Galway County Council election, 1991

27 June 1991

All 30 seats to Galway County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Progressive Democrats
Seats won	14	10	4
Seat change	-3	+1	+4

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Independent	Sinn Féin
Seats won	2	0
Seat change	-1	-1

Map showing the area of Galway County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Galway County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	14	-3	25,630	44.89%
	Fine Gael	10	+1	15,976	27.98%
	Progressive Democrats	4	+4	6,177	10.82%
	Independent	2	-1	7,630	13.36%
	Sinn Féin -->	0	-1	-	-
Totals		30	-	57,093	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ballinasloe

Ballinasloe - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. KittTD*	23.8%	2,230
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Callanan*	18.7%	1,751
	Fine Gael	Michael Mullins*	17.9%	1,676	1,669
	Fine Gael	Michael Finnerty	12%	1,122	926	1,184	1,200	1,597
	Fianna Fáil	James Joyce*	9.7%	904	1,177	1,265	1,380	1,429	1,442
	Independent	Joe Brennan*	9.4%	883	945	968
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Sullivan	8.5%	799	1,070	1,132	1,393	1,458	1,480
Electorate: 15,564 Valid: 9,365 (60.17%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,562 Turnout: 9,460 (60.78%)

Connemara

Connemara - 5 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
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Eamon O Cuiv	20%	1,766
	Fine Gael	John Mannion, Jnr*	13.5%	1,189	1,211	1,215	1,253	1,333	1,410	1,500
	Fianna Fáil	Connie Ní Fhatharta	10.1%	890	948	952	955	958	1,042	1,057	1,057	1,136	1,284
	Independent	Seosamh O Cuaig*	8.8%	776	801	804	833	844	852	860	860	982
	Independent	Peadar O Tuathail*	8%	708	718	722	752	769	769	782	784	1,011	1,461
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Welby, Snr*	7.8%	689	781	783	794	815	961	1,040	1,043	1,070	1,117
	Fine Gael	Pól Ó Foighil	7.8%	688	703	708	717	729	737	756	765
	Progressive Democrats	Michael O'Neill	7.3%	647	656	658	696	765	836	1,179	1,191	1,258	1,307
	Progressive Democrats	Jimmy Geoghegan	6.5%	574	585	587	589	597	601
	Fianna Fáil	Malachy King	4.3%	384	417	419	439	469
	Independent	Malachy Gorman	3%	266	270	271	309
	Independent	Erin Gibbons	2.6%	228	235	240
	Independent	Joe Molloy	0.4%	35	41
Electorate: 14,706 Valid: 8,840 (60.11%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,474 Turnout: 8,975 (61.03%)

Galway

Galway- 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fine Gael	Jarlath McDonagh*	18.2%	1,971
	Independent	Seamus Gavin	13.2%	1,431	1,436	1,497	1,551
	Fianna Fáil	Sean O Neachtain	11.1%	1,201	1,208	1,227	1,271	1,400	1,498	1,566
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy McHugh*	10.1%	1,095	1,124	1,144	1,146	1,162	1,216	1,219	1,554
	Fine Gael	Padraig McCormackTD*	9.5%	1,027	1,215	1,242	1,342	1,392	1,444	1,492	1,546
	Progressive Democrats	Evelyn Varley	7.9%	858	881	912	918	949	973	1,342	1,440
	Fianna Fáil	Murty McGrath	7%	753	852	862	868	890	1,072	1,082	1,226
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Hoade	5.3%	571	584	595	603	627	682	704
	Fianna Fáil	John Molloy*	4.3%	466	481	490	494	519
	Progressive Democrats	Marie Halliday	4.2%	453	458	488	532	588	601
	Republican Sinn Féin	Tomas O Curraoin	3.6%	390	396	427	477
	Labour Party	Tom Cunningham	2.8%	300	305
	Fine Gael	Patsy Clancy	2.8%	298	329	349
Electorate: 18,636 Valid: 10,814 (58.03%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,545 Turnout: 10,925 (58.62%)

Loughrea

Loughrea - 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	Count 12	Count 13	Count 14
	Fianna Fáil	Michael (Stroke) Fahy*	13.7%	2,055
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Loughnane*	9.9%	1,484	1,511	1,518	1,523	1,530	1,551	1,580	1,586	1,623	1,861	2,119
	Fine Gael	Jimmy McClearn	9.1%	1,367	1,367	1,367	1,368	1,372	1,379	1,482	1,485	1,618	1,685	1,690	1,690	1,848	1,931
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Regan*	8.3%	1,247	1,256	1,257	1,259	1,262	1,276	1,304	1,309	1,339	1,610	1,733	1,801	1,886
	Progressive Democrats	Willie Burke	7.3%	1,102	1,104	1,110	1,123	1,138	1,142	1,216	1,252	1,297	1,350	1,419	1,426	1,562	1,580
	Independent	Pat Hynes	7.3%	1,100	1,102	1,104	1,134	1,140	1,179	1,188	1,216	1,271	1,357	1,373	1,374	1,427	1,432
	Fine Gael	Martin Lynch*	6.8%	1,018	1,021	1,027	1,031	1,042	1,056	1,069	1,080	1,210	1,221	1,298	1,314
	Fianna Fáil	Bernie O'Connor	6.6%	986	1,008	1,018	1,026	1,033	1,047	1,049	1,081	1,104	1,133
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cunningham	5.9%	890	938	944	970	976	1,025	1,028	1,055	1,127	1,194	1,472	1,546	1,705	1,709
	Fine Gael	Toddie Byrne	5.8%	867	883	890	903	916	927	930	1,073	1,325	1,352	1,479	1,486	1,987
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Flanagan	5.5%	828	843	844	845	847	850	900	908	960
	Fine Gael	Justin Flannery	5.3%	792	807	813	823	832	855	863	889
	Independent	Donal O'Meara	2.3%	342	343	344	346	353	354
	Workers' Party	Stan McEoin	2.3%	338	344	350	360	403	431	433
	Sinn Féin	Michael Loughrey	1.5%	232	237	238	252	260
	Independent	P.J. Baldwin	1%	146	150	150
	Independent	Malcolm Samuel	0.9%	142	143	152	153
	Independent	Margaret Murphy	0.5%	72	74
Electorate: 22,731 Valid: 15,008 (66.02%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 1,877 Turnout: 15,142 (66.61%)

Tuam

Tuam - 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
	Progressive Democrats	Joe Burke*	14%	1,824
	Fine Gael	Paul ConnaughtonTD	12.6%	1,650
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Thomas Hussey*	11%	1,440	1,455	1,456	1,610	1,666
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Finnegan*	9.8%	1,274	1,310	1,311	1,342	1,413	1,462	1,474	1,609	1,805
	Fine Gael	Tiernan Walsh*	9.1%	1,191	1,194	1,196	1,232	1,246	1,366	1,367	1,420	1,430	1,434
	Fine Gael	Michael Ryan*	8.6%	1,120	1,131	1,137	1,167	1,304	1,362	1,365	1,471	1,680
	Republican Sinn Féin	Frank Glynn*	6.2%	810	829	830	842	873	945	946	1,147	1,194	1,217
	Progressive Democrats	T.J. Gormley	5.5%	719	805	806	810	855	899	900
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Connolly	5.4%	703	710	711	789	860	909	919	963
	Fianna Fáil	Kathleen Quinn	5.2%	677	679	680	798	820	958	967	1,008	1,204	1,348
	Independent	Sean Hehir	4.3%	565	572	572	575
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Raftery*	4.2%	547	548	549
	Independent	Tom Ward	4.2%	546	549	550	596	654
Electorate: 19,649 Valid: 13,066 (66.50%) Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,634 Turnout: 13,199 (67.17%)

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