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1991 Carlow County Council election
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Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
April 2022
1991 Carlow County Council election Ireland Parliamentary no yes 1985 Carlow County Council election 1985 1999 Carlow County Council election 1999 All 21 seats on Carlow County Council 27 June 1991 Fianna Fáil 9 -1 Fine Gael 7 - Labour Party (Ireland) 4 +1 Progressive Democrats 1 +1 Independent (politician) 0 -1 Carlow in Ireland.svg 300px Map showing the area of Carlow County Council Council control Council control after election Fine Gael/Labour Fine Gael/Labour
An election to Carlow 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 Fáil9-16,76739.4 Fine Gael7-5,31230.9 Labour Party (Ireland)4+14,00223.3 Progressive Democrats1+14362.54 Independent (politician)0-16703.9Totals21-17,187100.0—
Results by local electoral area
Borris
Borris - 4 seats
4
Labour Party (Ireland)
Michael Meaney*
1,020
29.2%
Fianna Fáil
Mary Kinsella*
575
16.4%
636
741
Fianna Fáil
Brendan Walsh
543
15.5%
603
655
667
Fine Gael
Michael Doyle*
498
14.2%
577
596
808
Fianna Fáil
Liam Murphy*
317
9.1%
361
446
493
Fine Gael
Ciaran Redmond
278
7.9%
313
331
Fianna Fáil
David Moore
267
7.6%
308
4
5,866
3,498 (59.63%)
36
700
3,534 (60.25%)
Carlow
Carlow - 7 seats
11
Fine Gael
John Browne TD*
756
14.5%
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Carpenter*
560
10.7%
575
588
648 673
Labour Party (Ireland)
Des Hurley
557
10.7%
558
563
592
707
Fianna Fáil
Jimmy Murnane*
545
10.4%
551
554
566
576
580
582
614
635 649
664
Progressive Democrats
Walter Lacey
436
8.3%
439
451
475 499
513
516
542
595 696
Fine Gael
Declan Alcock
413
7.9%
414
428
440
450
460
462
486
570 739
Fianna Fáil
M.J. Nolan TD*
379
7.3%
389
395
406 413
414
416
489
524 563
578
Fianna Fáil
Rody Kelly
314
6%
325
332
344 362
363
364
428
444 474
495
Fine Gael
Patrick Governey*
255
4.9%
257
278
289
299
306
308
322
Fine Gael
Sean Whelan
253
4.8%
261
275
275 289
301
308
336
407
Fianna Fáil
Joe McDonald
243
4.7%
253
256
263
277
282
282
Labour Party (Ireland)
Cecil Whelan
238
4.6%
242
245
257
Independent (politician)
James Brady
201
3.8%
202
204
Independent (politician)
Sean Prendergast
73
1.4%
11
10,567
5,223 (49.43%)
43
653
5,265 (49.82%)
Muinebheag
Muinebheag - 5 seats
9
Labour Party (Ireland)
John McNally*
980
21.7%
Labour Party (Ireland)
Jim Townsend*
818
18.1%
Fianna Fáil
Arthur McDonald
496
11%
568
581
589
614 631
713 851
Fianna Fáil
Enda Nolan
427
9.5%
444
451
462
478 526
559 593
648
Fine Gael
Mary McDonald*
392
8.7%
409
413
422
509 651
695 795
Fianna Fáil
Martin Nevin*
305
6.8%
332
337
344
361 371
475 527
571
Fianna Fáil
Eddie Cullen
292
6.5%
306
312
314
321 330
Independent (politician)
Denis Foley
264
5.9%
298
329
336
376 409
437
Fine Gael
Ann Brennan
246
5.5%
250
252
273
311
Fine Gael
Stephen Maher
224
5%
246
249
250
Independent (politician)
John Curran
56
1.2%
74
Independent (politician)
William Dillon
9
0.2%
12
9
7,033
4,509 (64.11%)
42
752
4,551 (64.71%)
Tullow
Tullow - 5 seats
7
Fine Gael
Michael Deering*
683
17.3%
627
639
649
690 860
Fianna Fáil
John Pender*
656
16.6%
658
687
Fine Gael
Pat O'Toole
548
13.8%
551
552
553
558 680
Fine Gael
Fred Hunter
449
11.3%
459
472
472
478 569
617
Labour Party (Ireland)
Michael Hickey
389
9.8%
407
430
432
435 482
537
Fianna Fáil
Arthur Kennedy*
358
9%
370
417
430
432 452
585
Fine Gael
Brendan Brophy*
317
8%
323
327
330
335
Fianna Fáil
Paddy Condon
252
6.4%
285
340
344
346 368
Fianna Fáil
Mary Ann Dunne
165
4.2%
186
Independent (politician)
Bill Leonard
140
3.5%
7
6,338
3,957 (62.43%)
58
660
4,015 (63.35%)
References
External links
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