Kildare County Council election, 1999

10 June 1999

All 25 seats to Kildare County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Labour Party	Fine Gael
Seats won	9	5	5
Seat change	+1	+2	-2

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Progressive Democrats	Independent	Green Party
Seats won	2	4	0
Seat change	-	+2	-1

	Seventh party	Eighth party

Party	Sinn Féin	Workers' Party
Seats won	0	0
Seat change	-1	-1

Map showing the area of Kildare County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Kildare County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from six 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	15,485	33.78%
	Labour Party	5	+2	8,771	19.14%
	Fine Gael	5	-2	8,095	17.66%
	Progressive Democrats	2	-	1,685	3.68%
	Independent	4	+2	9,551	20.84%
	Green Party	0	-1	1,744	3.80%
	Sinn Féin	0	-1	506	1.10%
	Workers' Party	0	-1	0	0
Totals		25	-	45,837	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Athy

Athy - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour Party	Jack WallTD	20.93	1,382
	Fine Gael	Rainsford Hendy*	19.25	1,271	1,286	1,393	1,419	1,590	1,785
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Miley*	17.81	1,176	1,187	1,210	1,292	1,563	2,313
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Dalton	16.04	1,059	1,068	1,092	1,197	1,400
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent Corcoran	11.07	731	754	756	759
	Sinn Féin	Paddy Wright*	7.66	506	521	541
	Fine Gael	John Lynch	3.74	247	250
	Labour Party	Mags O'Brien	3.48	230
Electorate: 12,461 Valid: 6,602 (52.98%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,651 Turnout: 6,732 (54.02%)

Celbridge

Celbridge - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Independent	Kate Walsh	43.14	2,167
	Labour Party	Emmet StaggTD	25.14	1,263
	Fianna Fáil	Geraldine Conway	9.14	459	617	646	713	786	1,120
	Fianna Fáil	Gay Boylan	7.39	371	531	560	600	672
	Green Party	Marie Percival	4.06	204	380	411
	Fine Gael	Mark Clinton	4.04	203	309	424	497
	Independent	Mairead Byrne	3.96	199	391	425	551	723	929
	Fine Gael	Brian Mullarkey	3.13	157	276
Electorate: 11,182 Valid: 5,023 (44.92) Spoilt: 35 Quota: 1,256 Turnout: 5,058 (45.23%)

Clane

Clane - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Fitzpatrick	17.26	1,352	1,385	1,406	1,426	1,477	1,498	1,510	1,546	1,578
	Independent	Tony McEvoy	17.25	1,351	1,365	1,380	1,438	1,514	1,717
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. Sheridan*	13.06	1,023	1,030	1,038	1,062	1,078	1,106	1,121	1,296	1,354
	Fine Gael	Jim Reilly*	12.05	944	951	1,001	1,026	1,192	1,236	1,256	1,692
	Fine Gael	Brendan Weld	9.37	734	743	756	796	837	917	948
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Davey	8.23	645	647	664	751	810	986	1,015	1,134	1,169
	Independent	John Nealon	6.50	509	511	514	594	667
	Independent	Bernie Holton	5.45	427	432	538	583
	Labour Party	Rose Murphy	4.61	361	417	502
	Labour Party	Garry Stynes	4.21	330	350
	Labour Party	Joan Mooney	2.02	158
Electorate: 16,438 Valid: 7,834 (47.66%) Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,567 Turnout: 7,947 (48.35%)

Kildare

Kildare - 6 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
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Ó Fearghail*	16.32	1,737
	Fianna Fáil	Fiona O'Loughlin	14.02	1,492	1,546
	Fine Gael	Fionnuala Dukes	10.02	1,067	1,099	1,101	1,102	1,126	1,170	1,245	1,300	1,391	1,458	1,683
	Progressive Democrats	Senator John Dardis*	9.11	970	979	980	981	999	1,019	1,029	1,116	1,154	1,247	1,344
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Neill*	8.81	938	962	968	972	980	1,002	1,004	1,063	1,213	1,349	1,423
	Labour Party	Jim Keane*	7.96	847	860	860	860	927	954	970	1,004	1,055	1,090	1,274
	Fine Gael	Michael Nolan, Snr*	6.84	728	730	731	731	744	759	795	860	880	1,072	1,112
	Independent	Francis Browne*	6.13	653	673	673	674	681	694	718	763	944	1,006
	Fianna Fáil	Breda Connolly	5.48	583	609	610	611	617	626	673	699
	Independent	Seamus Finn	5.35	569	571	573	574	592	615	619	726	737
	Independent	Murty Aspell	4.79	510	515	519	519	536	553	553
	Fine Gael	Allan Foxe	2.07	220	224	224	224	228	229
	Labour Party	Tom Ennis	1.84	206	208	208	208
	Independent	Percy Podger	1.00	196	204	212	213	217
	Independent	Harry Price	0.27	29	29
Electorate: 25,040 Valid: 10,745 (42.51%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 1,521 Turnout: 10,871 (43.02%)

Leixlip

Leixlip - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Kelly	21.53	1,437
	Labour Party	Catherine Murphy*	19.24	1,284	1,311	1,366
	Labour Party	John McGinley*	16.54	1,104	1,107	1,158	1,355
	Fine Gael	Senan Griffin*	15.33	1,023	1,029	1,110	1,257
	Labour Party	Colm Purcell*	13.81	922	937	965	1,091
	Green Party	Leo Armstrong	8.25	551	555	626
	Fianna Fáil	Laura Canning	5.30	354	400
Electorate: 16,315 Valid: 6,675 (40.91%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,336 Turnout: 6,750 (41.37%)

Naas

Naas - 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	Count 11
	Independent	Anthony Lawlor*	16.32	1,209	1,323	1,333	1,358	1,414	1,473	1,575
	Fianna Fáil	Seán PowerTD	11.85	1,061	1,135	1,146	1,171	1,223	1,280	1,338	1,346	1,828
	Fine Gael	Billy Hillis	10.12	906	912	916	943	949	1,239	1,298	1,309	1,340	1,368	1,371
	Independent	Mary Glennon	11.85	875	1,180	1,228	1,284	1,363	1,517
	Progressive Democrats	Timmy Conway*	7.99	715	724	735	775	848	905	977	991	1,171	1,278	1,283
	Fianna Fáil	Willie Callaghan	7.94	711	767	771	800	870	910	945	950
	Labour Party	Paddy McNamara	7.64	684	699	705	727	752	777
	Fine Gael	Pat O'Reilly	6.65	595	600	606	614	664
	Green Party	J.J. Power*	6.64	594	617	634	794	841	864	1,042	1,064	1,147	1,213	1,230
	Independent	Seamus Moore	5.62	462	468	474	483
	Green Party	Louise Burchall	4.41	395	403	410
	Independent	Anthony Egan	4.41	395	397
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Kelly	3.98	356
Electorate: 22,432 Valid: 8,950 (39.90%) Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,492 Turnout: 9,052 (40.35%)

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