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1991 Cavan County Council election
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All 25 seats on Cavan County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Cavan Road Action Group
Seats won 11 9 4
Seat change -3 -1 +4
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 1
Seat change 0
Map showing the area of Cavan County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Cavan County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 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.[1][2]

The Cavan Road Action Group won four seats; not a registered political party, it was a single-issue pressure group focused on the poor state of the surfaces of Cavan's local roads.[3]

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 11 -3 11,312 42.8 -10.73
Fine Gael 9 -1 9,393 35.5 -0.86
Cavan Road Action Group 4 +4 3,694 14.0 +14.0
Independent 1 0 1,045 3.9 -3.96
Totals 25 - 26,456 100 —

Results by local electoral area

Bailieborough

Bailieborough - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Cavan Road Action Group Winston Turner 12.8% 958                
Fine Gael Aidan Boyle 11.6% 863 866 895 896 1,121        
Fianna Fáil Michael Giles* 11.4% 850 852 861 862 871 877 880 1,028  
Fianna Fáil Clifford Kelly* 11.4% 848 849 940            
Fine Gael Timothy Ryan* 10% 746 751 890 892 1,054        
Independent May Coleman 9.2% 683 688 710 710 741 831 884 916 925
Fianna Fáil Michael Smith* 7.8% 579 581 588 589 614 631 634 803 863
Fianna Fáil Turlough Smith* 7.4% 551 553 558 558 584 594 604 712 738
Fianna Fáil Francis McDermott 7.0% 525 527 537 538 574 586 600    
Fine Gael Denis Reynolds* 5.8% 434 436 535 536          
Fine Gael Jim Patterson 5.7% 424 425              
Electorate: 11,113   Valid: 7,461 (67.14%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 933   Turnout: 7,544 (67.88%)  

Ballyjamesduff

Ballyjamesduff - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Paddy O'Reilly* 14.4 876        
Fine Gael Dessie Boylan* 11.7 711 994      
Fianna Fáil Danny Brady* 11.3 690 702 703 939  
Fine Gael Philip Miney* 11% 669 726 812 858 864
Cavan Road Action Group Seamus Harten 10.9 664 732 752 877  
Fianna Fáil Francie Fitzsimons 10.7 654 717 727 830 872
Fianna Fáil Aidan O'Dwyer 10.6 647 676 678 779 799
Fianna Fáil Patsy Sheridan 10.4 633 652 656    
Fine Gael Robert Faussett* 9% 547        
Electorate: 9,442   Valid: 6,091 (64.51%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 871   Turnout: 6,157 (65.21%)  

Belturbet

Belturbet - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Cavan Road Action Group Matthew Fitzpatrick 19.5 1,071            
Fianna Fáil Seán Smith* 16.1 885 898 969        
Fianna Fáil Eddie Feeley* 12.7 696 700 709 729 737 835 858
Fianna Fáil Anthony Vesey* 10.7 588 615 658 730 763 851 1,009
Fine Gael Maura Maguire* 10.3 564 591 646 713 722 757 860
Fine Gael Eamon Dolan* 7.9 432 448 450 463 464 525 652
Sinn Féin Peadar Neary 7.3 400 417 422 441 443    
Fine Gael Seamus Fitzpatrick 7.1 392 425 438 466 467 493  
Independent May Smith 4.7 256 267 278        
Fianna Fáil Pat Tiernan 3.7 204 212          
Electorate: 7,763   Valid: 5,488 (70.69%)   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 915   Turnout: 5,537 (71.33%)  

Cavan

Cavan - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Cavan Road Action Group Dolores Smith 13.5 1,001                
Fine Gael Andrew BoylanTD* 12.1 895 906 918 937          
Fianna Fáil Gerry Murray* 12% 891 905 912 957          
Fine Gael Andrew O'Brien 9% 670 676 688 712 713 768 806 1,034  
Fianna Fáil T.P. Smith* 8.8% 654 659 673 720 725 753 800 829 841
Fine Gael Paddy O'Reilly 8.6% 641 645 651 669 669 742 788 953  
Fianna Fáil Diarmuid Wilson 7.5% 553 557 582 606 611 648 699 737 745
Fine Gael Senator Joe O'Reilly* 7.1% 529 541 543 569 572 614 631    
Fianna Fáil Patrick Conaty* 6.7% 497 501 510 528 532 578 777 815 831
Fianna Fáil Breda Elliot 4.9% 367 368 372 381 391 422      
Labour Paul Dolan 4.3% 320 324 333 379 380        
Sinn Féin Joe Ennis 3.9% 292 296 302            
Independent Mary Smith 1.4 106 110              
Electorate: 9,442   Valid: 6,091 (64.5%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 871   Turnout: 6,157 (65.21%)  

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ McGreevy, Ronan (26 May 2019). "Major parties tread carefully in pothole county". The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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