1991 Laois County Council election

1991 Laois County Council election
All 25 seats on Laois County Council
	Map showing the area of Laois County Council
Council control before election; Fianna Fáil;	Council control after election ; Fianna Fáil;

An election to Laois County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five 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.^[1]^[2]

Results by party[edit]

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	13	-1	11,454	49.33
	Fine Gael	9	-	7,910	34.07
	Labour	1	-	1,672	7.20
	Progressive Democrats	1	+1	944	4.07
	Independent	1	-	1,239	5.34
Totals		25	-	23,219	100.00	—

Borris-in-Ossory - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Hyland TD*	18%	1,219
	Independent	Jimmy Kelly*	12.2%	828	856
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Phelan	11.1%	751	816	818	861
	Fine Gael	William Mansfield*	10.7%	728	749	751	819	826	898
	Labour	Larry Kavanagh	8.8%	594	617	618	630	631	729	735	844	917
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Rafter*	8%	539	590	591	629	633	638	638	726	754
	Fine Gael	Marty Phelan	7%	476	513	513	576	576	601	612	644	902
	Fine Gael	Stephen Murphy	6.11	411	425	425	433	433	455	487	496
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Fennelly	5.8%	392	446	447	447	451	457	457	555	624
	Fianna Fáil	Fintan Phelan*	4.4%	299	365	366	376	377	412	413
	Fine Gael	Patrick McMahon*	4%	272	276	276	278	278
	Independent	Peter Loughman	3.9%	267	275	275
Electorate: 12,812 Valid: 7,814 (60.99%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 977 Turnout: 7,930 (61.90%)

Emo- 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Cribbin*	27.7%	1,047
	Progressive Democrats	Cathy Honan	17.3%	652	725	896
	Fine Gael	Jim Buggie*	16.3%	616	624	750
	Fianna Fáil	Theresa Mulhare	15.3%	579	742	770
	Labour	Paddy Bray	13.5%	512	515	590
	Fine Gael	Sam Gee	6.5%	245	268
	Labour	Anthony Martin	3.4%	128	149
Electorate: 6,413 Valid: 3,779 (58.93%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 756 Turnout: 3,813 (59.29%)

Luggacurren- 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	James Cooney*	15.9%	600	629	758
	Fine Gael	John Moran	15.5%	585	661	693	843
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Rohan*	15.3%	575	581	626	663	667	679
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wheatley*	13%	491	538	631	674	678	690
	Fine Gael	James Daly	12.7%	478	552	575	742	822
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Redmond	9.8%	368	382
	Fine Gael	Senator Charles McDonald*	9.5%	358	394	431
	Labour	Tony O'Brien	7.9%	299
	Independent	Thomas McCormack	0.4%	16
Electorate: 5,972 Valid: 3,770 (63.13%) Spoilt: 35 Quota: 755 Turnout: 3,805 (63.71%)

Portlaoise - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Dunne*	30.5%	1,316
	Fine Gael	William Aird*	14.5%	625	684	685	698	741
	Fine Gael	Tom Keenan*	14.5%	624	686	688	711	747
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Jacob	7.3%	314	489	489	500	517	519	521	534	559	703
	Fianna Fáil	Jerry Lodge*	7.1%	304	436	436	450	466	472	476	518	549	678
	Progressive Democrats	Assumpta Broomfield	6.8%	292	314	314	325	338	343	346	397	464	493
	Fianna Fáil	John Fitzgibbon	5.9%	254	331	331	338	341	341	342	350	373
	Fine Gael	Ger O'Donoghue	4.3%	187	198	198	205	221	233	246	267
	Labour	Tom Phelan	3.2%	139	151	151	178	184	186	188
	Fine Gael	Anthony Dunne	3%	129	150	152	165
	Independent	Joe McCormack	2.8%	120	145	149
	Independent	Joseph Bannan	0.2%	8	9
Electorate: 7,588 Valid: 4,312 (56.83%) Spoilt: 24 Quota: 719 Turnout: 4,336 (57.14%)

Tinnahinch- 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	John Moloney*	26.6%	1,217
	Fine Gael	Michael Lalor	15.4%	704	719	725	872
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McDonald*	14.6%	671	911
	Fine Gael	Charles Flanagan TD*	14.6%	670	761	780
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Digan*	11.3%	518	584	694	785
	Fine Gael	David Goodwin*	10.1	462	498	509	594
	Fine Gael	William Daly	7.4%	340	345	346
Electorate: 6,381 Valid: 4,582 (71.81%) Spoilt: 44 Quota: 764 Turnout: 4,626 (72.5%)

^ Local Government Act 1994, s. 20: Year of elections to all local authorities (No. 8 of 1994, s. 20). Enacted on 29 April 1994. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
^ Local Government Act 1998, s. 10: Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 (No. 16 of 1998, s. 10). Enacted on 29 May 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.