1999 Irish local elections
The 1999 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on 11 June 1999, on the same day as the European elections.
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Results
style="width: 2px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #1251A2;" data-sort-value="Progressive Democrats" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #22AC6F;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #7FFF00;" data-sort-value="Independent Fianna Fáil" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FF3300;" data-sort-value="Socialist Party (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #97285B;" data-sort-value="South Kerry Independent Alliance" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #008800;" data-sort-value="Republican Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFFF99;" data-sort-value="Christian Solidarity Party" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #660000;" data-sort-value="Socialist Workers Party (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #8A8AE0;" data-sort-value="National Party (Ireland, 1995)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFE4E1;" data-sort-value="Natural Law Party (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. Votes | % FPv | ±% | |
Fianna Fáil | 382 | +28 | 552,033 | 38.9 | +0.9 | |
Fine Gael | 277 | +3 | 399,125 | 28.1 | +1.5 | |
Labour | 83 | -6 | 153,197 | 10.8 | +0.3 | |
Progressive Democrats | 25 | -12 | 41,362 | 2.9 | -2.1 | |
Sinn Féin | 21 | +13 | 49,192 | 3.5 | +1.4 | |
Green | 8 | -5 | 35,742 | 2.5 | +0.1 | |
Independent Fianna Fáil | 4 | — | 7,087 | 0.5 | -0.4 | |
Workers' Party of Ireland | 3 | –21 | 6,847 | 0.5 | -3.1 | |
Socialist Party | 2 | New | 5,312 | 0.4 | New | |
SKIA | 1 | New | 1,478 | 0.1 | New | |
Republican Sinn Féin | 1 | — | 1,390 | 0.1 | -0.2 | |
Christian Solidarity | 0 | New | 1,252 | 0.1 | New | |
Socialist Workers | 0 | New | 904 | 0.1 | New | |
National Party | 0 | New | 881 | 0.1 | New | |
Natural Law Party | 0 | New | 129 | 0.0 | New | |
Independent | 76 | -2 | 164,552 | 11.6 | +1.0 | |
Total | 883 | — | 1,420,483 | 100 | — |
18 Workers' Party councillors had left the party in 1992 upon the creation of Democratic Left. By the 1999 elections, 16 Democratic Left councillors had merged with the Labour Party, and one Workers' Party councillor had joined Labour.
County councils
Authority | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | FF | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | FG | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Lab | style="background-color: Template:Green Party (Ireland)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | GP | style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | SF | style="background-color: Template:Progressive Democrats/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | PD | Other | Total | Details |
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Carlow | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | Details | ||||||||
Cavan | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | Details | |||||||||
Clare | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 32 | Details | |||||||||
Cork | 19 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 48 | Details | ||||||||
Donegal | 14 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 29 | Details | |||||||||
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | Details | ||||||||
Fingal | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 24 | Details | |||||||
Galway | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | Details | |||||||||
Kerry | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 27 | Details | ||||||||
Kildare | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | Details | ||||||||
Kilkenny | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26 | Details | |||||||||
Laois | 14 | 10 | 1 | 25 | Details | ||||||||||
Leitrim | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | Details | |||||||||
Limerick | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | Details | |||||||||
Longford | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 21 | Details | |||||||||
Louth | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26 | Details | ||||||||
Mayo | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 31 | Details | |||||||||
Meath | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 29 | Details | |||||||||
Monaghan | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | Details | ||||||||||
Offaly | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | Details | |||||||||
Roscommon | 9 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 26 | Details | |||||||||
Sligo | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25 | Details | ||||||||
South Dublin | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 26 | Details | ||||||
North Tipperary | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | Details | |||||||||
South Tipperary | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | Details | |||||||||
Waterford | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | Details | |||||||||
Westmeath | 12 | 6 | 5 | 23 | Details | ||||||||||
Wexford | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | Details | |||||||||
Wicklow | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | Details |
City councils
Authority | style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | FF | style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | FG | style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | Lab | style="background-color: Template:Green Party (Ireland)/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | GP | style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | SF | style="background-color: Template:Progressive Democrats/meta/color; width: 3px;" | | PD | Other | Total | Details |
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Cork City | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 31 | Details | ||||||
Dublin City | 20 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 52 | Details | ||||||
Galway City | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | Details | ||||||
Limerick City | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | Details | ||||||
Waterford City | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | Details |
Town Councils
Borough and town councils
style="width: 2px; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #1251A2;" data-sort-value="Progressive Democrats" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #22AC6F;" data-sort-value="Green Party (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #C700C7;" data-sort-value="Democratic Left (Ireland)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: white;" data-sort-value="Other parties" |Party | Seats | ± | |
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Fianna Fáil | 289 | +16 | |
Fine Gael | 159 | -15 | |
Labour | 87 | +10 | |
Sinn Féin | 41 | +16 | |
Progressive Democrats | 7 | -11 | |
Green | 5 | -1 | |
Workers' Party of Ireland | 1 | -1 | |
Democratic Left | 0 | -11 | |
Other parties | 156 | -3 |
Borough councils
Town councils
Town | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour Party | Sinn Féin | Progressive Democrats | Green Party | Workers Party of Ireland | Others | Total |
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Ardee | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
Arklow | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||||
Athlone | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||
Athy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
Balbriggan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |||
Ballina | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||||
Ballinasloe | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||
Ballybay | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Ballyshannon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||||
Bandon | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |||||
Bantry | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Belturbet | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Birr | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Boyle | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
Bray | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | ||||
Buncrana | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Bundoran | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Carlow | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Carrickmacross | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Carrick-on-Suir | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||
Cashel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
Castlebar | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Castleblayney | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||
Cavan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||
Clonakilty | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||
Clones | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Cobh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||
Cootehill | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Dundalk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |||
Dungarvan | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Edenderry | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||||
Ennis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||
Enniscorthy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Fermoy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
Gorey | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||
Granard | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
Greystones | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||||
Kells | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Kilkee | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||
Killarney | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4[fn 2] | 9 | ||||
Kilrush | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
Kinsale | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Leixlip | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||||
Letterkenny | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||||
Lismore | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Listowel | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||||
Longford | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Loughrea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||||
Macroom | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Mallow | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||||
Midleton | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||
Monaghan | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Mountmellick | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||||
Muine Bheag | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||||
Mullingar | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Naas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||
Navan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Nenagh | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Newbridge | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||
New Ross | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
Passage West | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
Portlaoise | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Shannon | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Skibbereen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
Templemore | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |||||
Thurles | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Tipperary | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
Tralee | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||
Tramore | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||
Trim | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||||
Tuam | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |||
Tullamore | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
Westport | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||||
Wicklow | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||
Youghal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
See also
Notes
- ^ The Workers and Unemployed Action Group has 2 County Councillors in South Tipperary and 5 Borough Councillors in Clonmel.
- ^ Michael Gleeson of the South Kerry Independent Alliance is included in this total.
References
- "1999 Local Elections". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 February 2008.