Kerry County Council election, 1999

10 June 1999

All 27 seats to Kerry County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party
Seats won	12	6	3
Seat change	-1	-1	-1

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Sinn Féin	Independent
Seats won	1	5
Seat change	+1	+2

Map showing the area of Kerry County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Kerry County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 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	12	-1	25,331	39.80%
	Fine Gael	6	-1	14,951	23.49%
	Labour Party	3	-1	9,119	14.33%
	Sinn Féin	1	+1	3,810	5.99%
	Independent	5	+2	10,191	16.01%
Totals		27	-	63,648	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Dingle

Dingle- 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Breandan MacGearailt*	27.50	1,969
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Shea*	23.98	1,717	1,736	1,759	1,850
	Fine Gael	Seamus (Cosai) Fitzgerald	14.76	1,057	1,148	1,196	1,307	1,472	1,658
	Fianna Fáil	Colette Flynn-Scanlon	10.92	782	819	851	874	972	1,319
	Independent	Brigid O'Connor	8.12	581	589	636	676	836
	Labour Party	Tom Flynn	7.47	535	543	571	609
	Fine Gael	Mick O'Connell	4.05	290	296	326
	Independent	John Paul O'Brien	3.18	228	296	326
Electorate: 10,879 Valid: 7,159 (65.81%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,790 Turnout: 7,248 (66.62%)

Killarney

Killarney - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Jackie Healy-RaeTD*	23.03	3,302
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Fleming*	14.42	2,068
	Labour Party	Breeda Moynihan-CroninTD*	11.45	1,642	1,866	1,900	1,903	2,153
	Fianna Fáil	Brian O'Leary*	10.70	1,534	1,774	1,796	1,802	1,849	1,883	2,257
	South Kerry Independent	Michael Gleeson	10.31	1,478	1,682	1,709	1,710	1,768	1,850	2,044	2,113
	Independent	Brendan Cronin	9.11	1,306	1,457	1,496	1,499	1,537	1,679	1,801	1,862
	Fine Gael	Senator Paul Coghlan*	7.45	1,068	1,154	1,199	1,200	1,219	1,477	1,545	1,566
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Doherty	5.31	762	921	942	945	969	1,005
	Fine Gael	Mark O'Shea	3.79	544	595	629	630	641
	Labour Party	Andrew McCarthy	3.11	446	493	498	499
	Independent	Tom Randles	1.32	189	280
Electorate: 21,843 Valid: 14,339 (65.65%) Spoilt: 233 Quota: 2,049 Turnout: 14,572 (66.71%)

Killorglin

Killorglin - 5 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	Paul O'Donoghue*	18.29	2,162
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cahill*	15.75	1,862	1,897	1,941	2,150
	Fine Gael	Michael Connor-Scarteen*	11.91	1,408	1,411	1,413	1,420	1,501	1,503	1,595	2,113
	Fine Gael	Johnny (Porridge) O'Connor	11.44	1,352	1,356	1,394	1,485	1,525	1,575	1,686	1,722	1,731
	Fine Gael	P.J. Donovan	9.52	1,125	1,184	1,188	1,191	1,448	1,448	1,838	1,856	1,871
	Independent	Michael Healy-Rae	8.64	1,022	1,042	1,064	1,117	1,179	1,213	1,425	1,703	1,821
	Fianna Fáil	Dan McCarthy	8.01	947	966	968	982	986	1,054	1,099
	Labour Party	Seán O hArgáin	7.33	867	891	909	920	988	991
	Fine Gael	Donal Barry	4.38	518	532	536	540
	Fianna Fáil	Paudie O'Connor	3.29	389	401	423
	Independent	Patrick O'Reilly	1.44	170	171
Electorate: 17,885 Valid: 11,822 (66.10%) Spoilt: 233 Quota: 1,971 Turnout: 12,021 (67.21%)

Listowel

Listowel- 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fine Gael	Jimmy DeenihanTD	17.11	2,321
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Dan Kiely*	14.89	2,020
	Fianna Fáil	Ned O'Sullivan*	11.00	1,492	1,561	1,599	1,735	1,766	1,841	1,934
	Fine Gael	Tim Buckley*	10.12	1,372	1,496	1,532	1,594	1,617	1,714	1,755
	Labour Party	Pat Leahy*	9.67	1,312	1,365	1,441	1,467	1,618	1,746	1,846
	Fine Gael	Bernie Behan*	9.66	1,310	1,361	1,369	1,375	1,430	1,444	1,546
	Fianna Fáil	John Brassil	9.57	1,298	1,314	1,324	1,357	1,469	1,484	1,754
	Sinn Féin	Risteard O Fuarain	5.27	715	723	730	738	816	1,070
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Curtin	4.70	637	654	673	700	712
	Labour Party	Liam O'Sullivan	3.67	498	513	521	530
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Walsh	2.51	341	359	372
	Independent	Margaret Carmody	1.83	248	260
Electorate: 23,406 Valid: 13,546 (57.95%) Spoilt: 262 Quota: 1,938 Turnout: 13,826 (59.07%)

Tralee

Tralee - 7 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
	Labour Party	Maeve Spring*	18.56	3,174
	Sinn Féin	Martin Ferris	14.37	2,458
	Fianna Fáil	Tom McEllistrim	9.58	1,638	1,712	1,736	1,760	1,897	1,995	2,135	2,432
	Fine Gael	Bobby O'Connell*	9.07	1,551	1,607	1,618	1,633	1,656	1,671	1,695	1,969	2,006	2,077
	Fianna Fáil	Denis FoleyTD*	8.44	1,443	1,528	1,569	1,587	1,685	1,801	1,968	2,178
	Fine Gael	Pat McCarthy	6.05	1,035	1,107	1,121	1,149	1,204	1,240	1,283	1,327	1,339	1,486
	Fianna Fáil	Ted Fitzgerald*	6.02	1,030	1,106	1,131	1,146	1,204	1,288	1,453	1,502	1,562	1,879
	Independent	Billy Leen	5.66	968	1,026	1,094	1,124	1,170	1,284	1,360	1,416	1,430	1,595
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Walsh	5.59	956	983	990	998	1,024	1,047	1,131
	Fianna Fáil	Johnnie Wall	4.15	710	829	860	876	919	1,012
	Independent	Tommy Foley*	4.09	699	789	832	861	891
	Labour Party	John Commane*	3.77	645	952	973	1,010	1,028	1,115	1,212	1,240	1,247
	Fianna Fáil	Paudie Fuller	3.23	552	583	605	617
	Green Party	Eddie McCarthy	1.44	246	286	298
Electorate: 29,913 Valid: 17,105 (57.18%) Spoilt: 306 Quota: 2,139 Turnout: 17,411 (58.21%)

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