1991 Louth County Council election

An election to Louth County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 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 Louth County Council election
27 June 1991
All 26 seats on Louth County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 12 6 2
Seat change 0 -2 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Progressive Democrats Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 2 1 3
Seat change +2 0 0
Map showing the area of Louth County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 0 13,370 37.03
Fine Gael 6 -2 7,655 21.20
Labour 2 0 4,346 12.04
Progressive Democrats 2 +2 1,643 4.55
Sinn Féin 1 0 2,556 7.08
Independent 3 0 6,532 18.09
Totals 26 0 36,103 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Ardee
Ardee - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil John McConville* 12.4% 820 821 827 905 938 1,000 1,029 1,072
Fine Gael Bernard Markey* 12.3% 812 840 853 862 901 928 1,090 1,095
Fianna Fáil Nicholas McCabe* 11.8% 781 796 812 924 1,160      
Independent Hugh D. Conlon* 10.5% 692 707 771 852 860 958 1,095 1,097
Fine Gael Thomas McGrory* 10.2% 672 674 697 725 727 798 859 859
Progressive Democrats Finnan McCoy 9.3% 613 655 683 689 755 785 890 901
Independent Dessie Taaffe 8.8% 578 609 655 660 676 708    
Fianna Fáil Colm Keenan 5.8% 380 392 410 433        
Fianna Fáil Jimmy McShane 5.2% 344 347 368          
Sinn Féin Jackie McGahon 5.1% 333 346            
Labour Terry Butterly 5% 332 339 436 448 455      
Labour Gerry Halpenny 3.2% 213              
Independent Josephine Doherty 0.3% 23              
Electorate: 11,626   Valid: 6,593 (56.7%)   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 1,099   Turnout: 6,662 (57.3%)  

    Carlingford
    Carlingford - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Fianna Fáil Miceal O'Donnell* 26% 1,226          
    Fine Gael Terry Brennan* 21% 989 994 1,069 1,139 1,541  
    Fianna Fáil Peter Savage* 16.7% 786 815 878 931 1,033 1,178
    Fine Gael Tommy Elmore 12.6% 592 595 638 680    
    Sinn Féin Arthur Morgan 12.4% 582 587 616 707 803 879
    Independent Peter Mulligan 5.9% 279 281 313      
    Progressive Democrats Don Johnston 5.5% 258 261        
    Electorate: 7,253   Valid: 4,712 (64.97%)   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 1,179   Turnout: 4,750 (65.49%)  

      Drogheda Rural
      Drogheda Rural - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Labour Michael Bell TD* 25.8% 1,309                
      Fianna Fáil Jimmy Mulroy* 18.9% 958 1,003 1,056            
      Fine Gael Oliver Tully 8.7% 443 459 480 483 618 632 652 708 1,016
      Fianna Fáil Michael Coyle 7.8% 397 411 442 455 466 497 615 654 715
      Fianna Fáil Frank Godfrey 7.1% 358 387 411 423 437 504 621 714 782
      Fianna Fáil Eamon Taaffe 6.3% 317 321 341 344 360 364      
      Fine Gael Patrick Carr 6% 306 330 341 344 443 500 515 577  
      Fine Gael Daniel Woods 5.7% 291 300 311 312          
      Independent June Carroll-Holcroft 5.4% 272 285 328 332 344 393 424    
      Independent Tomas O hEochaidh 4.8% 245 254              
      Labour Pat Burke 3.3% 169 301 318 321 328        
      Electorate: 9,865   Valid: 5,065 (51.34%)   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 1,014   Turnout: 5,127 (51.97%)  

        Drogheda Urban
        Drogheda Urban - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Labour Betty Bell 17.7% 989 994 1,025 1,040 1,071 1,080 1,112 1,150          
        Fianna Fáil Tommy Murphy* 12.4% 689 698 702 706 721 769 795 819 879 1,080 1,188    
        Labour Patsy Kirwan 9.1% 510 516 542 553 561 570 588 605 642 692      
        Fine Gael Fergus O'Dowd* 8.3% 461 467 469 484 505 520 563 702 751 817 894 903 913
        Independent Tommy Byrne 8.2% 456 461 470 488 506 516 563 651 707 753 864 886 897
        Fianna Fáil Con O'Brien 8% 448 448 450 453 457 561 591 604 645 773 893 933 936
        Fianna Fáil Sean Collins 7.6% 422 425 430 433 442 489 517 530 569        
        Sinn Féin Ken O'Heiligh 6.7% 372 382 384 387 415 418 434 442          
        Fine Gael Eugene Byrne 5.7% 317 319 328 347 352 354 362            
        Fianna Fáil Matt Nolan 4.5% 251 253 255 256 257                
        Independent Finian Brannigan 4.3% 242 244 247 255 265 270              
        Independent Donnchadha MacRagnaill 2.7% 149 156 158 164                  
        Progressive Democrats Rosemary Coyle 2% 113 114 119                    
        Labour Joe Shields 1.7% 97 99                      
        Independent John Reilly 1.1% 62                        
        Electorate: 10,615   Valid: 5,579 (52.56%)   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 1,116   Turnout: 5,639 (53.12%)  

          Dundalk Rural
          Dundalk Rural - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456789
          Fianna Fáil Dermot Ahern TD* 21.2% 1,550                
          Fianna Fáil Declan Breathnach 12% 875 982 1,023 1,063 1,095 1,152 1,355    
          Fine Gael Jim Lennon* 11.1% 807 815 819 915 1,009 1,066 1,084 1,087 1,133
          Progressive Democrats Jim Cousins 9% 659 684 697 718 807 951 1,048 1,068 1,088
          Sinn Féin Frank Duffy 8.2% 602 618 639 645 668 709 729 734  
          Fianna Fáil Tommy Reilly 7.8% 571 590 606 644 652 664 789 895 971
          Fine Gael John McGuinness* 7.3% 530 589 601 620 710 784 828 832 887
          Fianna Fáil Jimmy McEvoy 6.1% 448 481 536 545 560 582      
          Labour Frank Carney 5.8% 422 432 446 473 503        
          Fine Gael Stephen Burns 4.9% 358 373 384 394          
          Independent Dessie Taaffe 3.9% 286 289 319            
          Fianna Fáil Paddy Kenny 2.1% 150 185              
          Independent Josephine Doherty 0.6% 42 44              
          Electorate: 13,563   Valid: 7,300 (53.82%)   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 1,217   Turnout: 7,376 (54.38%)  

            Dundalk Urban
            Dundalk Urban - 5 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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            Independent Thomas Bellew* 18.9% 1,295                        
            Fianna Fáil Seamus Keelan* 11% 753 766 775 843 847 851 873 902 1,015 1,069 1,113 1,423  
            Fine Gael Conor McGahon 9.9% 680 694 745 759 784 820 938 967 996 1,072 1,153    
            Sinn Féin Seán Kenna 9.7% 667 675 676 686 729 749 757 829 839 857 898 923 940
            Independent Neil McCann* 7% 482 500 524 535 549 581 610 626 659 711 786 865 919
            Independent Martin Bellew 6.1% 419 440 447 454 478 504 537 640 658 749 838 899 945
            Fianna Fáil Noel Lennon 5% 344 349 353 383 391 405 414 418 544 592 623    
            Independent Jimmy Callan 4.5% 308 324 329 331 362 374 388 412 435        
            Labour Patrick Brennan 4.4% 305 315 319 320 326 382 406 434 446 471      
            Fianna Fáil Pearse O'Hanrahan 4.4% 304 310 310 346 357 367 373 381          
            Independent Paddy Bellew 3.9% 266 283 285 289 299 318 350            
            Fine Gael John Carroll 3.7% 253 259 299 302 304 317              
            Workers' Party Peter Short 3.5% 237 241 242 247 259                
            Republican Sinn Féin Paddy Kerr 2.9% 199 203 204 207                  
            Fianna Fáil Derek Watters 2.9% 198 202 202                    
            Fine Gael Joe Gallagher 2.1% 144 150                      
            Electorate: 12,373   Valid: 6,854 (55.39%)   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 1,143   Turnout: 6,918 (55.91%)  

              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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