1991 Donegal County Council election

Part of the 1991 Irish local elections April 2021 April 2021 April 2021 1991 Donegal County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1985 Donegal County Council election 1985 1999 Donegal County Council election 1999 All 29 seats on Donegal County Council 27 June 1991 Fianna Fáil 11 Fine Gael 9 Independent Fianna Fáil 4 1 Sinn Féin 1 1 Donegal Progressive Party 1 Workers' Party (Ireland) 1 Labour Party (Ireland) 1 1 Independent politician (Ireland) 1 1 Donegal in Ireland.svg 300px Area of Donegal County Council Council control Council control after election Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil An election to all 29 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of the 1991 Irish local elections. County Donegal was divided into 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors 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±1st pref. First preference votesFPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Fianna Fáil1120,63636.20% Fine Gael914,09624.72% Independent Fianna Fáil4111,76020.63% Sinn Féin112,6054.57% Donegal Progressive Party11,7753.11% Workers' Party (Ireland)11,4272.50% Labour Party (Ireland)111,3172.31% Independent politician (Ireland)113,0175.29%Total2957,013100.00%— Results by local electoral area * Outgoing councillor. Buncrana Buncrana: 6 seats 8 Fianna Fáil Hugh Conaghan* 1,733 14.9%               Fine Gael Bernard McGuinness* 1,524 13.1% 1,544 1,545 1,746         Sinn Féin Jim Ferry 1,344 11.6% 1,390 1,398 1,405 1,501 1,503 1,668   Fianna Fáil Paddy Keaveney* 1,082 9.3% 1,218 1,229 1,420 1,445 1,461 1,624 1,751 Fianna Fáil Denis McGonagle* 1,046 9.0% 1,053 1,056 1,064 1,084 1,084 1,181 1,519 Fine Gael Seamus Gill* 958 8.3% 962 966 1,021 1,138 1,199 1,348 1,384 Fianna Fáil John McLaughlin 888 7.7% 899 901 919 943 947 990   Independent Fianna Fáil Albert Doherty 798 6.9% 864 871 880 999 1,002 1,031 1,240 Fianna Fáil Joseph Doherty 740 6.4% 759 792 798 923 926     Independent Fianna Fáil Philip Diggin 579 5.0% 611 617 623         Fine Gael Mary McGroarty 503 4.3% 536 537           Independent Fianna Fáil Conal Gillespie 403 3.5%               8 19,588 11,598 (59.21%) 159 1,657 11,757 (60.02%) Donegal Donegal: 6 seats 11 Fianna Fáil Mary Coughlan TD* 1,747 14.7%                     Fianna Fáil Sean McEniff* 1,484 12.5% 1,489 1,496 1,547 1,550 1,673 1,679 1,686 1,893     Fine Gael Colm Gallagher* 1,196 10.1% 1,205 1,267 1,273 1,284 1,293 1,329 1,515 1,564 1,564 1,818 Fianna Fáil Peter Kennedy* 1,168 9.9% 1,185 1,210 1,210 1,213 1,227 1,248 1,274 1,320 1,340 1,356 Fine Gael Frank O'Kelly* 1,085 9.2% 1,086 1,091 1,121 1,124 1,171 1,180 1,205 1,337 1,390 1,515 Fianna Fáil James McBrearty* 1,026 8.7% 1,029 1,035 1,037 1,129 1,133 1,174 1,204 1,224 1,233 1,564 Fianna Fáil Paddy McCloskey 732 6.2% 738 741 744 760 761 909 1,038 1,058 1,153 1,214 Fine Gael Patrick McShane 718 6.1% 719 720 720 796 803 885 1,022 1,049 1,050   Independent Fianna Fáil Donal Kelly 569 4.8% 571 579 601 668 794 799 817       Fine Gael John Boyle 552 4.7% 556 560 563 569 571 677         Independent politician (Ireland) Tommy Murphy 456 3.8% 458 463 477 477 477           Independent politician (Ireland) Joe O'Neill 377 3.2% 377 403 465 472             Fianna Fáil Tony Byrne 318 2.7% 319 329 333               Fine Gael Michael Mulhern 220 1.9% 221 226                 Independent politician (Ireland) Tom Kennedy 202 1.7%                     11 18,138 11,850 (65.33%) 131 1,693 11,981 (66.05%) Glenties Glenties: 6 seats 7 Fine Gael Connell Boyle* 1,528 13.1% 1,529 1,547 1,703       Fianna Fáil Francis Brennan 1,427 12.3% 1,441 1,443 1,592 1,629 1,677   Workers' Party (Ireland) Seamus Rogers* 1,425 12.2% 1,453 1,599 1,724       Independent Fianna Fáil Paddy Kelly 1,175 10.1% 1,285 1,339 1,446 1,452 1,489 1,526 Fianna Fáil James Breslin 1,010 8.7% 1,037 1,077 1,106 1,114 1,299 1,363 Fine Gael Maureen Doohan* 932 8.0% 1,046 1,061 1,070 1,073 1,095 1,435 Independent politician (Ireland) Fred Coll 899 7.7% 915 1,013 1,022 1,027 1,231 1,513 Fine Gael Pádraig Doherty 873 7.5% 885 921 933 934 1,024   Fianna Fáil Feardorca O'Colla 709 6.1% 787 839 842 843     Independent Fianna Fáil John Boyle 635 5.5% 638 673         Independent Fianna Fáil Jimmy Doherty 543 4.7% 547           Fianna Fáil Hugh McGarvey 483 4.1% 444 447         7 19,969 11,639 (58.29%) 132 1,663 11,771 (59.95%) Letterkenny Letterkenny: 7 seats 10 Donegal Progressive Party Jim Devenney 1,775 12.9%                   Fianna Fáil Sen. Patrick McGowan* 1,611 11.7% 1,614 1,689 1,691 1,704 1,727         Independent Fianna Fáil Danny Harkin* 1,489 10.8% 1,491 1,512 1,519 1,534 1,558 1,640 1,770     Labour Party (Ireland) Seán Maloney 1,317 9.6% 1,344 1,362 1,364 1,470 1,625 1,683 1,809     Fine Gael Paddy Harte* 1,309 9.5% 1,364 1,402 1,427 1,476 1,527 1,565 1,592 1,601 1,713 Fine Gael J.J. Reid* 1,136 8.2% 1,164 1,182 1,191 1,215 1,233 1,318 1,338 1,349 1,384 Fianna Fáil Bernard McGlinchey* 1,087 7.9% 1,103 1,175 1,176 1,204 1,254 1,294 1,418 1,446 1,563 Sinn Féin Liam McElhinney* 946 6.9% 950 956 956 971 982 1,028 1,067 1,075 1,216 Independent Fianna Fáil Charles Meehan 844 6.1% 847 858 861 866 873 880 965 980   Independent Fianna Fáil James Larkin 520 3.8% 537 541 541 553 610 632       Independent politician (Ireland) Eileen Gillespie 439 3.2% 440 444 446 517 544         Independent politician (Ireland) P.J. Blake 424 3.1% 438 444 444 473           Green Party (Ireland) Rory Brophy 382 2.8% 397 404 405             Fianna Fáil Billy Patterson 300 2.2% 306                 Fine Gael Joe O'Donnell 203 1.5%                   10 24,915 13,782 (55.32%) 158 1,723 13,940 (55.95%) Milford Milford: 4 seats 4 Independent Fianna Fáil Edward O'Donnell* 1,615 19.8% 1,667     Independent Fianna Fáil Harry Blaney* 1,540 18.9% 1,613 1,641   Fianna Fáil Noel McGinley* 1,506 18.5% 1,531 1,597 1,851 Fine Gael Joachim Loughrey* 926 11.4% 935 1,298 1,370 Fianna Fáil Elizabeth Grier 857 10.5% 887 975 1,038 Independent Fianna Fáil Sean McGee 732 9.0% 814 837   Fine Gael Lexie Diver 653 9.0% 659     Sinn Féin Pat Doherty 315 3.9%       4 12,016 8,144 (69.36%) 102 1,629 8,246 (70.12%) References External links Local elections, 1991 Department of the Environment 1991 http://opac.oireachtas.ie/AWData/Library3/Library2/DL037312.pdf http://electionsireland.org/results/local/1991local.cfm 1991 Local Elections ElectionsIreland.org 12 September 2008 https://irelandelection.com/elections.php?detail=yes&tab=constit&electype=5&elecid=171 1991 Local Election Irish Elections https://irishelectionliterature.com/others-project/old-local-election-results/ Irish Election Literature Old Local Election Results Category:1991 Irish local elections 1991