1991 Longford County Council election

Part of the 1991 Irish local elections March 2021 March 2021 1991 Longford County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1985 Longford County Council election 1985 1999 Longford County Council election 1999 All 21 seats on Longford County Council 27 June 1991 Fianna Fáil 9 - Fine Gael 8 -1 Republican Sinn Féin 1 +1 Independent (politician) 3 +1 Sinn Féin 0 -1 Longford in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Longford County Council Council control Council control after election An election to Longford County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.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 Results by party PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% Fianna Fáil9-5,39137.32-8.86 Fine Gael8-15,54438.37+0.13 Republican Sinn Féin1+15363.71New Independent (politician)3+12,15814.94+3.21 Sinn Féin0-1---3.86Totals21-14,447100.00— Results by local electoral area Ballinalee Ballinalee - 3 seats 3 Fianna Fáil Jimmy Coyle* 719 30.5%     Fianna Fáil Michael Doherty* 709 30%     Fine Gael Victor Kiernan 508 21.5% 567 655 Fine Gael Sean MacEoin 424 18% 493 523 3 3,294 2,360 (71.65%) 23 591 2,383 (72.34%) Ballymahon Ballymahon - 6 seats 7 Fine Gael James Bannon* 1,060 22.3%             Fianna Fáil Barney Steele* 741 15.6%             Fine Gael Louis Belton TD* 660 13.9% 840           Fine Gael Adrian Farrell* 612 12.9% 623 668 669 693     Fianna Fáil Paddy Farrell* 340 7.2% 346 349 365 392 448 650 Independent (politician) John Nolan 323 6.8% 364 383 391 414 514 624 Fine Gael Seán Farrell 306 6.4% 347 391 395 453 509 528 Fianna Fáil Tony Carthy 290 6.1% 358 372 393 395 426   Independent (politician) Michael Brennan* 241 5.1% 270 297 309 341     Independent (politician) Declan Gilmore 173 3.6% 178 181         7 6,361 4,746 (74.61%) 34 679 4,780 (75.15%) Drumlish Drumlish - 3 seats 2 Fine Gael Gerry Brady* 656 29%   Fianna Fáil Luie McEntire* 588 26%   Republican Sinn Féin Seán Lynch* 536 23.7% 585 Fianna Fáil Claire Brady-Casey 480 21.2% 521 2 3,072 2,260 (73.57%) 38 566 2,298 (74.8%) Granard Granard - 3 seats 0 Fianna Fáil Fintan Flood* N/A Unopposed Fine Gael Maura Kilbride-Harkin* N/A Unopposed Fianna Fáil Brian Lynch* N/A Unopposed 0 3,017 0 0 0 0 Longford Longford- 6 seats 7 Independent (politician) Mae Sexton 740 17.4%             Fianna Fáil Peter Kelly* 690 16.2%             Fine Gael Philo Kelly 532 12.5% 571 580 610       Independent (politician) Peter Murphy* 426 10% 444 451 463 494 530 567 Fine Gael Seamus Finnan* 330 7.7% 337 341 383 398 420 588 Fianna Fáil Michael Nevin 299 7% 310 326 350 413 538 586 Fine Gael Peter Clarke* 278 6.5% 290 297 325 354 404   Fianna Fáil Brendan McDermott 274 6.4% 295 301 314 369 412 473 Fianna Fáil Noel McGeeney* 261 6.1% 268 294 303 332     Independent (politician) Christy Warnock 255 6% 267 270 280       Fine Gael Jimmy Kane 178 4.2% 181 183         7 6,475 4,263 (65.84%) 29 610 4,292 (66.29%) References External links Official websiteJanuary 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes irishelectionliterature Category:1991 Irish local elections 1991