1999 Carlow County Council election

An election to Carlow County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

1999 Carlow County Council election

10 June 1999
All 21 seats to Carlow County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 9 7 3 Seat change - - -1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Progressive Democrats Green Seats won 1 1 Seat change - +1
Map showing the area of Carlow County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	9	-	6,397	35.25
	Fine Gael	7	-	5,501	30.31
	Labour	3	-1	3,193	17.59
	Progressive Democrats	1	-	793	4.37
	Green	1	+1	658	3.63
Totals		21	-	18,149	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Borris

Borris - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Green	Mary White	21.98	582	627	700
	Labour	Michael Meaney*	20.73	549	584	647
	Fine Gael	Michael Doyle*	19.45	515	550	604
	Fianna Fáil	Dolores Barron	16.99	450	509	654
	Fianna Fáil	Siobhan Minchin	13.18	349	365
	Independent	Bridie Lawlor	7.67	203
Electorate: 4,591   Valid: 2,648 (57.68%)   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 663   Turnout: 2,682 (58.42%)

Carlow No.1

Carlow No.1 - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Murnane*	22.78	519	537	655
	Fianna Fáil	Joe McDonald	19.80	451	482	517	546
	Fine Gael	Declan Alcock*	16.68	380	471	556	599
	Labour	Des Hurley*	15.14	345	370
	Progressive Democrats	Senator Jim Gibbons Jnr	14.93	340	395	457	469
	Fine Gael	Colette Fennelly	10.67	243
Electorate: 4,869   Valid: 2,278 (46.79%)   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 570   Turnout: 2,322 (47.69%)

Carlow No.2

Carlow No.2 - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	John Browne TD*	17.39	625
	Fine Gael	Michael Abbey*	16.72	601
	Fianna Fáil	M.J. Nolan TD*	14.30	514	523	565	569	624
	Progressive Democrats	Walter Lacey*	12.60	453	468	508	516	622
	Fianna Fáil	Rody Kelly	10.77	387	400	443	447	499	511
	Labour	Tony O'Sullivan	9.54	343	359	386	391
	Fianna Fáil	Nicholas Carpenter*	9.10	327	348	400	404	468	480
	Fianna Fáil	Jennifer Murnane-O'Connor	6.12	220	232
	Independent	Conor Dowling	3.45	124
Electorate: 8,791   Valid: 3,594 (40.88%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 600   Turnout: 3,659 (41.62%)

Muinebheag

Muinebheag - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Jim Townsend*	15.23	671	706	719	727	754
	Fianna Fáil	Enda Nolan*	13.30	586	588	590	621	633	691	776
	Fine Gael	Denis Foley	12.48	550	552	558	578	640	677	748
	Fianna Fáil	Arthur McDonald*	10.92	481	483	495	540	562	634	690
	Labour	John Clarke	10.05	443	456	468	508	516	528	582
	Fine Gael	Mary McDonald*	9.01	397	405	413	417	486	537	675
	Independent	Martin Nevin	7.99	352	355	382	391	410	490
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Cullen	7.47	329	337	344	348	360
	Fine Gael	John Hughes	5.38	237	240	243	247
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Kiely	3.95	174	176	179
	Independent	John McNally	2.32	102	176	179
	Labour	Liz Dunne	1.91	84
Electorate: 8,148   Valid: 4,406 (54.07%)   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 735   Turnout: 4,483 (55.02%)

Tullow

Tullow - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	William Paton	18.11	842
	Fine Gael	Fred Hunter*	14.54	676	684	691	712	768	915
	Fianna Fáil	John Pender*	14.00	651	660	673	718	735	825
	Fine Gael	Michael Deering*	13.31	619	627	639	649	690	860
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Kennedy	10.71	498	502	505	516	522	531	545	564
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Kavanagh	9.92	461	464	468	498	601	627	651	688
	Fine Gael	Pat O'Toole*	8.52	396	412	431	454	506
	Fine Gael	Michael Murphy	5.64	262	263	266	298
	Independent	Billy Nolan	3.61	168	188	194
	Green	Danny Kelly	1.63	76
Electorate: 8,611   Valid: 4,649 (53.99%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 775   Turnout: 4,721 (54.83%)

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