1999 Sligo County Council election

An election to Sligo County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

1999 Sligo County Council election
10 June 1999
All 25 seats to Sligo County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won 11 9 2
Seat change - -2 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 2
Seat change +1 -
Map showing the area of Sligo County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 11 - 11,849 39.13
Fianna Fáil 9 -2 10,656 35.19
Labour 2 +1 2,859 9.44
Sinn Féin 1 +1 1,206 3.98
Independent 2 - 3,497 11.55
Totals 25 - 30,279 100.0 —

Results by local electoral area

Ballymote
Ballymote - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Eamon Scanlon* 16.00 991 1,014 1,028 1,053      
Fine Gael Gerry Murray* 13.25 821 833 847 865 1,173    
Fianna Fáil Michael Conlon* 12.59 780 784 798 899 946 959 972
Fine Gael Leo Conlon* 11.48 711 717 738 856 985 1,065  
Fianna Fáil John Sherlock* 11.28 699 721 798 867 917 927 930
Fine Gael Michael Rogers 10.73 665 697 723 769      
Independent Alfie Parke 10.22 633 651 702 793 949 986 1,002
Independent Thomas Walsh 7.96 493 495 521        
Labour Michael Lavin 3.86 239 274          
Labour Tim Mulcahy 2.63 163            
Electorate: 9,009   Valid: 6,195 (68.76%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,033   Turnout: 6,265 (69.54%)  

    Dromore
    Dromore - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Fine Gael Paul Conmy* 23.16 890 951 985  
    Fine Gael Mary Barrett* 23.08 887 1,110    
    Independent Gabriel Healy 19.67 756 874 927 937
    Fianna Fáil Joe Queenan 18.58 714 882 944 951
    Fianna Fáil Michael Clarke 15.51 596      
    Electorate: 5,256   Valid: 3,843 (73.12%)   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 961   Turnout: 3,896 (74.12%)  

      Sligo Drumcliff
      Sligo Drumcliff - 6 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Fine Gael Joe Leonard* 21.76 1,482            
      Fianna Fáil Dr. Jimmy Devins* 16.50 1,124            
      Fianna Fáil Patsy Barry* 13.55 923 1,127          
      Fine Gael Ita Fox* 9.38 639 719 746 773 835 984  
      Labour Brian Scanlon 8.41 573 583 584 600 708 747 817
      Fianna Fáil Pádraig Branley 7.93 540 562 596 643 706 757 992
      Fianna Fáil Cyril O'Connor 6.14 418 438 447 475 500 552  
      Fine Gael John Peyton 5.84 398 439 450 465 479    
      Fine Gael Barnes Murphy 5.54 377 443 466 478 522 653 738
      Labour John Harrison 4.95 337 402 450 455      
      Electorate: 11,084   Valid: 6,811 (61.45%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 974   Turnout: 6,966 (62.85%)  

        Sligo Strandhill
        Sligo Strandhill - 7 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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        Fine Gael Tony McLoughlin* 20.16 1,641                
        Labour Declan Bree* 19.00 1,547                
        Sinn Féin Seán MacManus 14.81 1,206                
        Fine Gael Jim McGarry* 13.08 1,065                
        Fine Gael John Perry 8.12 661 951 1,095            
        Fianna Fáil Albert Higgins 7.90 643 726 802 831 842 851 879 922 1,086
        Fianna Fáil Seamus Kilgannon* 4.97 405 460 510 531 543 551 575 593 691
        Fianna Fáil Michael McDonald 4.78 389 469 518 548 561 566 574 591  
        Fianna Fáil Roddy McGuinn 4.57 372 430 538 593 605 619 638 697 814
        Progressive Democrats Jim Lawlor 1.42 116 153 186 199 212 216      
        Progressive Democrats Tony Clarke 1.18 96 116 185 225 241 248 302    
        Electorate: 13,013   Valid: 8,141 (62.56%)   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 1,018   Turnout: 8,285 (63.67%)  

          Tobercurry
          Tobercurry - 4 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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          Independent Margaret Gormley* 22.56 1,193            
          Fine Gael Joe Cawley* 12.80 677 703 753 864 994 1,148  
          Fianna Fáil Aidan Colleary* 11.72 620 627 719 745 875 1,087  
          Fianna Fáil Syl Mulligan* 10.42 551 561 597 689 712    
          Fine Gael Michael Fleming* 10.04 531 553 590 731 841 924 977
          Fianna Fáil Helen Brennan 9.49 502 511 588 604 714 862 899
          Independent Colm O'Donnell 7.98 422 440 512 548      
          Fine Gael Brendan Kivlehan 7.64 404 419 436        
          Fianna Fáil Joe Shannon 7.35 389 417          
          Electorate: 6,582   Valid: 5,289 (80.36%)   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,058   Turnout: 5,341 (81.15%)  
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