1999 Kerry County Council election

An election to Kerry County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

1999 Kerry County Council election

10 June 1999
All 27 seats to Kerry County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 12 6 3 Seat change 1 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin SKIA Independent Seats won 1 1 4 Seat change 1 1 1
Map showing the area of Kerry County Council
Council control before election Fianna Fáil Council control after election Fianna Fáil Independent

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	12	1	25,331	39.80	4.34
	Fine Gael	6	1	14,951	23.49	2.74
	Labour	3	1	9,119	14.33	2.23
	Sinn Féin	1	1	3,810	5.99	4.81
	SKIA	1	1	1,478	2.32	New
	Green	0		246	0.39	1.35
	Independent	4	1	8,713	13.69	4.21
Totals		27		63,648	100.00

Results by local electoral area

Dingle

Dingle- 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Breandan MacGearailt*	27.50	1,969
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Shea*	23.98	1,717	1,736	1,759	1,850
	Fine Gael	Seamus (Cosai) Fitzgerald	14.76	1,057	1,148	1,196	1,307	1,472	1,658
	Fianna Fáil	Colette Flynn-Scanlon	10.92	782	819	851	874	972	1,319
	Independent	Brigid O'Connor	8.12	581	589	636	676	836
	Labour	Tom Flynn	7.47	535	543	571	609
	Fine Gael	Mick O'Connell	4.05	290	296	326
	Independent	John Paul O'Brien	3.18	228	296	326
Electorate: 10,879   Valid: 7,159 (65.81%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,790   Turnout: 7,248 (66.62%)

Killarney

Killarney - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Jackie Healy-Rae TD*	23.03	3,302
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Fleming*	14.42	2,068
	Labour	Breeda Moynihan-Cronin TD*	11.45	1,642	1,866	1,900	1,903	2,153
	Fianna Fáil	Brian O'Leary*	10.70	1,534	1,774	1,796	1,802	1,849	1,883	2,257
	SKIA	Michael Gleeson	10.31	1,478	1,682	1,709	1,710	1,768	1,850	2,044	2,113
	Independent	Brendan Cronin	9.11	1,306	1,457	1,496	1,499	1,537	1,679	1,801	1,862
	Fine Gael	Senator Paul Coghlan*	7.45	1,068	1,154	1,199	1,200	1,219	1,477	1,545	1,566
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Doherty	5.31	762	921	942	945	969	1,005
	Fine Gael	Mark O'Shea	3.79	544	595	629	630	641
	Labour	Andrew McCarthy	3.11	446	493	498	499
	Independent	Tom Randles	1.32	189	280
Electorate: 21,843   Valid: 14,339 (65.65%)   Spoilt: 233   Quota: 2,049   Turnout: 14,572 (66.71%)

Killorglin

Killorglin - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Paul O'Donoghue*	18.29	2,162
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cahill*	15.75	1,862	1,897	1,941	2,150
	Fine Gael	Michael Connor-Scarteen*	11.91	1,408	1,411	1,413	1,420	1,501	1,503	1,595	2,113
	Fine Gael	Johnny (Porridge) O'Connor	11.44	1,352	1,356	1,394	1,485	1,525	1,575	1,686	1,722	1,731
	Fine Gael	P.J. Donovan	9.52	1,125	1,184	1,188	1,191	1,448	1,448	1,838	1,856	1,871
	Independent	Michael Healy-Rae	8.64	1,022	1,042	1,064	1,117	1,179	1,213	1,425	1,703	1,821
	Fianna Fáil	Dan McCarthy	8.01	947	966	968	982	986	1,054	1,099
	Labour	Seán O hArgáin	7.33	867	891	909	920	988	991
	Fine Gael	Donal Barry	4.38	518	532	536	540
	Fianna Fáil	Paudie O'Connor	3.29	389	401	423
	Independent	Patrick O'Reilly	1.44	170	171
Electorate: 17,885   Valid: 11,822 (66.10%)   Spoilt: 233   Quota: 1,971   Turnout: 12,021 (67.21%)

Listowel

Listowel- 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Deenihan TD	17.11	2,321
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Dan Kiely*	14.89	2,020
	Fianna Fáil	Ned O'Sullivan*	11.00	1,492	1,561	1,599	1,735	1,766	1,841	1,934
	Fine Gael	Tim Buckley*	10.12	1,372	1,496	1,532	1,594	1,617	1,714	1,755
	Labour	Pat Leahy*	9.67	1,312	1,365	1,441	1,467	1,618	1,746	1,846
	Fine Gael	Bernie Behan*	9.66	1,310	1,361	1,369	1,375	1,430	1,444	1,546
	Fianna Fáil	John Brassil	9.57	1,298	1,314	1,324	1,357	1,469	1,484	1,754
	Sinn Féin	Risteard O Fuarain	5.27	715	723	730	738	816	1,070
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Curtin	4.70	637	654	673	700	712
	Labour	Liam O'Sullivan	3.67	498	513	521	530
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Walsh	2.51	341	359	372
	Independent	Margaret Carmody	1.83	248	260
Electorate: 23,406   Valid: 13,546 (57.95%)   Spoilt: 262   Quota: 1,938   Turnout: 13,826 (59.07%)

Tralee

Tralee - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Maeve Spring*	18.56	3,174
	Sinn Féin	Martin Ferris	14.37	2,458
	Fianna Fáil	Tom McEllistrim	9.58	1,638	1,712	1,736	1,760	1,897	1,995	2,135	2,432
	Fine Gael	Bobby O'Connell*	9.07	1,551	1,607	1,618	1,633	1,656	1,671	1,695	1,969	2,006	2,077
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Foley TD*	8.44	1,443	1,528	1,569	1,587	1,685	1,801	1,968	2,178
	Fine Gael	Pat McCarthy	6.05	1,035	1,107	1,121	1,149	1,204	1,240	1,283	1,327	1,339	1,486
	Fianna Fáil	Ted Fitzgerald*	6.02	1,030	1,106	1,131	1,146	1,204	1,288	1,453	1,502	1,562	1,879
	Independent	Billy Leen	5.66	968	1,026	1,094	1,124	1,170	1,284	1,360	1,416	1,430	1,595
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Walsh	5.59	956	983	990	998	1,024	1,047	1,131
	Fianna Fáil	Johnnie Wall	4.15	710	829	860	876	919	1,012
	Independent	Tommy Foley*	4.09	699	789	832	861	891
	Labour	John Commane*	3.77	645	952	973	1,010	1,028	1,115	1,212	1,240	1,247
	Fianna Fáil	Paudie Fuller	3.23	552	583	605	617
	Green	Eddie McCarthy	1.44	246	286	298
Electorate: 29,913   Valid: 17,105 (57.18%)   Spoilt: 306   Quota: 2,139   Turnout: 17,411 (58.21%)

External links

• https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/migrated-files/en/Publications/LocalGovernment/Voting/FileDownLoad%2C1889%2Cen.pdf
• Official website
• http://irelandelection.com/council.php?elecid=173&tab=constit&detail=yes&electype=5&councilid=12&electype=5
• https://irishelectionliterature.com/others-project/old-local-election-results/