1991 Carlow County Council election

1991 Carlow County Council election
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All 21 seats on Carlow County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 9 7 4
Seat change -1 - +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Progressive Democrats Independent
Seats won 1 0
Seat change +1 -1
Map showing the area of Carlow County Council
Council control before election

Fine Gael/Labour

 Council control after election

Fine Gael/Labour

An election to Carlow County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 -1 6,767 39.4
Fine Gael 7 - 5,312 30.9
Labour 4 +1 4,002 23.3
Progressive Democrats 1 +1 436 2.54
Independent 0 -1 670 3.9
Totals 21 - 17,187 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Borris

Borris - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Labour Michael Meaney* 29.2% 1,020      
Fianna Fáil Mary Kinsella* 16.4% 575 636 741  
Fianna Fáil Brendan Walsh 15.5% 543 603 655 667
Fine Gael Michael Doyle* 14.2% 498 577 596 808
Fianna Fáil Liam Murphy* 9.1% 317 361 446 493
Fine Gael Ciaran Redmond 7.9% 278 313 331  
Fianna Fáil David Moore 7.6% 267 308    
Electorate: 5,866   Valid: 3,498 (59.63%)   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 700   Turnout: 3,534 (60.25%)  

Carlow

Carlow - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Fine Gael John Browne TD* 14.5% 756                    
Fianna Fáil Patrick Carpenter* 10.7% 560 575 588 648 673            
Labour Des Hurley 10.7% 557 558 563 592 707            
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Murnane* 10.4% 545 551 554 566 576 580 582 614 635 649 664
Progressive Democrats Walter Lacey 8.3% 436 439 451 475 499 513 516 542 595 696  
Fine Gael Declan Alcock 7.9% 413 414 428 440 450 460 462 486 570 739  
Fianna Fáil M.J. Nolan TD* 7.3% 379 389 395 406 413 414 416 489 524 563 578
Fianna Fáil Rody Kelly 6% 314 325 332 344 362 363 364 428 444 474 495
Fine Gael Patrick Governey* 4.9% 255 257 278 289 299 306 308 322      
Fine Gael Sean Whelan 4.8% 253 261 275 275 289 301 308 336 407    
Fianna Fáil Joe McDonald 4.7% 243 253 256 263 277 282 282        
Labour Cecil Whelan 4.6% 238 242 245 257              
Independent James Brady 3.8% 201 202 204                
Independent Sean Prendergast 1.4% 73                    
Electorate: 10,567   Valid: 5,223 (49.43%)   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 653   Turnout: 5,265 (49.82%)  

Muinebheag

Muinebheag - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour John McNally* 21.7% 980                
Labour Jim Townsend* 18.1% 818                
Fianna Fáil Arthur McDonald 11% 496 568 581 589 614 631 713 851  
Fianna Fáil Enda Nolan 9.5% 427 444 451 462 478 526 559 593 648
Fine Gael Mary McDonald* 8.7% 392 409 413 422 509 651 695 795  
Fianna Fáil Martin Nevin* 6.8% 305 332 337 344 361 371 475 527 571
Fianna Fáil Eddie Cullen 6.5% 292 306 312 314 321 330      
Independent Denis Foley 5.9% 264 298 329 336 376 409 437    
Fine Gael Ann Brennan 5.5% 246 250 252 273 311        
Fine Gael Stephen Maher 5% 224 246 249 250          
Independent John Curran 1.2% 56 74              
Independent William Dillon 0.2% 9 12              
Electorate: 7,033   Valid: 4,509 (64.11%)   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 752   Turnout: 4,551 (64.71%)  

Tullow

Tullow - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Michael Deering* 17.3% 683 627 639 649 690 860  
Fianna Fáil John Pender* 16.6% 656 658 687        
Fine Gael Pat O'Toole 13.8% 548 551 552 553 558 680  
Fine Gael Fred Hunter 11.3% 449 459 472 472 478 569 617
Labour Michael Hickey 9.8% 389 407 430 432 435 482 537
Fianna Fáil Arthur Kennedy* 9% 358 370 417 430 432 452 585
Fine Gael Brendan Brophy* 8% 317 323 327 330 335    
Fianna Fáil Paddy Condon 6.4% 252 285 340 344 346 368  
Fianna Fáil Mary Ann Dunne 4.2% 165 186          
Independent Bill Leonard 3.5% 140            
Electorate: 6,338   Valid: 3,957 (62.43%)   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 660   Turnout: 4,015 (63.35%)  

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.