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1999 Kerry County Council election
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All 27 seats to Kerry County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 12 6 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin SKIA Independent
Seats won 1 1 4
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Increase 1
Area of Kerry County Council

An election to Kerry County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 Decrease 1 25,331 39.80 Decrease4.34
Fine Gael 6 Decrease 1 14,951 23.49 Decrease2.74
Labour 3 Decrease 1 9,119 14.33 Decrease2.23
Sinn Féin 1 Increase 1 3,810 5.99 Increase4.81
SKIA 1 Increase 1 1,478 2.32 New
Green 0 Steady 246 0.39 Decrease1.35
Independent 4 Increase 1 8,713 13.69 Increase4.21
Totals 27 Steady 63,648 100.00

Results by local electoral area

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Dingle

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Dingle - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Breandan MacGearailt* 27.50 1,969          
Fianna Fáil Michael O'Shea* 23.98 1,717 1,736 1,759 1,850    
Fine Gael Seamus (Cosai) Fitzgerald 14.76 1,057 1,148 1,196 1,307 1,472 1,658
Fianna Fáil Colette Flynn-Scanlon 10.92 782 819 851 874 972 1,319
Independent Brigid O'Connor 8.12 581 589 636 676 836  
Labour Tom Flynn 7.47 535 543 571 609    
Fine Gael Mick O'Connell 4.05 290 296 326      
Independent John Paul O'Brien 3.18 228 296 326      
Electorate: 10,879   Valid: 7,159 (65.81%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,790   Turnout: 7,248 (66.62%)  

Killarney

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Killarney - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Jackie Healy-Rae TD* 23.03 3,302              
Fianna Fáil Tom Fleming* 14.42 2,068              
Labour Breeda Moynihan-Cronin TD* 11.45 1,642 1,866 1,900 1,903 2,153      
Fianna Fáil Brian O'Leary* 10.70 1,534 1,774 1,796 1,802 1,849 1,883 2,257  
SKIA Michael Gleeson 10.31 1,478 1,682 1,709 1,710 1,768 1,850 2,044 2,113
Independent Brendan Cronin 9.11 1,306 1,457 1,496 1,499 1,537 1,679 1,801 1,862
Fine Gael Senator Paul Coghlan* 7.45 1,068 1,154 1,199 1,200 1,219 1,477 1,545 1,566
Fianna Fáil Tom Doherty 5.31 762 921 942 945 969 1,005    
Fine Gael Mark O'Shea 3.79 544 595 629 630 641      
Labour Andrew McCarthy 3.11 446 493 498 499        
Independent Tom Randles 1.32 189 280            
Electorate: 21,843   Valid: 14,339 (65.65%)   Spoilt: 233   Quota: 2,049   Turnout: 14,572 (66.71%)  

Killorglin

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Killorglin - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Paul O'Donoghue* 18.29 2,162                
Fianna Fáil Michael Cahill* 15.75 1,862 1,897 1,941 2,150          
Fine Gael Michael Connor-Scarteen* 11.91 1,408 1,411 1,413 1,420 1,501 1,503 1,595 2,113  
Fine Gael Johnny (Porridge) O'Connor 11.44 1,352 1,356 1,394 1,485 1,525 1,575 1,686 1,722 1,731
Fine Gael P.J. Donovan 9.52 1,125 1,184 1,188 1,191 1,448 1,448 1,838 1,856 1,871
Independent Michael Healy-Rae 8.64 1,022 1,042 1,064 1,117 1,179 1,213 1,425 1,703 1,821
Fianna Fáil Dan McCarthy 8.01 947 966 968 982 986 1,054 1,099    
Labour Seán O hArgáin 7.33 867 891 909 920 988 991      
Fine Gael Donal Barry 4.38 518 532 536 540          
Fianna Fáil Paudie O'Connor 3.29 389 401 423            
Independent Patrick O'Reilly 1.44 170 171              
Electorate: 17,885   Valid: 11,822 (66.10%)   Spoilt: 233   Quota: 1,971   Turnout: 12,021 (67.21%)  

Listowel

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Listowel - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Jimmy Deenihan TD 17.11 2,321            
Fianna Fáil Senator Dan Kiely* 14.89 2,020            
Fianna Fáil Ned O'Sullivan* 11.00 1,492 1,561 1,599 1,735 1,766 1,841 1,934
Fine Gael Tim Buckley* 10.12 1,372 1,496 1,532 1,594 1,617 1,714 1,755
Labour Pat Leahy* 9.67 1,312 1,365 1,441 1,467 1,618 1,746 1,846
Fine Gael Bernie Behan* 9.66 1,310 1,361 1,369 1,375 1,430 1,444 1,546
Fianna Fáil John Brassil 9.57 1,298 1,314 1,324 1,357 1,469 1,484 1,754
Sinn Féin Risteard O Fuarain 5.27 715 723 730 738 816 1,070  
Sinn Féin Anthony Curtin 4.70 637 654 673 700 712    
Labour Liam O'Sullivan 3.67 498 513 521 530      
Fianna Fáil Michael Walsh 2.51 341 359 372        
Independent Margaret Carmody 1.83 248 260          
Electorate: 23,406   Valid: 13,546 (57.95%)   Spoilt: 262   Quota: 1,938   Turnout: 13,826 (59.07%)  

Tralee

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Tralee - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Labour Maeve Spring* 18.56 3,174                  
Sinn Féin Martin Ferris 14.37 2,458                  
Fianna Fáil Tom McEllistrim 9.58 1,638 1,712 1,736 1,760 1,897 1,995 2,135 2,432    
Fine Gael Bobby O'Connell* 9.07 1,551 1,607 1,618 1,633 1,656 1,671 1,695 1,969 2,006 2,077
Fianna Fáil Denis Foley TD* 8.44 1,443 1,528 1,569 1,587 1,685 1,801 1,968 2,178    
Fine Gael Pat McCarthy 6.05 1,035 1,107 1,121 1,149 1,204 1,240 1,283 1,327 1,339 1,486
Fianna Fáil Ted Fitzgerald* 6.02 1,030 1,106 1,131 1,146 1,204 1,288 1,453 1,502 1,562 1,879
Independent Billy Leen 5.66 968 1,026 1,094 1,124 1,170 1,284 1,360 1,416 1,430 1,595
Fianna Fáil Michael Walsh 5.59 956 983 990 998 1,024 1,047 1,131      
Fianna Fáil Johnnie Wall 4.15 710 829 860 876 919 1,012        
Independent Tommy Foley* 4.09 699 789 832 861 891          
Labour John Commane* 3.77 645 952 973 1,010 1,028 1,115 1,212 1,240 1,247  
Fianna Fáil Paudie Fuller 3.23 552 583 605 617            
Green Eddie McCarthy 1.44 246 286 298              
Electorate: 29,913   Valid: 17,105 (57.18%)   Spoilt: 306   Quota: 2,139   Turnout: 17,411 (58.21%)  
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