Carlow County Council election, 1991

27 June 1991

All 21 seats to Carlow County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party
Seats won	9	7	4
Seat change	-1	-	+1

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Progressive Democrats	Independent
Seats won	1	0
Seat change	+1	-1

Map showing the area of Carlow County Council

Council control before election

Fine Gael/Labour

Council control after election

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 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	9	-1	6,767	39.4%
	Fine Gael	7	-	5,312	30.9%
	Labour Party	4	+1	4,002	23.3%
	Progressive Democrats	1	+1	436	2.54%
	Independent	0	-1	670	3.9%
Totals		21	-	17,187	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Borris

Borris - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Labour Party	Michael Meaney*	29.2%	1,020
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Kinsella*	16.4%	575	636	741
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Walsh	15.5%	543	603	655	667
	Fine Gael	Michael Doyle*	14.2%	498	577	596	808
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Murphy*	9.1%	317	361	446	493
	Fine Gael	Ciaran Redmond	7.9%	278	313	331
	Fianna Fáil	David Moore	7.6%	267	308
Electorate: 5,866 Valid: 3,498 (59.63%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 700 Turnout: 3,534 (60.25%)

Carlow

Carlow - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Fine Gael	John Browne TD*	14.5%	756
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Carpenter*	10.7%	560	575	588	648	673
	Labour Party	Des Hurley	10.7%	557	558	563	592	707
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Murnane*	10.4%	545	551	554	566	576	580	582	614	635	649	664
	Progressive Democrats	Walter Lacey	8.3%	436	439	451	475	499	513	516	542	595	696
	Fine Gael	Declan Alcock	7.9%	413	414	428	440	450	460	462	486	570	739
	Fianna Fáil	M.J. NolanTD*	7.3%	379	389	395	406	413	414	416	489	524	563	578
	Fianna Fáil	Rody Kelly	6%	314	325	332	344	362	363	364	428	444	474	495
	Fine Gael	Patrick Governey*	4.9%	255	257	278	289	299	306	308	322
	Fine Gael	Sean Whelan	4.8%	253	261	275	275	289	301	308	336	407
	Fianna Fáil	Joe McDonald	4.7%	243	253	256	263	277	282	282
	Labour Party	Cecil Whelan	4.6%	238	242	245	257
	Independent	James Brady	3.8%	201	202	204
	Independent	Sean Prendergast	1.4%	73
Electorate: 10,567 Valid: 5,223 (49.43%) Spoilt: 43 Quota: 653 Turnout: 5,265 (49.82%)

Muinebheag

Muinebheag - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Labour Party	John McNally*	21.7%	980
	Labour Party	Jim Townsend*	18.1%	818
	Fianna Fáil	Arthur McDonald	11%	496	568	581	589	614	631	713	851
	Fianna Fáil	Enda Nolan	9.5%	427	444	451	462	478	526	559	593	648
	Fine Gael	Mary McDonald*	8.7%	392	409	413	422	509	651	695	795
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Nevin*	6.8%	305	332	337	344	361	371	475	527	571
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Cullen	6.5%	292	306	312	314	321	330
	Independent	Denis Foley	5.9%	264	298	329	336	376	409	437
	Fine Gael	Ann Brennan	5.5%	246	250	252	273	311
	Fine Gael	Stephen Maher	5%	224	246	249	250
	Independent	John Curran	1.2%	56	74
	Independent	William Dillon	0.2%	9	12
Electorate: 7,033 Valid: 4,509 (64.11%) Spoilt: 42 Quota: 752 Turnout: 4,551 (64.71%)

Tullow

Tullow - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fine Gael	Michael Deering*	17.3%	683	627	639	649	690	860
	Fianna Fáil	John Pender*	16.6%	656	658	687
	Fine Gael	Pat O'Toole	13.8%	548	551	552	553	558	680
	Fine Gael	Fred Hunter	11.3%	449	459	472	472	478	569	617
	Labour Party	Michael Hickey	9.8%	389	407	430	432	435	482	537
	Fianna Fáil	Arthur Kennedy*	9%	358	370	417	430	432	452	585
	Fine Gael	Brendan Brophy*	8%	317	323	327	330	335
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Condon	6.4%	252	285	340	344	346	368
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Ann Dunne	4.2%	165	186
	Independent	Bill Leonard	3.5%	140
Electorate: 6,338 Valid: 3,957 (62.43%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 660 Turnout: 4,015 (63.35%)

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