
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Gilmartin	11.78	461	462	495	512	512	611
	Independent	Gerry Dolan*	11.48	449	456	537	584	596	676
	Fine Gael	Enda McGloin	10.05	393	397	403	410	419	536
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Bohan*	9.87	386	393	435	592	600	668
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Paschal Mooney*	8.56	335	336	363	389	390
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene O'Neill	8.15	319	339	354
	Sinn Féin	Hugh Gallagher	6.19	242	245
Electorate: 5,166   Valid: 3,912 (75.73%)   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 653   Turnout: 3,953 (76.52%)

Manorhamilton

Manorhamilton - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Ferguson*	18.49	679
	Fine Gael	Frank Dolan*	14.16	520	523	572	626
	Fianna Fáil	Aodh Flynn*	13.67	505	515	554	626
	Fine Gael	Siobhán McGloin*	11.46	421	438	462	502	632
	Sinn Féin	Michael Colreavy	9.64	354	357	392	475	558
	Fine Gael	Francis White	9.50	349	352	381	425	483
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent Connolly	8.60	316	339	354	374
	Labour	Gabriel McSharry	7.76	285	288	341
	Fine Gael	Sean O'Donnell	6.72	247	248
Electorate: 5,057   Valid: 3,673 (72.63%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 613   Turnout: 3,734 (73.84%)

External links

• Official website