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1999 Galway County Council election
All 30 seats to Galway County Council
	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	—

Ballinasloe - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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 - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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 - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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 - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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 - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)