Leitrim County Council election, 1991

Leitrim County Council election, 1991

27 June 1991

All 22 seats to Leitrim County Council   First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 9 9 1 Seat change -1 +1 -1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Fianna Fáil Independent Seats won 1 2 Seat change - +1

Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council

Council control after election TBD

An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 22 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	9	-1	6,735	43.35
	Fine Gael	9	+1	5,481	35.28%
	Sinn Féin	1	-1	1,398	9%
	Independent Fianna Fáil	1	-	402	2.6%
	Independent	2	+1	1,485	9.6%
Totals		22	-	15,535	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ballinamore

Ballinamore - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fine Gael	Gerry Reynolds TD*	18.3%	766
	Fianna Fáil	John Ellis TD*	17.2%	720
	Fianna Fáil	J.J. Shortt*	16.3%	680
	Sinn Féin	Liam McGirl*	16.0%	667
	Fine Gael	Damien Brennan*	13.2%	552	609
	Fine Gael	Tommy McCartin*	10.4%	435	535	563	579	619
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy O'Rourke	8.6%	358	370	465	532	562
Electorate: 5,674   Valid: 4,178 (73.63%)   Spoilt: 24   Quota: 597   Turnout: 4,202 (74.06%)

Carrick-on-Shannon

Carrick-on-Shannon - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fine Gael	Thomas Mulligan*	13.4%	565	578	605
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Guckian*	13.3%	563	596	639
	Fine Gael	Thomas Faughnan	11.7%	497	535	564	571	701
	Independent	Pascal McKeon*	11.7%	494	512	534	534	547	573
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McGowan	11.3%	480	512	529	532	536	545
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry McGee*	9.9%	420	421	431	432	437	450
	Fianna Fáil	Farrell McElgunn*	9.5%	400	408	483	499	685
	Fine Gael	Ann Harman	8.%	339	360	415	420
	Sinn Féin	Martin McTiernan	6.7%	285	302
	Independent	Des Guckian	4.4%	187
Electorate: 5,706   Valid: 4,230 (74.13%)   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 605   Turnout: 4,258 (74.62%)

Dromahaire

Dromahaire - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fine Gael	Jim McPadden*	13.3%	479	501	527	539	638
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Bohan*	12.2%	437	478	483	490	510	514	514	663
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Paschal Mooney	11.7%	422	426	467	483	555	567	569	600
	Fine Gael	John McTernan	11%	397	406	407	408	444	459	460	624
	Fianna Fáil	Stasia Carre	10.7%	385	401	402	405	411	411	411
	Independent	Gerry Dolan	9.6%	344	372	418	529	604
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Gilmartin	8.7%	313	314	333	386	405	412	413	453
	Fine Gael	Sean Wynne	8.2%	295	302	326	340
	Sinn Féin	Francis Guckian	5.4%	193	209	226
	Independent	Michael Moran	4.9%	175	182
	Independent	John Gallagher	4.3%	154
Electorate: 4,569   Valid: 3,594 (78.7%)   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 600   Turnout: 3,628 (79.4%)

Manorhamilton

Manorhamilton - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Ferguson*	21.2%	742
	Fianna Fáil	Aodh Flynn*	14.6%	511	542	548	602
	Fine Gael	Charles Cullen*	12.7%	444	457	462	501	504	648
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Larry McGowan*	11.5%	402	421	451	534	541	673
	Fine Gael	Frank Dolan	10.3%	361	366	369	386	388
	Fine Gael	Siobhán McGloin	10%	351	381	420	456	458	526	552
	Fianna Fáil	Patsy Connolly	8.7%	304	349	365	387	391	409	442
	Sinn Féin	Michael Colreavy	7.2%	253	261	285
	Republican Sinn Féin	Declan Curneen	3.7%	131	138
Electorate: 4,766   Valid: 3,533 (74.13%)   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 584   Turnout: 3,569 (74.88%)

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