Limerick City Council election, 1999

Limerick City Council election, 1999
Republic of Ireland
10 June 1999

All 17 seats to Limerick City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party
Seats won 6 5 3
Seat change +4 +1 -2

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent Progressive Democrats Workers' Party
Seats won 3 0 0
Seat change +1 -3 -1

Map showing the area of Limerick City Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Limerick City Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 17 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.1

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 6 +4 4,994 27.56%
Fine Gael 5 +1 4,737 26.15%
Labour Party 3 -2 3,388 18.70%
Independent 3 +1 3,384 18.68%
Progressive Democrats 0 -3 1,265 6.98%
Workers' Party 0 -1 0 0
Totals 17 - 18,118 100%

Results by Electoral Area

Limerick No.1

Limerick No.1 - 5 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
Fianna Fáil Peter Power 18.42 1,041                  
Labour Party John Ryan* 11.89 672 682 691 745 776 791 804 839 945  
Independent Kathleen Leddin 10.88 615 627 639 645 656 711 756 815 830 966
Fine Gael Michael Hourigan 10.56 597 605 619 624 630 654 689 737 749 858
Fianna Fáil John Cronin 9.57 541 553 554 560 575 593 603 664 810 862
Fine Gael Kevin Kiely 8.95 506 508 513 529 550 555 561 569 625 657
Fianna Fáil Tim O'Driscoll 5.73 324 333 339 363 384 390 397 450    
Progressive Democrats Tom Frawley 5.47 309 316 326 329 331 352 464 488 502  
Fianna Fáil Eamon O'Brien 4.53 256 281 286 288 293 309 332      
Progressive Democrats Anne O'Keeffe 4.46 252 258 262 265 266 275        
Independent Mary Collins 2.88 163 166 180 184 196          
Sinn Féin Padraig Malone 2.53 143 144 149 156            
Labour Party Seán Flanagan 2.42 137 138 139              
Independent Barney Sheehan 1.72 97 99                
Electorate: 11,623   Valid: 5,653 (48.64%)   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 943   Turnout: 5,705 (49.08%)

Limerick No.2

Limerick No.2 - 4 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10
Labour Party Jan O'SullivanTD* 18.42 1,041                  
Independent John Gilligan* 21.37 877                  
Fianna Fáil Kieran O'Hanlon* 16.23 666 680 691 708 728 744 818 888    
Fianna Fáil Larry Cross 9.63 395 401 408 428 437 458 516 550 573 658
Fine Gael Eddie Butler 6.78 278 290 295 304 381 425 439 471 475 543
Fianna Fáil Jim McMahon 5.05 207 210 213 223 228 235        
Progressive Democrats Billy Morgan 4.17 171 175 178 189 200 266 299 336 356  
Labour Party Peggy Kirwan 4.17 171 197 207 236 247 254 283      
Fine Gael Annette Burke-McGreen 3.80 156 164 167 171            
Progressive Democrats Mary Lane Kelly 3.66 150 159 162 174 193          
Independent Gerry Hannan 1.58 65 66 73              
Green Party Aine McCarthy 1.44 59 63 67              
Electorate: 8,867   Valid: 4,103 (46.27%)   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 821   Turnout: 4,154 (46.85%)

Limerick No.3

Limerick No.3 - 4 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11
Independent Michael Kelly 22.27 914                    
Fine Gael Ger Fahy 16.87 692 699 701 707 730 740 757 808 828    
Fianna Fáil Jack Bourke* 12.62 518 526 529 533 539 550 563 599 713 717 781
Fine Gael Diarmuid Scully 12.45 511 514 517 523 529 532 598 626 729 730 756
Labour Party Seamus Houlihan* 7.70 316 328 330 333 357 382 389 433 452 453 598
Fianna Fáil Tom Ryan 6.29 258 260 262 268 273 280 318 337      
Labour Party John Boland 5.99 246 271 277 287 296 337 344 396 409 409  
Labour Party Derek Mulcahy 5.53 227 232 235 235 236 243 254        
Independent Jim Hickey 4.21 173 175 177 184 188 191          
Labour Party Tony Clancy 2.02 83 96 104 106 114            
Labour Party Michael Hartnett 2.02 83 85 89 92              
Independent Noel Hannon 1.12 46 56 58                
Natural Law Raymond McInerney 0.93 38 41                  
Electorate: 8,676   Valid: 4,105 (47.31%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 822   Turnout: 4,166 (48.02%)

Limerick No.4

Limerick No.4 - 4 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
Fine Gael Pat Kennedy* 24.49 1,010              
Fine Gael Maria Byrne 23.93 987              
Labour Party Joe Leddin 9.99 412 456 501 519 536 558 599 743
Progressive Democrats Paddy Hynes 9.29 383 419 434 452 494 521 560 645
Independent Win Harrington 7.66 316 359 408 429 458 478 519  
Fianna Fáil Dick Sadlier* 7.42 306 327 348 350 362 406 616 723
Fianna Fáil John O'Connor 6.60 272 285 294 297 307 401    
Fianna Fáil John McGrath 5.09 210 224 233 240 247      
Republican Sinn Féin Des Long 3.59 148 155 161 170        
Independent Ger Cusack 1.94 80 87 95          
Electorate: 9,113   Valid: 4,124 (45.25%)   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 825   Turnout: 4,186 (45.93%)

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Preceded by
Limerick City Council election, 1991
Limerick City Council elections Succeeded by
Limerick City Council election, 2004