1991 Roscommon County Council election

1991 Roscommon County Council election
All 26 seats on Roscommon County Council
	Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six 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]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	11	+3	11,229	40.33
	Fianna Fáil	10	-3	11,177	40.15
	Independent	5	-	4,934	17.72
Totals		26	-	27,840	100.00	—

Athlone - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Michael Finneran*	31.4%	1,635
	Fine Gael	Senator Liam Naughten*	30.5%	1,586
	Fine Gael	Paddy Moore	16.2%	841	996	1,405
	Fianna Fáil	Jim Morris*	11.4%	592	857	904	980
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Faolain	10.6%	550	724	813	907
Electorate: 7,034 Valid: 5,204 (73.98%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,041 Turnout: 5,233 (74.40%)

Ballaghadreen - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Michael Scally	20.69	1,112
	Fine Gael	John Connor*	20.6%	839
	Fianna Fáil	Paul Lynch*	14.7%	599	672	743	795
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Dooney*	13.5%	550	630	690	803
	Independent	Dermot Allman	10.6%	430	484	552	652
	Independent	Tom McGarry*	7.0%	286	351	389
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Creighton	6.2%	252	277
Electorate: 5,583 Valid: 4,068 (62.04%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 815 Turnout: 4,098 (73.4%)

Boyle - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Kitty Duignan*	16.4%	813	985
	Independent	Paul Beirne	8.40	775	840
	Fine Gael	Charlie Hopkins	13.5%	671	733	802	844
	Fine Gael	Joseph O'Beirne	10.7%	529	543	587	599	726
	Fianna Fáil	Colm O'Donnell*	10.7%	529	537	545	649	814
	Fianna Fáil	Sean McQuaid*	9.2%	457	479	498	627	792
	Fianna Fáil	Tommy Kelly	9.1%	452	452	454	519
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Clifford	7.4%	369	390	396
	Fine Gael	Michael Carty	7.4%	368
Electorate: 6,959 Valid: 4,963 (71.32%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 828 Turnout: 5,004 (71.91%)

Castlerea - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Michael McGreal*	19.8%	748	793
	Fine Gael	Tom Callaghan	15.9%	600	608	648	752
	Independent	Patrick Moylan*	15.5%	583	649	684	787
	Independent	Danny Burke	15.4%	579	598	644	756
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Waldron	10.1%	382	432	570	623
	Independent	Paddy Concannon*	9.9%	372	381	410
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Satchwell	6.8%	257	300
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Sloyan	6.6%	250
Electorate: 5,175 Valid: 3,771 (72.87%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 755 Turnout: 3,805 (73.53%)

Roscommon - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Tom Foxe TD	22.01	1,232
	Independent	Eithne Quinn*	13.3%	677	890
	Fianna Fáil	Des Bruen*	12.0%	608	656	746	799	923
	Fine Gael	Dominic Connolly	11.4%	578	607	654	745	765	767
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus McDermott	9.4%	476	506	538	575	664	719
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Kilduff	8.7%	439	450	498	523
	Fine Gael	Gerry Donnelly	8.6%	436	450	493	604	784	802
	Fine Gael	Patrick Walshe*	6.5%	331	363	377
	Fianna Fáil	Anthony Murray*	5.8%	295	304
Electorate: 7,411 Valid: 5,072 (68.44%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 846 Turnout: 5,108 (68.92%)

Strokestown - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Brian Mullooly*	18.9%	899	937	1,059
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Murphy*	17.4%	827	928	1,014
	Fine Gael	Seán Beirne*	16.2%	773	881	970
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Crosby	15.9%	759	818	909
	Fine Gael	Noel Collins	12.9%	614	657	722
	Republican Sinn Féin	Dermot Mullooly	10.5%	500	525
	Fine Gael	Frank Curley	8.2%	390
Electorate: 7,411 Valid: 5,072 (68.44%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 846 Turnout: 5,108 (68.92%)

^ 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.
^ 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.