Limerick County Council election, 1991

27 June 1991

All 28 seats to Limerick County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Progressive Democrats
Seats won	13	10	4
Seat change	-5	-	+4

	Fourth party

Party	Labour Party
Seats won	1
Seat change	+1

Map showing the area of Limerick County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Limerick County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 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	13	-5	21,238	43.28%
	Fine Gael	10	-	15,765	32.13%
	Progressive Democrats	4	+4	7,627	15.54%
	Labour Party	1	+1	1,990	4.06%
Totals		28	-	49,068	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Bruff

Bruff - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Brennan*	18.4%	1,976
	Fine Gael	Michael NoonanTD	13.7%	1,480	1,492	1,514	1,565
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Collins*	12.3%	1,328	1,497	1,505	1,545
	Fianna Fáil	John Clifford	12.2%	1,316	1,465	1,479	1,508	1,522	1,525	1,646
	Progressive Democrats	Tim O'Malley	11.9%	1,281	1,300	1,408	1,661
	Fine Gael	Jim McCarthy*	9.6%	1,034	1,039	1,112	1,126	1,168	1,174	1,473
	Fine Gael	Charlie Hanley	7.9%	855	911	918	969	996	1,005	1,099
	Labour Party	Noelle Dason	6.9%	740	748	780	822	861	869
	Progressive Democrats	Bobbie Penn	4.%	434	447	502
	Progressive Democrats	John Wright	3%	323	329
Electorate: 19,044 Valid: 10,767 (56.54%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,539 Turnout: 10,843 (56.94%)

Castleconnell

Castleconnell - 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
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Wade*	17.9%	2,039
	Progressive Democrats	Peadar ClohessyTD*	14.2%	1,623	1,722
	Fine Gael	Senator Mary Jackman*	12.6%	1,443	1,465	1,477	1,702
	Fine Gael	Paddy Hourigan*	9.2%	1,048	1,065	1,078	1,097	1,110	1,212	1,320	1,373	1,542	1,557
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Gleeson*	8.2%	934	998	1,006	1,017	1,019	1,167	1,193	1,467	1,697
	Fianna Fáil	Willie Keane	6.7%	760	812	823	855	861	882	984	1,109	1,186	1,218
	Independent	William Meagher	6.3%	721	733	736	766	770	804	913	1,037
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Finucane	5.5%	631	660	680	742	759	960	1,044	1,099	1,210	1,228
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Long	5.4%	612	692	704	715	718	748	779
	Progressive Democrats	Martin Ryan	5%	574	589	592	600	606
	Labour Party	Joe Liston	4.8%	552	562	568	604	623	639
	Independent	Jim Duffy	4.2%	484	491	493
Electorate: 18,499 Valid: 11,421 (61.74%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,632 Turnout: 11,516 (62.25%)

Kilmallock

Kilmallock - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fine Gael	Matt Callaghan*	22.7%	1,865
	Fine Gael	Jim Houlihan*	18%	1,479
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Barry*	15.8%	1,298	1,334	1,352	1,651
	Progressive Democrats	Eddie Creighton*	15.2%	1,248	1,325	1,341	1,434
	Fianna Fáil	William Sampson*	12.8%	1,053	1,147	1,151	1,389
	Fine Gael	John O'Grady	7.9%	654	829	887	916
	Fianna Fáil	Alan Mee*	7.7%	634	745	756
Electorate: 12,482 Valid: 8,231 (65.94%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,372 Turnout: 8,328 (66.72%)

Newcastle

Newcastle - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Kelly*	17.4%	1,668
	Fine Gael	Michael FinucaneTD*	13.5%	1,300	1,309	1,331	1,382
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Healy*	11.2%	1,075	1,106	1,125	1,170	1,196	1,281	1,354
	Fianna Fáil	John Cregan	10.5%	1,013	1,039	1,040	1,048	1,107	1,146	1,285
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Ahern*	10.2%	976	1,109	1,119	1,129	1,147	1,171	1,208
	Fine Gael	Seán Broderick	9.7%	933	1,011	1,012	1,025	1,044	1,107	1,374
	Fine Gael	John Kelly*	7.3%	706	709	726	757	814	927
	Labour Party	Mary Kelly	7.3%	698	704	736	783	845	1,009	1,228
	Progressive Democrats	Sean Liston	5.5	525	529	533	605	628
	Sinn Féin	Coireall MacCurtain	3.1%	300	301	304	311
	Progressive Democrats	Seamus Hunt	3%	288	292	301
	Independent	Michael Flynn	1.3%	127	127
Electorate: 14,404 Valid: 9,609 (66.71%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,373 Turnout: 9,718 (67.47%)

Rathkeale

Rathkeale- 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fine Gael	Senator Dan Neville*	18.8%	1,699
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Sheahan*	17.9%	1,614
	Fianna Fáil	John Griffin*	16.5%	1,493	1,522
	Fianna Fáil	Maureen Barrett*	16%	1,449	1,457	1,503	1,504	1,515
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Reidy	7.7%	696	729	732	732	737	775	821
	Fine Gael	David Naughton	6.3%	573	638	654	656	673	736	832	1,222
	Progressive Democrats	John Carrig	6.2%	564	585	604	607	651	721	896	1,017
	Green Party	Patrick O'Doherty	5.9%	532	551	555	558	581	635
	Independent	Basil Fitzgibbon	3.1%	284	291	308	308	320
	Progressive Democrats	Patrick Sheehan	1.5%	136	146	148	154
Electorate: 12,705 Valid: 9,040 (71.15%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,507 Turnout: 9,113 (71.73%)

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