1991 Longford County Council election

An election to Longford 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 Longford County Council election
27 June 1991
All 21 seats on Longford County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Republican Sinn Féin
Seats won 9 8 1
Seat change - -1 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Sinn Féin
Seats won 3 0
Seat change +1 -1
Map showing the area of Longford County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 - 5,391 37.32 -8.86
Fine Gael 8 -1 5,544 38.37 +0.13
Republican Sinn Féin 1 +1 536 3.71 +3.71
Independent 3 +1 2,158 14.94 +3.21
Sinn Féin 0 -1 - - -3.86
Totals 21 - 14,447 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballinalee
Ballinalee - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
Fianna Fáil Jimmy Coyle* 30.5% 719    
Fianna Fáil Michael Doherty* 30% 709    
Fine Gael Victor Kiernan 21.5% 508 567 655
Fine Gael Sean MacEoin 18% 424 493 523
Electorate: 3,294   Valid: 2,360 (71.65%)   Spoilt: 23   Quota: 591   Turnout: 2,383 (72.34%)  

    Ballymahon
    Ballymahon - 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Fine Gael James Bannon* 22.3% 1,060            
    Fianna Fáil Barney Steele* 15.6% 741            
    Fine Gael Louis BeltonTD* 13.9% 660 840          
    Fine Gael Adrian Farrell* 12.9% 612 623 668 669 693    
    Fianna Fáil Paddy Farrell* 7.2% 340 346 349 365 392 448 650
    Independent John Nolan 6.8% 323 364 383 391 414 514 624
    Fine Gael Seán Farrell 6.4% 306 347 391 395 453 509 528
    Fianna Fáil Tony Carthy 6.1% 290 358 372 393 395 426  
    Independent Michael Brennan* 5.1% 241 270 297 309 341    
    Independent Declan Gilmore 3.6% 173 178 181        
    Electorate: 6,361   Valid: 4,746 (74.61%)   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 679   Turnout: 4,780 (75.15%)  

      Drumlish
      Drumlish - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12
      Fine Gael Gerry Brady* 29% 656  
      Fianna Fáil Luie McEntire* 26% 588  
      Republican Sinn Féin Seán Lynch* 23.7% 536 585
      Fianna Fáil Claire Brady-Casey 21.2% 480 521
      Electorate: 3,072   Valid: 2,260 (73.57%)   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 566   Turnout: 2,298 (74.8%)  

        Granard
        Granard - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        Fianna Fáil Fintan Flood* 0
        Fine Gael Maura Kilbride-Harkin* 0
        Fianna Fáil Brian Lynch* 0
        Electorate: 3,017   Valid: 0   Spoilt: 0   Quota: 0   Turnout: 0  

          Longford
          Longford- 6 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Independent Mae Sexton 17.4% 740            
          Fianna Fáil Peter Kelly* 16.2% 690            
          Fine Gael Philo Kelly 12.5% 532 571 580 610      
          Independent Peter Murphy* 10% 426 444 451 463 494 530 567
          Fine Gael Seamus Finnan* 7.7% 330 337 341 383 398 420 588
          Fianna Fáil Michael Nevin 7% 299 310 326 350 413 538 586
          Fine Gael Peter Clarke* 6.5% 278 290 297 325 354 404  
          Fianna Fáil Brendan McDermott 6.4% 274 295 301 314 369 412 473
          Fianna Fáil Noel McGeeney* 6.1% 261 268 294 303 332    
          Independent Christy Warnock 6% 255 267 270 280      
          Fine Gael Jimmy Kane 4.2% 178 181 183        
          Electorate: 6,475   Valid: 4,263 (65.84%)   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 610   Turnout: 4,292 (66.29%)  

            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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