1999 Limerick County Council election

1999 Limerick County Council election

10 June 1999
All 28 seats to Limerick County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Progressive Democrats Seats won 14 10 3 Seat change +1 - -1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Labour Seats won 1 0 Seat change +1 -1
Map showing the area of Limerick County Council
Council control after election Fianna Fail

An election to Limerick County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 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).

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	14	+1	22,298	46.04
	Fine Gael	10	-	15,692	32.40
	Progressive Democrats	3	-1	4,775	9.86
	Independent	1	+1	4,030	8.32
	Labour	0	-1	941	1.94
Totals		28	-	48,434	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Bruff

Bruff - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Brennan*	15.80	1,624
	Progressive Democrats	Tim O'Malley*	13.68	1,406
	Fine Gael	Cormac Hurley	11.80	1,213	1,224	1,238	1,271	1,403
	Fianna Fáil	John Clifford*	9.90	1,132	1,234	1,243	1,259	1,273	1,279	1,473
	Fine Gael	Richard Butler	10.84	1,114	1,133	1,163	1,182	1,199	1,202	1,225	1,233	1,415
	Fianna Fáil	Leonard Enright	9.12	937	1,035	1,042	1,052	1,068	1,071	1,198	1,261	1,316
	Fianna Fáil	Sandra Marsh	6.97	716	738	748	772	865	917	980	1,010	1,133
	Fine Gael	Edmond Costello	5.78	594	619	624	631	637	646	686	696	759
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Fitzgerald	4.74	487	535	539	541	547	547
	Labour	Trisha Keyes-Bevan	4.63	476	481	490	548	596	611	625	634
	Progressive Democrats	Pat Hennessy	3.43	353	357	384	410
	Green	David Edler	1.38	142	147	151
	Independent	Denis Riordan	0.82	84	84	86
Electorate: 21,941   Valid: 10,278 (46.84%)   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 1,285   Turnout: 10,390 (47.35%)

Castleconnell

Castleconnell - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fine Gael	Senator Mary Jackman*	14.93	1,841
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Wade*	12.56	1,549
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Meagher	8.12	1,001	1,005	1,008	1,020	1,042	1,053	1,066	1,116	1,160	1,177	1,274	1,281	1,282
	Fine Gael	Paddy Hourigan*	7.29	899	948	952	980	1,013	1,046	1,126	1,226	1,273	1,459	1,563
	Fianna Fáil	Noreen Ryan	6.58	812	825	830	838	874	952	1,034	1,217	1,272	1,314	1,381	1,384	1,386
	Progressive Democrats	Brigid Teefy	6.44	794	815	822	859	917	973	1,022	1,058	1,304	1,468	1,535	1,537	1,539
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Gleeson*	6.13	756	766	768	779	844	866	884	978	1,016	1,064	1,272	1,274	1,276
	Fine Gael	Mary Harty	5.76	710	754	758	788	816	835	884	893	966	1,122	1,323	1,331
	Independent	Patrick Coffey	5.55	685	692	700	726	763	791	831	845	865	910
	Fine Gael	Leo Walsh	4.77	588	623	636	663	676	716	759	792	836
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Lawlor	4.33	534	544	547	551	567	602	641
	Progressive Democrats	Damien O'Dwyer	3.97	489	504	515	536	602	637	680	696
	Labour	Niall Greene	3.77	465	489	515	526	536	589
	Independent	John Redington	3.46	427	471	491	508	515
	Progressive Democrats	Martin Ryan	3.32	410	419	424	429
	Independent	P.J. O'Donnell	2.04	251	259	263
	Green	Aine McCarthy	0.98	121	127
Electorate: 22,243   Valid: 12,332 (55.44%)   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 1,542   Turnout: 12,440 (55.93%)

Kilmallock

Kilmallock - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	John Gallahue	20.97	1,824
	Fine Gael	Jim Houlihan*	16.05	1,396	1,406	1,627	1,772
	Fianna Fáil	Pat McAuliffe	15.59	1,356	1,363	1,407	1,620	1,795
	Progressive Democrats	Eddie Creighton*	15.21	1,323	1,339	1,504	1,530	1,705
	Fianna Fáil	Mary O'Brien	10.32	898	923	945	1,018	1,401
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Ryan	9.66	840	857	885	912
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Lenihan	6.22	541	545	560
	Fine Gael	Joe Wheeler	5.99	521	526
Electorate: 13,808   Valid: 8,699 (63.00%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 1,740   Turnout: 8,819 (63.87%)

Newcastle West

Newcastle West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Michael Finucane TD*	22.10	1,903
	Fianna Fáil	Senator John Cregan*	16.78	1,445
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Kelly*	13.10	1,128	1,144	1,176	1,323
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Ahern	12.81	1,103	1,138	1,195	1,463
	Fine Gael	Seán Broderick*	12.78	1,098	1,326	1,401	1,461
	Independent	Joseph Mullane	8.84	761	832	937	1,117
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Healy*	8.56	737	825	876
	Sinn Féin	Coireall MacCurtain	4.19	361	378
	Green	Ted Bradley	0.86	74	86
Electorate: 15,682   Valid: 8,610 (54.90%)   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,436   Turnout: 8,733 (55.69%)

Rathkeale

Rathkeale - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Fine Gael	Senator Dan Neville*	30.00	2,555
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Sheahan*	16.06	1,368	1,501
	Fianna Fáil	John Cregan	15.08	1,284	1,379	1,446
	Fine Gael	David Naughton*	14.79	1,260	1,855
	Fianna Fáil	John Griffin*	14.56	1,240	1,382	1,463
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcair	9.51	810	980	1,088
Electorate: 15,267   Valid: 8,517 (55.79%)   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 1,420   Turnout: 8,664 (56.75%)