1991 North Tipperary County Council election

An election to North Tipperary County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.^[1][2]

1991 North Tipperary County Council election

← 1985 27 June 1991 1999 →
All 21 seats on North Tipperary County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 11 7 2 Seat change -1 +1 +1   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 1 Seat change -1
Map showing the area of North Tipperary County Council
Council control after election Fianna Fail

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	-1	12,996	45.5
	Fine Gael	7	+1	10,266	35.9
	Labour	2	+1	2,888	10.1
	Progressive Democrats	0	0	1,080	3.8
	Independent	1	-1	994	3.5
	Sinn Féin	0	0	364	1.3
Totals		21	-	28,588	100.0	—

Results by local electoral area

Borrisokane

Borrisokane - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Casey*	21.5%	1,212
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Tony McKenna*	17.2%	970	1,007	1,028	1,139
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hough*	13.2%	745	763	791	884	1,229
	Fine Gael	Gerard Darcy	12.1%	681	718	727	884	999
	Fianna Fáil	John Carroll	11.2%	630	642	656	738
	Fine Gael	Liam Whyte*	10.9%	613	672	678	805	858
	Labour	Larry Dunne	10.1%	567	620	625
	Progressive Democrats	Tony Esmonde	4%	224
Electorate: 7,902   Valid: 5,642 (71.4%)   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 1,129   Turnout: 5,696 (72.08%)

Nenagh-Newport

Nenagh-Newport - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fine Gael	Willie Kennedy*	11.9%	1,182	1,182	1,184	1,196	1,234	1,249
	Labour	Senator John Ryan*	11.2%	1,107	1,114	1,156	1,179	1,325
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Harrington*	10.1%	998	999	1,001	1,018	1,036	1,040	1,498
	Fine Gael	Tom Ryan	9.6%	950	951	952	972	981	995	1,042	1,074	1,148	1,164
	Fianna Fáil	John Sheehy*	8.2%	808	808	820	833	840	840	863	923	1,019	1,235
	Fianna Fáil	Mattie (Coole) Ryan	8%	795	796	797	802	823	826	851	870	974	1,154
	Independent	Joseph O'Connor*	7.8%	767	774	779	790	797	811	927	955	1,043	1,141
	Fine Gael	Tom Berkery*	6.8%	673	677	680	724	746	768	782	928	944	1,014
	Fianna Fáil	Ger Ryan	5.8%	570	570	571	576	587	596	641	650
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Boland	5.7%	564	566	588	594	602	604	615	764	796
	Fine Gael	Martin O'Sullivan	4.7%	467	483	521	527	528	530	539
	Sinn Féin	Jimmy Nolan	3.7%	364	364	364	376	384	386
	Labour	Matt Ryan	2.9%	283	285	299	301
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Flannery	1.6%	154	179	180
	Labour	Patrick Coleman	1.5%	148	149
	Progressive Democrats	John English	0.7%	68
Electorate: 14,173   Valid: 9,898 (69.84%)   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 1,238   Turnout: 10,002 (70.6%)

Roscrea-Templemore

Roscrea-Templemore - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Denis Ryan*	21.6%	1,446
	Fianna Fáil	John Egan*	16.25%	1,086	1,095	1,130
	Fianna Fáil	Dan Smith*	14.8%	988	1,033	1,060	1,139
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Mulrooney	13.7%	916	989	1,012	1,043	1,046
	Fine Gael	Noel Coonan	13.2%	879	979	1,012	1,114	1,116
	Fine Gael	John Butler	12.3%	821	891	918	1,025	1,028
	Labour	Liam Leahy	5.3%	356	376	412
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Treacy	2.9%	192	206
Electorate: 9,940   Valid: 6,684 (67.2%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 6,750 (67.9%)

Thurles

Thurles - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Michael Lowry TD*	30.8%	1,958
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Hanafin*	18.9%	1,204
	Fianna Fáil	Harry Ryan*	14.6%	926	1,009	1,046	1,061
	Fine Gael	Mae Quinn	9.4%	596	1,149
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Looby*	9.18%	584	648	709	717	753	873
	Progressive Democrats	Frank Dwan*	6.9%	442	505	529	557	614
	Labour	Martin Kennedy	6.7%	427	512	526	551	668	918
	Independent	Denis Ryan	3.6%	227	276	283	283
Electorate: 10,367   Valid: 6,364 (61.4%)   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 1,061   Turnout: 6,426 (62%)

References

1. Local Government Act 1994, s. 20: Year of elections to all local authorities (No. 8 of 1994, s. 20). Enacted on 29 April 1994. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
2. Local Government Act 1998, s. 10: Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 (No. 16 of 1998, s. 10). Enacted on 29 May 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.

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