1999 Laois County Council election

An election to Laois County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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 Laois County Council election

10 June 1999
All 25 seats to Laois County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent Seats won 14 10 1 Seat change +1 +1 -   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour Progressive Democrats Seats won 0 0 Seat change -1 -1
Map showing the area of Laois County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	14	+1	12,839	51.20
	Fine Gael	10	+1	8,271	32.98
	Independent	1	-	2,487	9.92
	Labour	0	-1	1,063	4.24
	Progressive Democrats	0	-1	-	-
Totals		25	-	25,076	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Borris-in-Ossory

Borris-in-Ossory - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Phelan*	17.24	1,347
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Fleming	13.94	1,089
	Fianna Fáil	John Joe Fennelly	12.38	967	1,044
	Fine Gael	Michael Lalor*	11.94	933	939	955	958	1,011
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Rohan*	10.15	793	873	917	963	980
	Fine Gael	Marty Phelan*	8.87	693	720	731	732	856	1,006
	Fine Gael	John Bonham	8.29	648	657	664	666	696	748	777	794	795
	Labour	Larry Kavanagh*	7.67	599	615	639	639	663	776	781	793	795
	Independent	John King	5.17	404	502	507	515	616
	Fine Gael	Gina O'Loughlin	4.36	341	398	403	410
Electorate: 12,812   Valid: 7,814 (60.99%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 977   Turnout: 7,930 (61.90%)

Emo

Emo- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	James Deegan*	17.58	684	692	727	893
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Cribbin*	16.55	644	648	653	673	679	859
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Costello	16.45	640	642	643	656	660	768
	Independent	Michael Turley	13.83	538	544	566	638	687	803
	Independent	Sam Gee	11.51	448	449	453	497	527	550
	Fianna Fáil	Theresa Mulhare*	10.85	422	423	429	471	490
	Fine Gael	Mary Lalor	5.24	204	206	209
	Labour	Patrick Fennell	3.34	130	151	194
	Independent	Christine Holohan	3.06	119	129
	Independent	Frank Byrne	1.59	62
Electorate: 6,813   Valid: 3,891 (57.11%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 779   Turnout: 3,959 (58.11%)

Luggacurren

Luggacurren- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	John Moran*	19.26	718	741	823
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Rice	18.62	694	726	835
	Fine Gael	James Daly*	16.39	611	662	747
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wheatley*	15.83	590	623	683	737
	Fianna Fáil	Dick Miller	12.85	479	489	596	625
	Independent	Seamus Martin	6.28	234	252
	Fianna Fáil	Anne Cass	5.77	215	224
	Independent	Michael Leech	4.99	186
Electorate: 6,845   Valid: 3,727 (54.45%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 746   Turnout: 3,775 (55.15%)

Mountmellick

Mountmellick- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	John Moloney TD*	27.52	1,123
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McDonald*	17.45	712	870
	Fine Gael	David Goodwin	14.44	589	617	683	873
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Digan*	12.87	525	558	597	731	743	783
	Fine Gael	David Conroy	10.98	448	495	586	674	718	731
	Fine Gael	Denis Feighery	10.56	431	441	466
	Independent	Pat Bowe	6.18	252	282
Electorate: 6,000   Valid: 4,080 (68.00%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 817   Turnout: 4,146 (69.10%)

Portlaoise

Portlaoise - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Dunne*	19.05	1,060
	Fine Gael	William Aird*	12.29	684	712	718	730	750	770	850
	Fine Gael	Charles Flanagan TD*	9.45	526	542	545	554	570	574	630	673	706	735
	Fianna Fáil	Catherine Fitzgerald	9.35	520	559	563	568	576	593	607	636	639	673
	Fine Gael	Mary Sweeney	8.95	498	507	508	515	537	597	641	664	676	702
	Sinn Féin	Brian Stanley	7.48	416	422	426	434	461	472	483	540	541
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Lodge*	7.26	404	445	450	466	477	569	596	624	626	695
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Jacob*	6.34	353	420	423	426	440	491	520	559	563	616
	Fine Gael	Kathleen O'Brien	4.73	263	271	276	286	297	304
	Fianna Fáil	Anthony Lodge	4.71	262	286	287	290	297
	Independent	Joe McCormack	4.15	231	248	254	268	301	317	339
	Labour	Tom Phelan	3.07	171	174	184	220
	Labour	Brendan Tynan	1.99	111	115	132
	Labour	Seán O'Gorman	0.93	52	53
	Independent	Fred Bannan	0.23	13	15
Electorate: 9,947   Valid: 5,564 (55.94%)   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 795   Turnout: 5,613 (56.43%)

External links

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