Kilkenny County Council election, 1991

Kilkenny County Council election, 1991

27 June 1991

All 26 seats to Kilkenny County Council   First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party Seats won 12 10 4 Seat change +1 - +1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Workers' Party Independent Seats won 0 0 Seat change -1 -1

Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council

Council control after election Fine Gael Labour Party

An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for an eight-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	12	+1	13,981	43.19%
	Fine Gael	10	-	10,787	33.33%
	Labour Party	4	+1	5,178	16%
	Workers' Party	0	-1	664	2.05%
	Independent	0	-1	798	2.47%
Totals		26	-	32,369	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ballyragget

Ballyragget - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fine Gael	Mary Hilda Cavanagh*	16.5%	1,142	1,155
	Labour Party	Dick Brennan*	13.5%	931	981	988	1,011	1,049	1,191
	Fianna Fáil	John Murphy*	12.6%	870	874	933	959	1,043	1,271
	Fine Gael	John Brennan	11.5%	797	802	804	820	1,094	1,212
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Fitzpatrick	9.9%	682	685	758	882	902	967	1,033	1,059	1,089
	Fianna Fáil	Patricia Owens	9.4%	650	653	661	677	698
	Fianna Fáil	Shem O'Donnell	8.8%	609	631	737	768	848	959	1,010	1,021	1,028
	Fine Gael	Kathleen Conroy	7.4%	509	513	519	555
	Independent	Brid Phelan	4.5%	313	316	350
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Wilson	4.4%	304	306
	Labour Party	John Bergin	1.6%	111
Electorate: 9,780   Valid: 6,918 (70.74%)   Spoilt: 78   Quota: 1,154   Turnout: 6,996 (71.53%)

Kilkenny

Kilkenny - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour Party	Seamus PattisonTD*	24.3%	1,130
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Michael Lanigan*	16.5%	765	792	815	834	842	995
	Fine Gael	Kieran Crotty*	15.4%	715	762	791	983
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McGuinness	14.6%	680	701	713	737	741	833	917
	Fianna Fáil	Evelyn White	6.6%	306	322	342	361	366
	Fine Gael	Carmel Boyd	6.4%	299	319	329
	Independent	John Bolger*	6.3%	292	317	346	394	423	478	624
	Workers' Party	Joe Butler	5.8%	268	299	362	376	383	409
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McGrath	4.2%	193	206
Electorate: 8,088   Valid: 4,648 (57.47%)   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 930   Turnout: 4,687 (57.95%)

Piltown

Piltown - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Liam AylwardTD*	23.6%	1,906
	Fine Gael	Dick Dowling*	15.2%	1,229
	Fine Gael	Andy Cotterell*	9.5%	763	812	896	914	931	1,069
	Labour Party	Joe Walsh	9.3%	750	795	814	1,045
	Fine Gael	John Maher*	8.6%	697	753	773	784	795	1,081
	Fianna Fáil	Marguerite Drea	6.6%	534	676	682	690	822	837	843	849
	Fianna Fáil	Dick Dunphy*	6.4%	517	739	748	754	855	922	962	981
	Fine Gael	Catherine Kearns	6%	482	508	563	579	596
	Fianna Fáil	Ann Blackmore	5.7%	456	678	682	702	823	858	884	890
	Workers' Party	Martin Kennedy*	4.9%	396	421	434
	Fianna Fáil	Albert Byrne	4.2%	335	445	455	491
Electorate: 12,979   Valid: 8,065 (62.14%)   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 1,009   Turnout: 8,171 (62.96%)

Thomastown

Thomastown - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	James Brett*	15.7%	1,179
	Labour Party	Michael O'Brien*	14%	1,055	1,061	1,075
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Fennelly	12.3%	922	948	965	1,028
	Fine Gael	Billy Ireland*	11.1%	835	841	858	904	936	946	1,015
	Fine Gael	Tom Maher	9.2%	692	701	717	780	940	960	991
	Labour Party	John Bolger	8.6%	646	648	657	689	703	708
	Fine Gael	Philip Brennan*	8%	600	605	610	699	716	729	815
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Fenlon*	7.6%	573	586	594	606	675	806	1,039
	Fianna Fáil	Breda Somers*	6.6%	493	518	528	598
	Progressive Democrats	Patrick Crowley	4.7%	350	360	434
	Progressive Democrats	Donal McDonald	2.3%	175	177
Electorate: 11,771   Valid: 7,520 (63.89%)   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 1,075   Turnout: 7,616 (64.7%)

Tullaroan

Tullaroan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fine Gael	Phil HoganTD*	20.6%	1,073
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Millea*	14.4%	754	758	831	857	931	1,244
	Fianna Fáil	John J. McGuinness	12.1%	633	634	709	733	794	949	1,098
	Fine Gael	Margaret Tynan*	11.1%	578	587	606	789	960	1,036	1,060
	Labour Party	Tony Patterson	10.6%	555	557	580	647	739	789	816
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Rice	9.1%	476	477	561	586	665
	Progressive Democrats	Martin Gibbons*	8.4%	436	438	473	534
	Fine Gael	Paul Cuddihy	7.2%	376	385	397
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Brennan*	6.5%	337	338
Electorate: 8,832   Valid: 5,218 (59.04%)   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 1,044   Turnout: 5,267 (59.64%)

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