Irish local elections, 1991
The 1991 Irish local elections were held in all counties and county boroughs on Thursday, 27 June 1991. They were postponed from June 1990 to allow the Local Government Act 1991 to be passed beforehand. Elections in non-county boroughs and towns were postponed until 1994.
Results
Summary
| Party | Seats | ± | First pref. votes | % FPV | ±% | |
| Fianna Fáil | 354 | 529,746 | 37.9 | -7.6 | ||
| Fine Gael | 274 | 371,596 | 26.4 | -3.1 | ||
| Labour Party | 89 | 147,077 | 10.6 | +2.8 | ||
| Progressive Democrats | 37 | New | 70,415 | 5.0 | New | |
| Workers' Party | 24 | 50,907 | 3.7 | +0.6 | ||
| Green Party | 13 | 32,950 | 2.4 | +1.9 | ||
| Sinn Féin | 7 | 29,054 | 2.1 | -1.2 | ||
| Independent Fianna Fáil | 5 | 11,944 | 0.9 | |||
| Republican Sinn Féin | 1 | New | 3,556 | 0.3 | New | |
| Donegal Progressive Party | 1 | 1,775 | 0.1 | |||
| Independent Socialist | 1 | 1,456 | 0.1 | |||
| Christian Principles | 0 | New | 1,351 | 0.1 | New | |
| Independent | 77 | 146,902 | 10.6 | +1.0 | ||
| Total | 883 | – | 1,398,729 | 100 | ||
By local authority
Counties
| Authority | FF | FG | Lab | PD | WP | GP | SF | IFF | RSF | Ind | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
| Cavan | 11 | 9 | 5 | 25 | Details | |||||||||||||||||
| Clare | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 32 | Details | |||||||||||||||
| Cork County | 19 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 48 | Details | ||||||||||||||
| Donegal | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 29 | Details | |||||||||||||
| Dublin – Fingal | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 24 | Details | ||||||||||||||
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 28 | Details | ||||||||||||||
| Galway County | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
| Kerry | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
| Kildare | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | Details | ||||||||||||
| Kilkenny | 11 | 11 | 4 | 26 | Details | |||||||||||||||||
| Laois | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | Details | |||||||||||||||
| Leitrim | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | Details | |||||||||||||||
| Limerick County | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 28 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
| Longford | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
| Louth | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 | Details | ||||||||||||||
| Mayo | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 31 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
| Meath | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 29 | Details | |||||||||||||||
| Monaghan | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
| Offaly | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 | Details | |||||||||||||||
| Roscommon | 11 | 10 | 5 | 26 | Details | |||||||||||||||||
| Sligo | 11 | 11 | 3 | 25 | Details | |||||||||||||||||
| South Dublin | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | Details | |||||||||||||
| Tipperary North | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
| Tipperary South | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
| Waterford County | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
| Westmeath | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
| Wexford | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
| Wicklow | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 24 | Details | ||||||||||||||
County boroughs
| Authority | FF | FG | Lab | PD | WP | GP | SF | Ind | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork Corporation | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 31 | Details | |||||||||
| Dublin Corporation | 20 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 52 | Details | ||||||||
| Galway Corporation | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | Details | |||||||||||
| Limerick Corporation | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | Details | ||||||||||
| Waterford Corporation | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | Details | ||||||||||
References
Sources
- "1991 Local Elections". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
- Department of the Environment (1991). Local elections, 1991 (PDF).
Citations
See also
- Local government in the Republic of Ireland
- Category:Irish local government councils
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