Waterford City Council election, 1999

Waterford City Council election, 1999
Republic of Ireland
10 June 1999
All 15 seats to Waterford City Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Workers' Party
Seats won 4 3 3
Seat change +1 +1 -
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Party Progressive Democrats Independent
Seats won 2 1 2
Seat change -1 -1 -

Map showing the area of Waterford City Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Waterford City Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 4 +1 2,679 20.39%
Fine Gael 3 +1 2,708 20.61%
Workers' Party 3 - 2,210 16.82%
Labour Party 2 -1 1,804 13.73%
Progressive Democrats 1 -1 504 3.84%
Independent 2 - 2,785 21.19%
Totals 15 - 13,142 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Waterford No.1

Waterford No.1 - 4 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
Labour Party Pat Hayes* 22.70 847          
Fine Gael Hilary Quinlan* 21.98 820          
Independent Michael Duffy 14.77 551 573 593 617 629 659
Fianna Fáil Sean Dower 13.32 497 521 524 537 541 762
Workers' Party Davy Walsh* 13.21 493 521 547 567 669 709
Fianna Fáil Larry Dower* 8.58 320 331 333 343 357  
Workers' Party Jimmy Houlihan 3.67 137 147 158 164    
Green Party Ben Nutty 1.77 66 71        
Electorate: 7,941   Valid: 3,731 (46.98%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 747   Turnout: 3,797 (47.82%)

Waterford No.2

Waterford No.2 - 5 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
Independent Davy Daniels* 31.45 1,523              
Fianna Fáil Michael Ivory 10.76 521 657 660 668 688 709 744 784
Progressive Democrats Oliver Clery 10.41 504 609 612 621 651 685 735 786
Fine Gael Tom Cunningham* 10.12 490 584 586 594 676 780 829  
Fianna Fáil Mary Roche 8.57 415 502 507 530 552 593 648 719
Green Party Brendan McCann 5.68 275 334 353 395 409 446 504 636
Labour Party Christine O'Dowd-Smith 5.39 261 302 315 352 359 387 406  
Independent Seán Rohan 4.81 233 287 291 306 316 331    
Fine Gael Mary Darlington 4.54 220 270 275 282 313      
Fine Gael John Carey 3.49 169 224 232 239        
Workers' Party Olga Redmond-Stokes 2.85 138 155 186          
Socialist Workers Carolann Duggan 1.92 93 110            
Electorate: 11,302   Valid: 4,842 (42.84%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 808   Turnout: 4,892 (43.28%)

Waterford No.3

Waterford No.3 - 6 seats
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
Workers' Party Martin O'Regan* 18.96 884              
Fine Gael Maurice Cummins* 16.62 775              
Fianna Fáil Tom Murphy 12.42 579 605 616 633 644 651 672  
Labour Party Seamus Ryan 11.52 537 558 570 585 600 616 689  
Workers' Party John Halligan 9.18 428 496 507 514 542 642 677  
Fianna Fáil Chuck O'Connell 7.44 347 354 359 373 380 389 404 458
Independent Laurence (Cha) O'Neill 7.40 345 357 370 381 400 409 424 502
Fine Gael Michelle O'Neill 5.02 234 244 277 283 287 301 325  
Labour Party Sue Larkin 3.41 159 170 177 198 214 231    
Socialist Workers James Kelly 2.85 133 144 148 151        
Workers' Party Billy McCarthy 2.79 130 175 180 187 213      
Green Party Catherine Kinsella 2.38 111 117 124          
Electorate: 10,799   Valid: 4,662 (43.17%)   Spoilt: 100   Quota: 667   Turnout: 4,762 (44.10%)

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