1999 Westmeath County Council election

1999 Westmeath County Council election

10 June 1999
All 23 seats to Westmeath County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 12 6 5 Seat change 0 0 +1   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 0 Seat change -1
Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council
Council control after election Fianna Fail

An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	12	0	10,519	45.32
	Fine Gael	6	0	5,674	24.44
	Labour	5	+1	6,024	25.95
	Independent	0	-1	996	4.29
Totals		23	0	23,213	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Athlone

Athlone - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Coghill*	11.06	1,010	1,013	1,070	1,094	1,126	1,219
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Molloy*	10.86	992	1,022	1,044	1,054	1,080	1,299
	Fine Gael	Brendan McFadden*	10.22	934	952	981	1,039	1,123	1,251
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Allen	9.37	856	863	882	902	963	1,058	1,079	1,092	1,117
	Fine Gael	Mark Cooney	9.33	852	873	901	967	1,039	1,103	1,119	1,131	1,141
	Fianna Fáil	Egbert Moran*	8.46	773	780	796	843	882	947	1,005	1,032	1,060
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin (Boxer) Moran	8.41	768	794	818	839	886	972	1,028	1,057	1,065
	Fine Gael	Joe Whelan*	8.41	768	774	791	857	977	986	990	994	996
	Fianna Fáil	John Butler	8.24	753	775	791	804	837
	Labour	Denis Rohan	5.99	547	562	590	636
	Fine Gael	Dick O'Brien	4.01	366	374	390
	Independent	Michael Fox	3.04	278	315
	Independent	Benny Cooney	2.62	239
Electorate: 17,156   Valid: 9,136 (53.25%)   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 1,143   Turnout: 9,280 (54.09%)

Coole

Coole - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Donie Cassidy*	31.33	1,157
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. O'Shaughnessy*	27.73	1,024
	Fine Gael	Frank McDermott*	26.00	960
	Labour	Johnnie Penrose	13.48	498	693
	Independent	Peter Rogers	1.46	54	92
Electorate: 6,171   Valid: 3,693 (56.26%)   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 924   Turnout: 3,755 (57.08%)

Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Cowley*	Unopposed	N/A
	Fine Gael	Joe Flanagan*	Unopposed	N/A
	Labour	Mark Nugent*	Unopposed	N/A
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Ryan*	Unopposed	N/A
Quota:

Mullingar East

Mullingar East - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Mick Dollard*	33.11	1,595
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Bourke	14.61	704	788	827	874	1,075
	Fine Gael	Patrick McLoughlin	13.62	656	688	709	800	915
	Labour	Dan McCarthy	11.73	565	964
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Wright*	10.05	484	515	554	580	721
	Fianna Fáil	Shay Callaghan	9.78	471	492	506	515
	Fine Gael	Pat Whelan	3.84	185	222	237
	Independent	Kevin Whelehan	3.28	158	185
Electorate: 9,026   Valid: 4,818 (53.38%)   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 964   Turnout: 4,881 (54.08%)

Mullingar West

Mullingar West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Willie PenroseTD*	42.05	2,410
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Camillus Glynn*	13.66	783	915	937	984
	Fine Gael	Paul McGrathTD*	11.18	641	834	864	992
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Bourke*	7.61	436	553	575	603	605	611	670	810
	Labour	Betty Doran	7.14	409	1,096
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Hynes	5.37	308	378	395	425	431	441	541	600
	Fine Gael	Tommy Lyng	4.45	255	320	334
	Independent	Frank McIntyre	4.31	247	339	365	386	391	400
	Fine Gael	John Wallace	4.22	242	340	349	384	407	410	467
Electorate: 11,119   Valid: 5,731 (51.54%)   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 956   Turnout: 5,809 (52.24%)

External links

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