Cavan County Council election, 1991

27 June 1991

All 25 seats to Cavan County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Independent
Seats won	11	9	5
Seat change	-3	-1	+4

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

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	-3	11,312	42.8%
	Fine Gael	9	-1	9,393	35.5%
	Independent	5	+4	4,739	17.9%
Totals		25	-	26,456	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Bailieborough

Bailieborough - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Independent	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	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 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
	Independent	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	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	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	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Independent	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 Party	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%)

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