1999 Galway County Council election

1999 Galway County Council election
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All 30 seats to Galway County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Progressive Democrats
Seats won 16 9 2
Seat change +2 -1 -2
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 3
Seat change +1
Map showing the area of Galway County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Galway County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 16 +2 26,703 45.06
Fine Gael 9 -1 17,688 29.85
Progressive Democrats 2 -2 3,567 6.02
Independent 3 +1 9,499 16.03
Totals 30 - 59,262 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballinasloe

Ballinasloe - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Joe Callanan* 30.34 3,006      
Fine Gael Michael Mullins* 14.88 1,474 1,669    
Fianna Fáil James Joyce 13.04 1,292 1,540 1,607 1,714
Fianna Fáil Tomás Mannion 12.02 1,191 1,528 1,574 1,659
Fianna Fáil Pat O'Sullivan* 9.55 946 1,277 1,376 1,737
Fine Gael Michael Finnerty* 8.50 842 926 1,002 1,176
Independent John Molloy 7.80 773 850 938  
Sinn Féin Dermot Connolly 3.88 384 466    
Electorate: 16,521   Valid: 9,908 (59.97%)   Spoilt: 190   Quota: 1,652   Turnout: 10,098 (61.12%)  

Connemara

Connemara - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael John Mannion Jnr* 12.47 1,570 1,611                
Fine Gael Pól Ó Foighil 11.42 1,438 1,453 1,464 1,490 1,638          
Independent Seamus Gavin* 11.20 1,410 1,434 1,437 1,456 1,463 1,474 1,561 1,583    
Fianna Fáil Josie Conneely* 9.50 1,196 1,196 1,197 1,344 1,391 1,400 1,433 1,539 1,667  
Fianna Fáil Seán Ó Neachtain* 8.65 1,089 1,090 1,090 1,096 1,109 1,112 1,258 1,384 1,583  
Fianna Fáil Connie Ní Fhatharta* 8.38 1,055 1,055 1,055 1,063 1,097 1,103 1,157 1,365 1,500 1,546
Independent Seamus Walsh 7.37 928 971 975 991 1,011 1,019 1,085 1,099 1,313 1,326
Independent Tom Welby Snr 7.13 897 928 931 985 1,005 1,017 1,059 1,081 1,269 1,281
Fianna Fáil Pierce O'Malley 6.66 838 856 858 878 889 891 911 980    
Republican Sinn Féin Tomás Ó Curraoin 4.64 584 587 587 590 608 614        
Fianna Fáil Eithne Nic Dhonnchadha 4.30 541 542 542 549 613 619 654      
Independent Eamonn McLoughlin 3.40 428 429 430              
Fine Gael Eamonn Mylotte 3.09 389 420 432 485            
Fine Gael Paul Stewart 1.78 224                  
Electorate: 25,628   Valid: 12,587 (49.11%)   Spoilt: 275   Quota: 1,574   Turnout: 12,862 (50.19%)  

Loughrea

Loughrea - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Michael (Stroke) Fahy* 14.41 2,068            
Fine Gael Ulick Burke TD 12.98 1,863            
Independent Pat Hynes 9.96 1,429 1,442 1,467 1,490 1,534 1,662 1,712
Fine Gael Jimmy McClearn* 9.73 1,396 1,398 1,403 1,466 1,611 2,143  
Fianna Fáil Michael Cunningham* 9.60 1,377 1,500 1,574 1,620 1,699 1,756 1,769
Fianna Fáil Michael Regan* 9.41 1,351 1,381 1,394 1,543 1,584 1,763 1,913
Fianna Fáil Matt Loughnane* 8.90 1,277 1,329 1,344 1,433 1,564 1,643 1,683
Progressive Democrats Willie Burke* 7.28 1,045 1,051 1,062 1,210 1,240    
Fine Gael Peter Feeney 7.06 1,013 1,020 1,025 1,030 1,320 1,360 1,398
Fine Gael Joe Monaghan 5.60 804 820 830 835      
Fianna Fáil Walter Burke 3.82 548 560 565        
Independent P.J. Baldwin 0.99 142 153          
Fine Gael Donal Healy 0.26 37 39          
Electorate: 23,845   Valid: 14,350 (60.18%)   Spoilt: 277   Quota: 1,794   Turnout: 14,627 (61.34%)  

Oranmore

Oranmore - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Senator Jarlath McDonagh* 23.09 1,924        
Progressive Democrats Noel Grealish 16.70 1,357 1,444 1,517 1,779  
Fianna Fáil Mary Hoade 16.26 1,314 1,340 1,415 1,495 1,600
Fianna Fáil Tim Rabbitt 19.78 1,247 1,284 1,433 1,848  
Fine Gael Kathleen Carey 13.30 1,108 1,176 1,195 1,385 1,461
Independent Enda O'Rourke 12.24 1,020 1,046 1,081    
Fianna Fáil John Molloy 4.34 362 375      
Electorate: 15,503   Valid: 8,332 (53.74%)   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,667   Turnout: 8,406 (54.22%)  

Tuam

Tuam - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael Paul Connaughton TD* 11.55 1,745 1,774 1,885 2,155            
Fianna Fáil Kathleen Quinn* 9.49 1,433 1,438 1,486 1,546 1,560 1,595 1,641 2,048    
Fianna Fáil Paddy McHugh* 8.99 1,358 1,396 1,448 1,461 1,469 1,585 1,709 1,913    
Fine Gael Tom McHugh 8.32 1,256 1,285 1,375 1,449 1,504 1,699 1,840 1,919    
Fine Gael Tiernan Walsh* 7.98 1,205 1,208 1,222 1,308 1,379 1,421 1,476 1,596 1,634 1,642
Progressive Democrats Joe Burke* 7.71 1,165 1,201 1,293 1,321 1,335 1,496 1,589 1,656 1,662 1,669
Fianna Fáil Michael Connolly 7.30 1,103 1,120 1,155 1,231 1,255 1,277 1,504 1,673 1,739 1,744
Fianna Fáil Tom Hussey* 7.12 1,075 1,088 1,161 1,218 1,234 1,306 1,390      
Fianna Fáil Tom Reilly 6.86 1,036 1,082 1,130 1,141 1,142 1,297 1,437 1,551 1,600 1,610
Independent Peter Roche 6.57 992 1,052 1,082 1,150 1,167 1,233        
Labour Colm Keaveney 5.54 837 891 977 1,013 1,028          
Fine Gael Tom Meehan 5.27 796 808 816              
Independent John Brogan 4.79 724 738                
Independent Bartley Furey 1.54 233                  
Independent Seán Hehir 0.97 147                  
Electorate: 25,351   Valid: 15,105 (66.79%)   Spoilt: 272   Quota: 1,889   Turnout: 15,377 (67.36%)