1999 Irish local elections

Nationwide local authority elections November 2021 November 2021 1999 Irish local elections Republic of Ireland parliamentary 1991 and 1994 2004 Irish local elections 2004 1,627 County, City, Borough and Town Council Seats 11 June 1999 Largest Party Councillors Councillors +/- 50.19% 5.46pp Bertie Ahern, November 1995 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Bertie Ahern 19 November 1994 Fianna Fáil 38.9% 382 28 John Bruton, December 1999 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 John Bruton 21 November 1990 Fine Gael 28.1% 277 3 Ruairi Quinn, circa 2002.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Ruairi Quinn 13 November 1997 Labour Party (Ireland) 10.8% 83 6 Mary Harney, October 2001 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Mary Harney 26 October 1993 Progressive Democrats 3.9% 25 12 Gerry Adams, 1997.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Gerry Adams 13 November 1983 Sinn Féin 3.5% 21 13 GP None Green Party (Ireland) 2.5% 8 5 IFF — — Independent Fianna Fáil 4 1 7,087 0.65 0.4% Seán Garland.jpg 130 120 160 0 5 Seán Garland 1998 Workers' Party (Ireland) 3 21 6,847 0.5% 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.Local Government Act 1994 1994 8 20 Year of elections to all local authorities 29 April 1994Local Government Act 1998 1998 16 10 Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 29 May 1998 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 Party Seats ± First Pref. Votes % FPv ±% Fianna Fáil382+28552,03338.9+0.9 Fine Gael277+3399,12528.1+1.5 Labour Party (Ireland)83−6153,19710.8+0.3 Progressive Democrats25−1241,3622.9-2.1 Sinn Féin21+1349,1923.5+1.4 Green Party (Ireland)8−535,7422.5+0.1 Independent Fianna Fáil4—7,0870.5-0.4 Workers' Party (Ireland)3–216,8470.5-3.1 Socialist Party (Ireland)2New5,3120.4New South Kerry Independent Alliance1New1,4780.1New Republican Sinn Féin1—1,3900.1-0.2 Christian Solidarity Party0New1,2520.1New Socialist Workers Party (Ireland)0New9040.1New National Party (Ireland, 1995)0New8810.1New Natural Law Party (Ireland)0New1290.0New Independent politician (Ireland)76−2164,55211.6+1.0  Total883—1,420,483100— 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.June 2023 County councils AuthorityFFFGLabGPSFPDOtherTotalDetailsCarlow 9 7 3 1 1 21DetailsCavan 13 9 2 1 25DetailsClare 18 9 1 4 32DetailsCork 19 21 4 1 3 48DetailsDonegal 14 8 1 6 29DetailsDún Laoghaire–Rathdown 10 8 6 1 3 28DetailsFingal 6 5 6 1 1 5 24DetailsGalway 16 9 2 3 30DetailsKerry 12 6 3 1 5 27DetailsKildare 9 5 5 2 4 25DetailsKilkenny 12 11 1 2 26DetailsLaois 14 10 1 25DetailsLeitrim 10 8 2 222DetailsLimerick 14 10 3 1 28DetailsLongford 8 10 1 2 21DetailsLouth 14 7 1 1 3 26DetailsMayo 16 13 1 1 31DetailsMeath 14 11 1 3 29DetailsMonaghan 8 6 620DetailsOffaly 9 7 1 4 21DetailsRoscommon 9 12 1 4 26DetailsSligo 9 11 2 1 2 25DetailsSouth Dublin 8 3 7 1 2 2 3 26DetailsNorth Tipperary 12 5 1 3 21DetailsSouth Tipperary 12 9 1 4 26DetailsWaterford 11 8 3 1 23DetailsWestmeath 12 6 523DetailsWexford 9 8 1 3 21DetailsWicklow 8 6 5 1 4 24Details City councils AuthorityFFFGLabGPSFPDOtherTotalDetailsCork City1285112231DetailsDublin City209142403 52DetailsGalway City5420040 15DetailsLimerick City6530003 17DetailsWaterford City4320015 15Details Borough and town councils PartySeats± Fianna Fáil289+16 Fine Gael159-15 Labour Party (Ireland)87+10 Sinn Féin41+16 Progressive Democrats7-11 Green Party (Ireland)5-1 Workers' Party (Ireland)1-1 Democratic Left (Ireland)0-11 Other parties156-3 Borough councils AuthorityFianna FáilFine GaelLabour Party (Ireland)Sinn FéinProgressive DemocratsGreen Party (Ireland)Workers' Party (Ireland)OthersClonmel525wuag The Workers and Unemployed Action Group has 2 County Councillors in South Tipperary and 5 Borough Councillors in Clonmel.Drogheda5133Kilkenny543Sligo4323Wexford32313Totals221211400011 Town councils Town Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party Sinn Féin Progressive Democrats Green Party Workers Party of Ireland Others TotalArdee 3 2 2 1 1 9Arklow 4 1 4 9Athlone 5 2 2 9Athy 4 1 2 1 1 9Balbriggan 2 1 2 1 3 9Ballina 4 2 3 9Ballinasloe 3 2 4 9Ballybay 4 3 1 1 9Ballyshannon 3 3 3 9Bandon 4 3 2 9Bantry 4 3 1 1 9Belturbet 5 2 1 1 9Birr 3 3 1 2 9Boyle 2 2 2 3 9Bray 5 1 4 2 12Buncrana 3 3 1 2 9Bundoran 5 2 1 1 9Carlow 3 3 2 1 9Carrickmacross 5 2 1 1 9Carrick-on-Suir 3 1 2 1 2 9Cashel 3 2 1 3 9Castlebar 4 2 2 1 9Castleblayney 3 2 4 9Cavan 5 3 1 9Clonakilty 3 2 1 1 2 9Clones 3 2 3 2 9Cobh 3 1 2 1 2 9Cootehill 3 2 2 2 9Dundalk 5 1 2 1 3 12Dungarvan 1 2 4 2 9Edenderry 4 1 4 9Ennis 3 2 1 1 2 9Enniscorthy 4 2 1 2 9Fermoy 3 2 1 3 9Gorey 5 3 1 9Granard 3 2 1 3 9Greystones 2 2 1 4 9Kells 5 2 1 1 9Kilkee 4 3 1 9Killarney 3 1 1 4gleeson Michael Gleeson of the South Kerry Independent Alliance is included in this total. 9Kilrush 4 1 1 3 9Kinsale 4 2 1 2 9Leixlip 4 2 3 9Letterkenny 3 1 1 4 9Lismore 2 3 2 2 9Listowel 4 4 1 9Longford 3 3 1 2 9Loughrea 5 3 1 9Macroom 3 4 1 1 9Mallow 3 3 3 9Midleton 3 2 4 9Monaghan 3 1 4 1 9Mountmellick 6 1 2 9Muine Bheag 6 2 1 9Mullingar 3 1 4 1 9Naas 2 1 1 1 4 9Navan 4 2 1 2 9Nenagh 5 2 1 1 9Newbridge 5 2 2 9New Ross 5 1 1 1 1 9Passage West 3 3 1 1 1 9Portlaoise 5 2 1 1 9Shannon 3 2 2 2 9Skibbereen 2 2 2 3 9Templemore 4 3 2 9Thurles 4 2 2 1 9Tipperary 2 2 2 3 9Tralee 4 1 3 2 2 12Tramore 3 1 1 1 1 2 9Trim 3 1 1 4 9Tuam 2 2 1 1 3 9Tullamore 2 1 4 1 1 9Westport 4 4 1 9Wicklow 3 1 3 2 9Youghal 4 1 1 1 2 9 Notes References http://www.electionsireland.org/results/local/1999local.cfm 1999 Local Elections ElectionsIreland.org 20 February 2008 Category:1999 elections in the Republic of Ireland Category:1999 in Irish politics 1999 Category:June 1999 in Europe