Mayo County Council election, 1991

27 June 1991

All 31 seats to Mayo County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party
Seats won	15	13	1
Seat change	-	-1	+1

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Seats won	2
Seat change	-

Map showing the area of Mayo County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Mayo County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from seven electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	15	-	25,672	47.29%
	Fine Gael	13	-1	21,656	39.89%
	Labour Party	1	+1	1,949	3.59%
	Independent	2	-	3,484	6.42%
Totals		31	-	54,292	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ballina

Ballina - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Annie Mae Reape	15.6%	1,578
	Fine Gael	Ernie Caffrey	12.7%	1,284	1,346	1,376	1,504
	Fianna Fáil	Padraic Bourke*	12.3%	1,244	1,267	1,314	1,371	1,571
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Molloy	11.9%	1,200	1,206	1,218	1,238	1,253	1,275	1,290
	Fine Gael	Frank Devaney*	11.5%	1,160	1,169	1,172	1,216	1,414	1,459
	Fine Gael	Eddie Staunton*	11.2%	1,132	1,148	1,153	1,230	1,530
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Glacken*	8.5%	857	879	903	1,125	1,162	1,189	1,200
	Fine Gael	Paddy Naughten	7.9%	801	813	819	873
	Independent	Tony Durkan	6.2%	630	687	694
	Labour Party	Dick Melrose	2.2%	221
Electorate: 15,551 Valid: 10,107 (64.99%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,444 Turnout: 10,188 (65.51%)

Castlebar

Castlebar - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Al McDonnell*	19.7%	1,851
	Fine Gael	Enda KennyTD*	14.1%	1,327	1,343	1,497	1,628
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Morrin*	12.08	1,204	1,284	1,362	1,565
	Fine Gael	Paddy Burke*	11.1%	1,047	1,097	1,178	1,236	1,646
	Labour Party	Johnny Mee	10.6%	999	1,006	1,161	1,210	1,441	1,508
	Fianna Fáil	George O'Malley	8.9%	834	886	920	1,146	1,233	1,246
	Fine Gael	Liam Coady	8.6%	806	813	873	886
	Fine Gael	Regina Mulrooney	7.6%	713	772	797
	Progressive Democrats	Kevin Bourke	6.5%	613	627
Electorate: 14,146 Valid: 9,394 (66.41%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,566 Turnout: 9,471 (66.95%)

Claremorris

Claremorris- 7 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	Jim HigginsTD*	14.8%	1,862
	Fianna Fáil	P.J. MorleyTD*	12.1%	1,517	1,580
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McHugh*	10%	1,254	1,260	1,271	1,292	1,370	1,801
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Heneghan*	9.6%	1,209	1,211	1,236	1,377	1,388	1,541	1,709
	Independent	Richard Finn	9.1%	1,141	1,179	1,239	1,291	1,504	1,726
	Fine Gael	Jim Mannion*	8.7%	1,095	1,122	1,156	1,243	1,482	1,557	1,599
	Fine Gael	Michael Raftery*	7.5%	942	946	970	1,205	1,237	1,244	1,248	1,252	1,257
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Fitzpatrick*	7.3%	913	916	949	979	1,085
	Fine Gael	Tom Higgins	6.8%	860	946	962	975	1,102	1,138	1,149	1,174	1,188
	Fine Gael	Ray Leonard	6.%	761	812	862	891
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Ryan	12.5%	691	694	739
	Labour Party	John Murphy	12.5%	297	300
	Independent	Michael Robinson	0.3%	44	46
Electorate: 18,132 Valid: 12,586 (69.41%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,574 Turnout: 12,666 (69.85%)

Killala

Killala - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Independent	Padraig Cosgrove*	22.6%	1,350
	Fine Gael	Vinnie Munnelly*	17.4%	1,039	1,069	1,077	1,086	1,087	1,104
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Quinn*	16.6%	994	1,041	1,309
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Golden	15.9	949	963	1,005	1,019	1,127	1,139
	Fine Gael	John Noel Carey*	15.8%	945	1,000	1,122	1,254
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Goonan	14.05	496	511
	Independent	Tony Mullarkey	2.8%	169
	Independent	Martin Tighe	0.5%	29
Electorate: 9,176 Valid: 5,971 (65.07%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,195 Turnout: 6,044 (65.87%)

Swinford

Swinford - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Maloney	22.1%	1,423
	Fine Gael	John Flannery*	18.6%	1,200	1,211	1,215	1,383
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Oliver	15.7%	1,009	1,035	1,087	1,318
	Fianna Fáil	Patsy Dunne*	14.9%	959	967	1,006	1,040
	Fine Gael	Sean McEvoy*	14%	901	924	956	1,342
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mellett	12.9%	830	861	868
	Independent	Tony McDonagh	1.9%	121
Electorate: 9,877 Valid: 6,443 (65.23%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 1,289 Turnout: 6,505 (65.86%)

Westport

Westport - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fine Gael	Michael Ring	21.1%	2,063
	Fianna Fáil	Martin J. O'TooleTD*	17.21	1,697
	Fine Gael	Pat Kilbane*	16.4%	1,601	1,774
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Chambers*	15.7%	1,538	1,564	1,584	1,662
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Hughes*	12.7%	1,244	1,364	1,410	1,576
	Independent	Denis Gallagher	10.1%	989	1,007	1,035	1,130
	Labour Party	Maurice Rice	4.4%	432	499	558
	Progressive Democrats	John Joe Kilcoyne	2.2%	227	254
Electorate: 13,691 Valid: 9,791 (71.5%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,632 Turnout: 9,899 (72.3%)

External links

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