The 1999 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Friday, 11 June 1999, on the same day as the European elections.
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Ireland was divided into local government areas of administrative counties and county boroughs, in which the local authorities had last been elected at the 1991 local elections, and a second tier in certain areas of boroughs, urban districts and towns, in which the local authorities had last been elected at the 1994 local elections. The elections had been scheduled for 1998, but were postponed.[1][2]
Each local government area was divided into local electoral areas (LEAs) in which councillors were elected for a five-year term on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). During the period of office of these councils, local government throughout the state was restructured under the Local Government Act 2001.
Results
edit| Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. Votes | % FPv | ±% | |
| Fianna Fáil | 382 | +28 | 552,033 | 38.9 | +0.9 | |
| Fine Gael | 277 | +3 | 399,125 | 28.1 | +1.5 | |
| Labour | 83 | −6 | 153,197 | 10.8 | +0.3 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 25 | −12 | 41,362 | 2.9 | -2.1 | |
| Sinn Féin | 21 | +13 | 49,192 | 3.5 | +1.4 | |
| Green | 8 | −5 | 35,742 | 2.5 | +0.1 | |
| Independent Fianna Fáil | 4 | — | 7,087 | 0.5 | -0.4 | |
| Workers' Party | 3 | –21 | 6,847 | 0.5 | -3.1 | |
| Socialist Party | 2 | New | 5,312 | 0.4 | New | |
| SKIA | 1 | New | 1,478 | 0.1 | New | |
| Republican Sinn Féin | 1 | — | 1,390 | 0.1 | -0.2 | |
| Christian Solidarity | 0 | New | 1,252 | 0.1 | New | |
| Socialist Workers | 0 | New | 904 | 0.1 | New | |
| National Party | 0 | New | 881 | 0.1 | New | |
| Natural Law Party | 0 | New | 129 | 0.0 | New | |
| Independent | 76 | −2 | 164,552 | 11.6 | +1.0 | |
| Total | 883 | — | 1,420,483 | 100 | — | |
18 Workers' Party councillors had left the party in 1992 upon the creation of Democratic Left. In January 1999, Democratic Left merged with the Labour Party. One Workers' Party councillor had joined Labour since 1991.[citation needed]
County councils
edit| Authority | FF | FG | Lab | GP | SF | PD | Other | Total | Details | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | Details | ||||||||
| Cavan | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | Details | |||||||||
| Clare | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 32 | Details | |||||||||
| Cork | 19 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 48 | Details | ||||||||
| Donegal | 14 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 29 | Details | |||||||||
| Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | Details | ||||||||
| Fingal | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 24 | Details | |||||||
| Galway | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | Details | |||||||||
| Kerry | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 27 | Details | ||||||||
| Kildare | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | Details | ||||||||
| Kilkenny | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26 | Details | |||||||||
| Laois | 14 | 10 | 1 | 25 | Details | ||||||||||
| Leitrim | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | Details | |||||||||
| Limerick | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | Details | |||||||||
| Longford | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 21 | Details | |||||||||
| Louth | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26 | Details | ||||||||
| Mayo | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 31 | Details | |||||||||
| Meath | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 29 | Details | |||||||||
| Monaghan | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | Details | ||||||||||
| Offaly | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | Details | |||||||||
| Roscommon | 9 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 26 | Details | |||||||||
| Sligo | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25 | Details | ||||||||
| South Dublin | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 26 | Details | ||||||
| North Tipperary | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | Details | |||||||||
| South Tipperary | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | Details | |||||||||
| Waterford | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | Details | |||||||||
| Westmeath | 12 | 6 | 5 | 23 | Details | ||||||||||
| Wexford | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | Details | |||||||||
| Wicklow | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | Details | ||||||||
City councils
edit| Authority | FF | FG | Lab | GP | SF | PD | Other | Total | Details | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork City | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 31 | Details | ||||||
| Dublin City | 20 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 52 | Details | ||||||
| Galway City | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | Details | ||||||
| Limerick City | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | Details | ||||||
| Waterford City | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | Details | ||||||
Borough and town councils
edit| Party | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 289 | +16 | |
| Fine Gael | 159 | -15 | |
| Labour | 87 | +10 | |
| Sinn Féin | 41 | +16 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 7 | -11 | |
| Green | 5 | -1 | |
| Workers' Party | 1 | -1 | |
| Democratic Left | 0 | -11 | |
| Other parties | 156 | -3 | |
Borough councils
edit| Authority | FF | FG | Lab | SF | PDs | GP | WP | Others | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonmel | 5 | 2 | 5[a] | |||||||||||||
| Drogheda | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Kilkenny | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sligo | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Wexford | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 22 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||
Town councils
edit| Town | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour Party | Sinn Féin | Progressive Democrats | Green Party | Workers Party of Ireland | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardee | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Arklow | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| Athlone | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| Athy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Balbriggan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Ballina | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||||
| Ballinasloe | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| Ballybay | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Ballyshannon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||||
| Bandon | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| Bantry | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Belturbet | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Birr | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Boyle | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Bray | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Buncrana | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Bundoran | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Carlow | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Carrickmacross | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Carrick-on-Suir | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Cashel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Castlebar | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Castleblayney | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| Cavan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Clonakilty | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Clones | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Cobh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Cootehill | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Dundalk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |||
| Dungarvan | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Edenderry | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| Ennis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Enniscorthy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Fermoy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Gorey | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Granard | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Greystones | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Kells | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Kilkee | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Killarney | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4[b] | 9 | ||||
| Kilrush | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Kinsale | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Leixlip | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||||
| Letterkenny | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Lismore | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Listowel | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Longford | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Loughrea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Macroom | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Mallow | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||||
| Midleton | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||
| Monaghan | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Mountmellick | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| Muine Bheag | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Mullingar | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Naas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Navan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Nenagh | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Newbridge | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| New Ross | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Passage West | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Portlaoise | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Shannon | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Skibbereen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Templemore | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| Thurles | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Tipperary | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Tralee | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||
| Tramore | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Trim | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Tuam | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Tullamore | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Westport | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Wicklow | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Youghal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Notes
edit- ^ The Workers and Unemployed Action Group has 2 County Councillors in South Tipperary and 5 Borough Councillors in Clonmel.
- ^ Michael Gleeson of the South Kerry Independent Alliance is included in this total.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- "1999 Local Elections". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 February 2008.