1991 Sligo County Council election

An election to Sligo County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five 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 Sligo County Council election

← 1985 27 June 1991 1999 →
All 25 seats on Sligo County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent Socialist Seats won 11 11 1 Seat change - +2 -   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Labour Seats won 2 0 Seat change -1 -1
Map showing the area of Sligo County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	-	11,858	44.43
	Fine Gael	11	+2	9,151	34.29
	Independent Socialist	1	-	1,456	5.46
	Independent	2	-1	2,642	9.90
	Labour	0	-1	894	3.35
Totals		25	-	26,689	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ballymote

Ballymote - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Tony McLoughlin*	12.4%	910	935
	Fine Gael	Tommy Lavin*	9.6%	703	717	743	768	851	879
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Conlon	9.5%	699	706	733	759	838	949
	Fine Gael	Leo Conlon*	9.4%	691	701	725	730	828	883
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Scanlon	9.3%	680	694	725	787	840	885
	Fine Gael	Gerry Murray	9.0%	663	669	683	790	831	850
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Deignan*	8.1%	595	602	615	642	716	776
	Fianna Fáil	John Sherlock*	7.8%	571	575	607	682	739	920
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Carty*	7.5%	554	559	590	616	649
	Independent	Alfie Parke	6.6%	484	502	564	584
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Shannon*	5.1%	372	373	385
	Independent Socialist	John McCarrick	3.7%	271	307
	Labour	Catherine Masiacz	2%	150	274
Electorate: 10,555   Valid: 7,343 (69.57%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 918   Turnout: 7,393 (70.04%)

Dromore

Dromore - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Paul Conmy*	26.2%	1,102	951	985
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Conway*	18.6%	781	837	994
	Fine Gael	Mary Barrett	15.3%	643	773	931
	Fianna Fáil	Syl Mulligan*	14.5%	608	620	746	788	840
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Clarke	12.9%	541	563
	Fianna Fáil	Gabriel Healy	12.6%	531	571	667	735	769
Electorate: 5,920   Valid: 4,206 (71.05%)   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 842   Turnout: 4,236 (71.55%)

Drumcliffe

Drumcliffe - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Joe Leonard*	16.9%	952
	Fianna Fáil	Dr. Jimmy Devins	13.3%	749	758	761	794	852	853	900	932	1,020
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Willie Farrell*	10.7%	605	609	620	629	705	707	728	810	836
	Fine Gael	Ita Fox*	10.1%	570	581	656	686	693	698	760	805	895
	Fianna Fáil	Felim O'Rourke	9.8%	549	557	562	588	628	628	660	674	728
	Independent	Michael Carroll	8.4%	475	484	518	543	580	582	666	721	956
	Labour	Stephen McDonagh	7.91	445	461	466	510	522	522	547	580
	Independent Socialist	John Harrison	5%	282	316	334	339	342	344	361
	Progressive Democrats	Hugh Slevin	4.6%	257	268	284	301	312	313
	Fianna Fáil	John Mulrooney*	4.3%	244	247	253	255
	Independent	Sheelagh Hanly	3.7%	206	209	212
	Fine Gael	Maureen Regan	3.1%	177	181
	Independent Socialist	Frank Dobbs	2.1%	117
Electorate: 9,182   Valid: 5,628 (61.29%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 939   Turnout: 5,678 (61.84%)

Sligo

Sligo - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Healy	20.1%	1,043
	Fine Gael	Jim McGarry	14.8%	769	795	801	834	873
	Independent Socialist	Declan Bree*	13.0%	675	697	787	811	875
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McManus*	9.7%	506	531	534	578	586	615	670	879
	Sinn Féin	Seán MacManus	8.3%	431	441	442	457	478	490	580	637
	Fine Gael	Peter Henry*	8.3%	430	444	446	454	468	618	677	752
	Fianna Fáil	Roddy McGuinn	5.9%	307	345	345	388	410	437	493
	Labour	Tommy Higgins*	5.8%	299	305	310	315	334	373
	Fine Gael	Matt Lyons	5.1%	267	274	274	278	286
	Independent	Michael Gillen	3.7%	194	199	202	208
	Fianna Fáil	John Monaghan*	3.2%	168	189	190
	Independent Socialist	Pat Fallon	2.1%	111	113
Electorate: 8,247   Valid: 5,200 (63.05%)   Spoilt: 45   Quota: 867   Turnout: 5,245 (63.60%)

Tubbercurry

Tubbercurry - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Margaret Gormley*	25.7%	1,107
	Fianna Fáil	Matt Brennan TD*	23.4%	1,009
	Fine Gael	Joe Cawley*	17.3%	747	824	872
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Colleary*	12.7%	547	576	637	708	826
	Fine Gael	Michael Fleming	12.2%	527	595	614	695	767
	Fianna Fáil	Peter McKeon	4.6%	199	261	275	283
	Independent	Denis O'Hara	4.1%	176	184	188
Electorate: 5,618   Valid: 4,312 (76.75%)   Spoilt: 35   Quota: 863   Turnout: 4,347 (77.38%)

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.

External links

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