Longford County Council election, 1991

Longford County Council election, 1991

27 June 1991

All 21 seats to Longford County Council   First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Republican Sinn Féin Seats won 9 8 1 Seat change - -1 +1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Sinn Féin Seats won 3 0 Seat change +1 -1

Map showing the area of Longford County Council

Council control after election TBD

An election to Longford County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for an eight-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	9	-	5,391	37.32%
	Fine Gael	8	-1	5,544	38.37%
	Republican Sinn Féin	1	+1	536	3.71%
	Independent	3	+1	2,158	14.94%
	Sinn Féin	0	-1	-	-
Totals		21	-	14,447	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ballinalee

Ballinalee - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Coyle*	30.5%	719
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Doherty*	30%	709
	Fine Gael	Victor Kiernan	21.5%	508	567	655
	Fine Gael	Sean MacEoin	18%	424	493	523
Electorate: 3,294   Valid: 2,360 (71.65%)   Spoilt: 23   Quota: 591   Turnout: 2,383 (72.34%)

Ballymahon

Ballymahon - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fine Gael	James Bannon*	22.3%	1,060
	Fianna Fáil	Barney Steele*	15.6%	741
	Fine Gael	Louis BeltonTD*	13.9%	660	840
	Fine Gael	Adrian Farrell*	12.9%	612	623	668	669	693
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Farrell*	7.2%	340	346	349	365	392	448	650
	Independent	John Nolan	6.8%	323	364	383	391	414	514	624
	Fine Gael	Seán Farrell	6.4%	306	347	391	395	453	509	528
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Carthy	6.1%	290	358	372	393	395	426
	Independent	Michael Brennan*	5.1%	241	270	297	309	341
	Independent	Declan Gilmore	3.6%	173	178	181
Electorate: 6,361   Valid: 4,746 (74.61%)   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 679   Turnout: 4,780 (75.15%)

Drumlish

Drumlish - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2
	Fine Gael	Gerry Brady*	29%	656
	Fianna Fáil	Luie McEntire*	26%	588
	Republican Sinn Féin	Seán Lynch*	23.7%	536	585
	Fianna Fáil	Claire Brady-Casey	21.2%	480	521
Electorate: 3,072   Valid: 2,260 (73.57%)   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 566   Turnout: 2,298 (74.8%)

Granard

Granard - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	Fianna Fáil	Fintan Flood*		0
	Fine Gael	Maura Kilbride-Harkin*		0
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lynch*		0
Electorate: 3,017   Valid: 0   Spoilt: 0   Quota: 0   Turnout: 0

Longford

Longford- 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Independent	Mae Sexton	17.4%	740
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Kelly*	16.2%	690
	Fine Gael	Philo Kelly	12.5%	532	571	580	610
	Independent	Peter Murphy*	10%	426	444	451	463	494	530	567
	Fine Gael	Seamus Finnan*	7.7%	330	337	341	383	398	420	588
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Nevin	7%	299	310	326	350	413	538	586
	Fine Gael	Peter Clarke*	6.5%	278	290	297	325	354	404
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan McDermott	6.4%	274	295	301	314	369	412	473
	Fianna Fáil	Noel McGeeney*	6.1%	261	268	294	303	332
	Independent	Christy Warnock	6%	255	267	270	280
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Kane	4.2%	178	181	183
Electorate: 6,475   Valid: 4,263 (65.84%)   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 610   Turnout: 4,292 (66.29%)

External links

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