1999 North Tipperary County Council election

An election to North Tipperary 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).

1999 North Tipperary County Council election

← 1991 10 June 1999 2004 →

All 21 seats to North Tipperary County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 12 5 1
Seat change +1 -2 -1

  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 3
Seat change +2

Map showing the area of North Tipperary County Council

Council control after election

Fianna Fail

Results by party

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 +1 14,639 47.27
Fine Gael 5 -2 8,147 26.31
Independent 3 +2 4,927 15.91
Labour 1 -1 2,805 9.06
Sinn Féin 0 0 450 1.45
Totals 21 0 30,968 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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Borrisokane

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Borrisokane - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Jim Casey* 24.16 1,092 1,156      
Fine Gael Louis McCormack 18.96 857 911 1,023 1,040 1,048
Fine Gael Gerard Darcy* 16.80 759 910 1,024 1,053 1,071
Fianna Fáil Tony McKenna* 16.42 742 838 1,176    
Fianna Fáil Michael Hough* 12.90 583 665      
Labour Larry Dunne 10.75 486        
Electorate: 6,701   Valid: 4,519 (67.44%)   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,130   Turnout: 4,563 (68.09%)  

Nenagh

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Nenagh - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Maire Hoctor 13.41 1,515            
Fianna Fáil Tom Harrington* 10.23 1,156 1,180 1,182 1,239 1,285 1,337 1,498
Fianna Fáil Mattie (Coole) Ryan* 9.84 1,112 1,128 1,139 1,183 1,309 1,330 1,515
Fine Gael Tom Berkery 9.35 1,056 1,061 1,106 1,135 1,158 1,230 1,306
Fianna Fáil John Carroll 8.64 976 988 992 1,056 1,069 1,178 1,360
Independent Martin Kennedy 8.33 941 942 1,033 1,041 1,236 1,265 1,357
Fine Gael Tom Ryan* 8.27 934 944 975 1,013 1,019 1,050 1,079
Fianna Fáil John Sheehy* 7.51 848 855 878 912 967 1,030  
Labour Seán Creamer 6.85 774 777 783 805 814    
Labour Senator Kathleen O'Meara 6.79 767 785 794 865 890 1,279 1,417
Fianna Fáil Cait Delahunty 4.56 515 517 536 545      
Sinn Féin Paddy Hackett 3.98 450 454 456        
Fine Gael Pat Vaughan 2.24 253 253          
Electorate: 17,208   Valid: 11,297 (65.65%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,413   Turnout: 11,427 (66.41%)  

Templemore

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Templemore - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Noel Coonan* 26.99 1,858        
Fine Gael Denis Ryan* 13.82 951 1,105 1,210    
Fianna Fáil Seán Mulrooney* 13.03 897 932 981 999 1,023
Fianna Fáil Dr. Joe Hennessy 11.46 789 975 1,014 1,125 1,137
Fianna Fáil John Hogan 11.46 789 865 890 1,120 1,121
Fianna Fáil Dan Smith* 11.13 766 838 862 938 963
Fine Gael Willie Kennedy 7.42 511 665 712    
Labour Anne Keegan 4.68 322 355      
Electorate: 11,126   Valid: 6,883 (61.86%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,148   Turnout: 6,962 (62.57%)  

Thurles

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Thurles - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Michael Lowry TD* 35.94 3,049          
Fianna Fáil Harry Ryan* 13.13 1,114 1,346        
Independent Willie Kennedy* 11.04 937 1,525        
Fianna Fáil John Egan* 10.33 876 959 988 1,013 1,045 1,163
Fianna Fáil John Hanafin* 10.24 869 1,085 1,132 1,173 1,224  
Fine Gael Seán Cahill 5.83 495 694 765 785 824 932
Fine Gael Mae Quinn* 5.58 473 706 770 793 905 1,115
Labour John Kenehan 5.37 456 643 699 716 771  
Independent Noel O'Dwyer 2.53 205 313 358 365    
Electorate: 13,824   Valid: 8,484 (61.37%)   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,213   Turnout: 8,603 (62.23%)  
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