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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ResultsEdit
| 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 | |
| South Kerry Independent Alliance | 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 | |
| Catholic Democrats | 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. By the 1999 elections, 16 Democratic Left councillors had merged with the Labour Party, and one Workers' Party councillor had joined Labour.
County councilsEdit
| 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 councilsEdit
| 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 | ||||||
Town CouncilsEdit
Borough and town councilsEdit
| 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 councilsEdit
| Authority | FF | FG | Lab | SF | PD | GP | WP | Others | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonmel | 5 | 2 | 5[fn 1] | |||||||||||||
| 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 councilsEdit
| 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[fn 2] | 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 |
See alsoEdit
NotesEdit
- ^ 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.
ReferencesEdit
- "1999 Local Elections". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 February 2008.