Louth County Council election, 1999

10 June 1999

All 26 seats to Louth County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Sinn Féin
Seats won	14	7	1
Seat change	+2	+1	-

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Labour Party	Independent	Progressive Democrats
Seats won	1	3	0
Seat change	-1	-	-2

Map showing the area of Louth County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Louth County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 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	14	+2	14,166	40.14%
	Fine Gael	7	+1	9,167	25.97%
	Sinn Féin	1	-	3,373	9.56%
	Labour Party	1	-1	2,573	7.29%
	Independent	3	-	3,818	10.82%
	Progressive Democrats	0	-2	721	2.04%
Totals		26	-	35,294	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ardee

Ardee - 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
	Fine Gael	Jim Lennon*	14.03	969	972	1,018	1,041	1,066	1,113	1,126	1,324
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Reilly*	13.89	959	962	967	971	975	1,014	1,075	1,160
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Clare	10.22	706	713	723	728	737	767	796	862	877	961
	Fianna Fáil	Nicholas McCabe*	9.20	635	636	661	692	706	735	756	793	803	1,051
	Fine Gael	Finnan McCoy*	8.85	611	613	640	685	750	785	826	903	980	1,173
	Independent	Hugh Conlon*	8.37	578	595	619	632	649	696	740	820	855	884
	Fine Gael	Thomas McGrory	7.60	525	526	545	550	556	580	634
	Fianna Fáil	Padraig McKenny	7.46	515	516	523	562	599	636	674	693	695
	Sinn Féin	Pearse McGeough	5.40	373	377	378	387	401	427
	Green Party	Neil McCann	4.58	316	322	327	351	388
	Progressive Democrats	Leonard Hatrick	3.40	235	236	240
	Labour Party	Gerry Halpenny	3.16	218	242	246	271
	Fine Gael	Jeremiah McCarthy	2.77	191	192
	Labour Party	Donnchadha MacRaghnaill	1.07	74
Electorate: 14,138 Valid: 6,905 (48.84%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,151 Turnout: 7,009 (49.58%)

Drogheda East

Drogheda East - 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
	Fine Gael	Oliver Tully*	12.40	869	876	884	922	941	1,065	1,083	1,108	1,163	1,180
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Mulroy*	10.46	733	746	772	793	822	849	911	1,136	1,330
	Independent	Frank Godfrey*	10.16	712	737	798	845	901	936	1,016	1,113	1,208
	Fianna Fáil	Jacqui McConville	9.66	677	683	696	735	749	800	830	866	1,033	1,094
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Dowd	7.99	560	582	630	673	708	854	888	966	1,012	1,038
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Murphy*	7.76	544	555	562	568	584	591	632
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Coyle	7.63	535	542	563	574	602	616	658	721
	Sinn Féin	Maeve Healy	6.11	428	438	448	464	494	509
	Labour Party	Tommy Moore	6.06	425	436	448	483	607	625	692	756	813	823
	Fine Gael	Christopher Douglas	5.92	415	418	427	449	466
	Labour Party	Finian Branigan	4.95	347	351	382	412
	Green Party	Bernadette Martin	4.28	300	331	356
	Independent	Tommy Byrne	4.02	282	294
	Independent	Sheila Martin	2.58	181
Electorate: 15,991 Valid: 7,008 (43.82%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,169 Turnout: 7,099 (44.39%)

Drogheda West

Drogheda West - 4 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	Senator Fergus O'Dowd*	21.92	1,083
	Fianna Fáil	Maria Campbell-O'Brien*	11.17	552	559	573	594	643	672	751	883	973
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Collins	10.71	529	536	545	562	582	627	688	867	955
	Fianna Fáil	Josie Carolan	8.99	444	444	445	454	472	478	490
	Fine Gael	Eugene Byrne	8.12	401	426	451	459	495	521	545	598	678
	Labour Party	Patsy Kirwan*	8.06	398	410	419	484	526	569	637	655	739
	Sinn Féin	Ken O'Heiligh	7.69	380	384	391	404	435	449
	Independent	Malachy Godfrey	6.15	304	311	320	348	380	500	558	589
	Green Party	Michael McKeon	5.45	269	274	280	300
	Independent	Frank Godfrey	5.38	266	279	289	304	334
	Labour Party	Gerald Nash	4.43	219	222	226
	Fine Gael	John Clarke	1.92	95
Electorate: 10,979 Valid: 4,940 (44.99%) Spoilt: 71 Quota: 989 Turnout: 5,011 (45.64%)

Dundalk-Carlingford

Dundalk-Carlingford - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Savage*	17.86	1,578
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Morgan	16.55	1,462
	Fine Gael	Terry Brennan*	11.23	992	1,069	1,090	1,270
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Keelan*	10.28	908	952	976	1,000	1,065	1,165
	Fianna Fáil	Miceal O'Donnell*	9.63	851	970	1,028	1,084	1,127	1,227
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Byrne	9.57	845	867	882	900	1,033	1,152
	Fine Gael	Johnny McGahon	8.82	726	740	755	863	987	1,142
	Labour Party	Jackie Callan	5.99	529	532	569	597	682
	Progressive Democrats	Jim Cousins*	5.50	486	491	505	533
	Fine Gael	Pat Keenan	5.17	457	488	503
Electorate: 17,472 Valid: 8,834 (50.56%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 1,263 Turnout: 9,036 (51.72%)

Dundalk South

Dundalk South - 6 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	Declan Breathnach*	19.02	1,447
	Independent	Martin Bellew*	12.71	967	996	1,039	1,091
	Fine Gael	Jim D'Arcy	10.58	805	835	839	901	983	1,253
	Sinn Féin	Seán Kenna*	9.60	730	747	766	792	819	842	851	893	902
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Lennon*	8.49	646	765	781	818	857	923	962	1,225
	Fianna Fáil	Donal Lynch	7.78	592	622	629	673	720	748	758	896	996
	Independent	Dr. Mary Grehan	6.94	528	573	582	638	744	819	900	978	1,007
	Fianna Fáil	Pearse O'Hanrahan	6.18	470	505	520	547	585	626	653
	Fine Gael	Stephen Burns	6.15	468	496	505	517	579
	Green Party	Liam Kieran	5.18	394	407	420
	Labour Party	Constance Short	4.77	363	375	422	486
	Workers' Party	Peter Short	2.59	197	199
Electorate: 16,367 Valid: 7,607 (46.48%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 1,087 Turnout: 7,711 (47.11%)

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