1999 Longford County Council election

1999 Longford County Council election
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All 21 seats to Longford County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Progressive Democrats
Seats won 10 8 1
Seat change +2 -1 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Republican Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change - -2
Map showing the area of Longford County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Longford County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 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% ±%
Fine Gael 10 +2 7,146 41.26
Fianna Fáil 8 -1 7,392 42.68
Progressive Democrats 1 +1 717 4.14
Republican Sinn Féin 1 - 478 2.76
Independent 1 -2 1,533 8.85
Totals 21 - 17,320 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballymahon

Ballymahon - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael James Bannon* 22.31 1,211                  
Fianna Fáil Barney Steele* 12.76 693 738 741 744 758 761 775 849    
Fine Gael Patrick Belton 11.73 637 798                
Fine Gael Adrian Farrell* 11.07 601 621 629 651 658 693 776      
Fine Gael Seán Farrell* 10.83 588 644 649 651 659 676 691 787    
Fianna Fáil John Nolan* 6.47 351 394 396 402 413 427 460 534 560 632
Independent Patrick Walsh 6.28 341 360 360 363 368 375 380 395 400  
Fianna Fáil Pat Farrell 5.18 281 338 339 343 349 355 373 431 451 507
Fianna Fáil John Kenny 5.14 279 293 294 297 304 320 369      
Fianna Fáil Pat O'Sullivan 3.78 205 206 206 207 210 240        
Independent Tom Feeney 2.23 121 125 125 135 140          
Independent Michael Brennan 1.23 67 79 81 82            
Labour Michael Coffey 0.99 54 57 57              
Electorate: 7,379   Valid: 5,429 (73.57%)   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 776   Turnout: 5,492 (74.43%)  

Drumlish

Drumlish - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Luie McEntire* 32.00 736    
Fine Gael Gerry Brady* 28.26 650    
Republican Sinn Féin Seán Lynch* 14.10 478 532 579
Fianna Fáil Benny Reid 18.96 436 542 569
Electorate: 3,358   Valid: 2,300 (68.49%)   Spoilt: 15   Quota: 576   Turnout: 2,315 (69.94%)  

Granard

Granard - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael Frank Kilbride 16.58 669 721    
Fine Gael Maura Kilbride-Harkin* 15.96 644 688    
Fine Gael Martin Farrell 14.75 595 607 719  
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Coyle* 13.41 541 577 718  
Independent Noel Greene 11.95 482 490 514 527
Fianna Fáil Brian Lynch* 11.03 445 544 629 651
Fianna Fáil John Doherty 8.70 351 395    
Fianna Fáil Fintan Flood* 7.63 308      
Electorate: 5,808   Valid: 4,035 (69.47%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 673   Turnout: 4,103 (70.64%)  

Longford

Longford - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Denis Glennon 13.95 775        
Fianna Fáil Michael Nevin* 13.23 735        
Fine Gael Alan Mitchell 13.12 729        
Progressive Democrats Mae Sexton* 12.90 717        
Fianna Fáil Peter Kelly* 12.87 715        
Fine Gael Victor Kiernan* 9.49 527 539 545 619 746
Independent Peter Murphy* 9.40 522 538 547 574 623
Fianna Fáil Helen Quinn 6.01 334 359 371 428 487
Fine Gael Peggy Nolan 5.31 295 309 317 337  
Fianna Fáil Noel Conway 3.73 207 220 225    
Electorate: 8,598   Valid: 5,556 (64.62%)   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 695   Turnout: 5,642 (65.62%)