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1999 Waterford County Council election
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All 23 seats to Waterford County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 11 8 3
Seat change +1 -1 0
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Workers' Party
Seats won 1 0
Seat change +1 -1
Map showing the area of Waterford County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Waterford County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 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

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Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 11 +1 10,351 41.64
Fine Gael 8 -1 7,914 31.84
Labour 3 0 3,874 15.59
Independent 1 +1 1,581 6.36
Workers' Party 0 -1 320 1.29
Totals 23 0 24,857 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

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Dungarvan

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Dungarvan - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael John Deasy 14.08 1,083                  
Fine Gael Tom Higgins 11.11 855 888 909 959 963          
Labour Billy Kyne* 8.32 640 649 665 691 702 751 794 813 927 969
Fianna Fáil Patrick Kenneally* 8.28 637 641 643 648 712 722 785 865 887 978
Labour Fiachra O Ceillchair* 8.27 636 645 661 681 690 724 755 841 893 929
Labour Lar Hart* 6.77 521 526 550 560 562 587 601 623 693 710
Fine Gael Daniel Leahy* 5.90 454 462 464 468 502 542 555 579 591  
Fianna Fáil Tom Cronin 5.85 450 452 459 461 560 569 604 670 682 824
Fianna Fáil Nuala Ryan 5.65 435 440 446 467 487 511 594 642 728 754
Independent Michael O'Riordan 4.95 381 388 396 409 418 455 487 504    
Fianna Fáil Seamus O'Donnell 4.71 362 362 364 370 387 401 415      
Fianna Fáil Austin Flynn* 3.73 287 293 300 335 345 363        
Fine Gael Damien Geoghegan 3.60 277 298 312 336 340          
Fianna Fáil Paud O'Keeffe 4.03 310 311 315 319            
Independent Damien Dillon 2.94 226 231 236              
Independent Dan Dineen 1.81 139 143                
Electorate: 12,456   Valid: 7,693 (61.76%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 962   Turnout: 7,785 (62.50%)  

Kilmacthomas

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Kilmacthomas - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil Tom Cunningham* 24.27 727  
Labour Ger Barron 21.77 652 752
Fianna Fáil Pat Leahy* 21.60 647 741
Fine Gael Oliver Coffey* 16.46 493 693
Fine Gael Eddie Rockett 15.89 476  
Electorate: 5,456   Valid: 2,995 (54.89%)   Spoilt: 35   Quota: 749   Turnout: 3,030 (55.54%)  

Lismore

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Lismore - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Ollie Wilkinson* 38.57 1,859      
Fine Gael Nora Flynn* 16.76 808 1,048    
Fine Gael Willie McDonnell* 13.17 635 726 882 908
Fianna Fáil James Tobin 12.24 590 827 907 936
Fianna Fáil Dick Tobin 9.79 472 689 846 874
Labour Bernard Leddy 9.46 456 565    
Electorate: 8,058   Valid: 4,820 (59.82%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 965   Turnout: 4,881 (60.57%)  

Suir

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Suir - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Kieran O'Ryan* 24.29 818 827 876        
Fine Gael Mary Greene* 21.56 726 729 732 799 937    
Labour Victor Bowers 15.24 513 540 595 631 669 690 693
Fine Gael Paudie Coffey 14.26 480 486 518 564 621 688 700
Fianna Fáil Oliver O'Hara 8.38 282 285 348 423      
Independent Bobby Moore 7.93 267 271 280        
Fianna Fáil Michael O'Brien 6.59 222 224          
Sinn Féin Jackie Whelan 1.75 59            
Electorate: 5,534   Valid: 3,367 (60.84%)   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 842   Turnout: 3,419 (61.78%)  

Tramore

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Tramore - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fine Gael John Carey* 13.57 812 814 818 825 918          
Fianna Fáil Dan Cowman* 12.04 720 732 803 883            
Fianna Fáil Pat Daly 11.33 678 680 706 714 730 734 761 822 829 838
Fianna Fáil Geoff Power* 10.03 600 602 612 625 632 637 697 738 743 748
Fine Gael Lola O'Sullivan 7.94 475 505 545 572 686 716 765 912    
Labour Paddy O'Callaghan* 7.62 456 469 490 542 566 571 621 716 728 734
Independent Betty Twomey 6.85 410 439 456 499 537 541 651 760 793 801
Progressive Democrats Michael Flynn 6.47 387 410 444 473 509 520 571      
Green Michael Power 6.20 371 376 384 417 436 440        
Fine Gael Maurice Cummins 5.68 340 344 365 374            
Workers' Party Eddie Walsh 5.35 320 324 336              
Fianna Fáil Ben Gavin 4.26 255 276                
Independent Ted O'Keeffe 2.64 158                  
Electorate: 12,013   Valid: 5,982 (49.80%)   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 855   Turnout: 6,053 (50.39%)  
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