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1999 Irish local elections
Nationwide local authority elections
Nationwide local authority elections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1999 Irish local elections |
| country | Republic of Ireland |
| type | parliamentary |
| previous_year | [1991](1991-irish-local-elections) and [1994](1994-irish-local-elections) |
| next_election | 2004 Irish local elections |
| next_year | 2004 |
| seats_for_election | 1,627 County, City, Borough and Town Council Seats |
| election_date | 11 June 1999 |
| 1blank | Largest Party |
| 2blank | Councillors |
| 3blank | Councillors +/- |
| turnout | 50.19% 5.46pp |
| image1 | |
| leader1 | Bertie Ahern |
| leader_since1 | 19 November 1994 |
| party1 | Fianna Fáil |
| percentage1 | 38.9% |
| 2data1 | 382 |
| 3data1 | 28 |
| image2 | |
| leader2 | John Bruton |
| leader_since2 | 21 November 1990 |
| party2 | Fine Gael |
| percentage2 | 28.1% |
| 2data2 | 277 |
| 3data2 | 3 |
| image3 | |
| leader3 | Ruairi Quinn |
| leader_since3 | 13 November 1997 |
| party3 | Labour Party (Ireland) |
| percentage3 | 10.8% |
| 2data3 | 83 |
| 3data3 | 6 |
| image4 | |
| leader4 | Mary Harney |
| leader_since4 | 26 October 1993 |
| party4 | Progressive Democrats |
| percentage4 | 3.9% |
| 2data4 | 25 |
| 3data4 | 12 |
| image5 | |
| leader5 | Gerry Adams |
| leader_since5 | 13 November 1983 |
| party5 | Sinn Féin |
| percentage5 | 3.5% |
| 2data5 | 21 |
| 3data5 | 13 |
| image6 | **GP** |
| leader6 | None |
| party6 | Green Party (Ireland) |
| percentage6 | 2.5% |
| 2data6 | 8 |
| 3data6 | 5 |
| image7 | **IFF** |
| leader7 | — |
| leader_since7 | — |
| party7 | Independent Fianna Fáil |
| seats7 | 4 |
| seat_change7 | 1 |
| popular_vote7 | 7,087 |
| percentage7 | 0.65 |
| swing7 | 0.4% |
| image8 | |
| leader8 | Seán Garland |
| leader_since8 | 1998 |
| party8 | Workers' Party (Ireland) |
| seats8 | 3 |
| seat_change8 | 21 |
| popular_vote8 | 6,847 |
| percentage8 | 0.5% |
| swing8 | 3.1% |
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.
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.
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
| **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.
County councils
| Authority | Fianna Fáil}}; width: 3px;" | Fine Gael}}; width: 3px;" | Labour Party (Ireland)}}; width: 3px;" | Green Party (Ireland)}}; width: 3px;" | Sinn Féin}}; width: 3px;" | Progressive Democrats}}; width: 3px;" | Other | Total | Details | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FF | FG | Lab | GP | SF | PD | ||||||||||
| Carlow | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | [Details](1999-carlow-county-council-election) | ||||||||
| Cavan | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | [Details](1999-cavan-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Clare | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 32 | [Details](1999-clare-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Cork | 19 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 48 | [Details](1999-cork-county-council-election) | ||||||||
| Donegal | 14 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 29 | [Details](1999-donegal-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | [Details](1999-dun-laoghaire-rathdown-county-council-election) | ||||||||
| Fingal | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 24 | [Details](1999-fingal-county-council-election) | |||||||
| Galway | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | [Details](1999-galway-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Kerry | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 27 | [Details](1999-kerry-county-council-election) | ||||||||
| Kildare | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | [Details](1999-kildare-county-council-election) | ||||||||
| Kilkenny | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26 | [Details](1999-kilkenny-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Laois | 14 | 10 | 1 | 25 | [Details](1999-laois-county-council-election) | ||||||||||
| Leitrim | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | [Details](1999-leitrim-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Limerick | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | [Details](1999-limerick-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Longford | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 21 | [Details](1999-longford-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Louth | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26 | [Details](1999-louth-county-council-election) | ||||||||
| Mayo | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 31 | [Details](1999-mayo-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Meath | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 29 | [Details](1999-meath-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Monaghan | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | [Details](1999-monaghan-county-council-election) | ||||||||||
| Offaly | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | [Details](1999-offaly-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Roscommon | 9 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 26 | [Details](1999-roscommon-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Sligo | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25 | [Details](1999-sligo-county-council-election) | ||||||||
| South Dublin | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 26 | [Details](1999-south-dublin-county-council-election) | ||||||
| North Tipperary | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | [Details](1999-north-tipperary-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| South Tipperary | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | [Details](1999-south-tipperary-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Waterford | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | [Details](1999-waterford-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Westmeath | 12 | 6 | 5 | 23 | [Details](1999-westmeath-county-council-election) | ||||||||||
| Wexford | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | [Details](1999-wexford-county-council-election) | |||||||||
| Wicklow | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | [Details](1999-wicklow-county-council-election) |
City councils
| Authority | Fianna Fáil}}; width: 3px;" | Fine Gael}}; width: 3px;" | Labour Party (Ireland)}}; width: 3px;" | Green Party (Ireland)}}; width: 3px;" | Sinn Féin}}; width: 3px;" | Progressive Democrats}}; width: 3px;" | Other | Total | Details | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FF | FG | Lab | GP | SF | PD | ||||||||||
| Cork City | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 31 | [Details](1999-cork-corporation-election) | ||||||
| Dublin City | 20 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 52 | [Details](1999-dublin-corporation-election) | ||||||
| Galway City | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | [Details](1999-galway-corporation-election) | ||||||
| Limerick City | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | [Details](1999-limerick-corporation-election) | ||||||
| Waterford City | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | [Details](1999-waterford-corporation-election) |
Borough and town councils
| Party | Seats | ± |
|---|---|---|
| 289 | +16 | |
| 159 | -15 | |
| 87 | +10 | |
| 41 | +16 | |
| 7 | -11 | |
| 5 | -1 | |
| 1 | -1 | |
| 0 | -11 | |
| 156 | -3 |
Borough councils
| Authority | Fianna Fáil}}; width: 3px;" | Fine Gael}}; width: 3px;" | Labour Party (Ireland)}}; width: 3px;" | Sinn Féin}}; width: 3px;" | Progressive Democrats}}; width: 3px;" | Green Party (Ireland)}}; width: 3px;" | Workers' Party (Ireland)}}; width: 3px;" | Other parties}}; width: 3px;" | Others | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [](fianna-fail) | [](fine-gael) | [](labour-party-ireland) | [](sinn-fein) | [](progressive-democrats) | [](green-party-ireland) | [](workers-party-ireland) | |||||||||||
| Clonmel | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 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
| 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 | 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
References
References
- (29 April 1994). "Local Government Act 1994".
- (29 May 1998). "Local Government Act 1998".
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