1991 Carlow County Council election

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1991 Carlow County Council election
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  1985 27 June 1991 1999  

All 21 seats on Carlow County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won974
Seat change-1-+1

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Progressive Democrats Independent
Seats won10
Seat change+1-1

Carlow in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Carlow County Council

Council control before election

Fine Gael/Labour

Council control after election

Fine Gael/Labour

An election to Carlow County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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]

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Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 9-16,76739.4
Fine Gael 7-5,31230.9
Labour 4+14,00223.3
Progressive Democrats 1+14362.54
Independent 0-16703.9
Totals21-17,187100.0

Results by local electoral area

Borris

Borris - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Labour Michael Meaney*29.2%1,020   
Fianna Fáil Mary Kinsella*16.4%575636 741 
Fianna Fáil Brendan Walsh15.5%543603 655 667
Fine Gael Michael Doyle*14.2%498577 596 808
Fianna Fáil Liam Murphy*9.1%317361 446 493
Fine Gael Ciaran Redmond7.9%278313 331  
Fianna Fáil David Moore7.6%267308   
Electorate: 5,866  Valid: 3,498 (59.63%)  Spoilt: 36  Quota: 700  Turnout: 3,534 (60.25%)  

    Carlow

    Carlow - 7 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011
    Fine Gael John Browne TD*14.5%756          
    Fianna Fáil Patrick Carpenter*10.7%560575 588 648 673      
    Labour Des Hurley10.7%557558 563 592 707      
    Fianna Fáil Jimmy Murnane*10.4%545551 554 566 576 580 582 614 635 649 664
    Progressive Democrats Walter Lacey8.3%436439 451 475 499 513 516 542 595 696 
    Fine Gael Declan Alcock7.9%413414 428 440 450 460 462 486 570 739 
    Fianna Fáil M.J. Nolan TD*7.3%379389 395 406 413 414 416 489 524 563 578
    Fianna Fáil Rody Kelly6%314325 332 344 362 363 364 428 444 474 495
    Fine Gael Patrick Governey*4.9%255257 278 289 299 306 308 322    
    Fine Gael Sean Whelan4.8%253261 275 275 289 301 308 336 407   
    Fianna Fáil Joe McDonald4.7%243253 256 263 277 282 282     
    Labour Cecil Whelan4.6%238242 245 257        
    Independent James Brady3.8%201202 204         
    Independent Sean Prendergast1.4%73          
    Electorate: 10,567  Valid: 5,223 (49.43%)  Spoilt: 43  Quota: 653  Turnout: 5,265 (49.82%)  

      Muinebheag

      Muinebheag - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Labour John McNally*21.7%980        
      Labour Jim Townsend *18.1%818        
      Fianna Fáil Arthur McDonald11%496568 581 589 614 631 713 851 
      Fianna Fáil Enda Nolan9.5%427444 451 462 478 526 559 593 648
      Fine Gael Mary McDonald*8.7%392409 413 422 509 651 695 795 
      Fianna Fáil Martin Nevin*6.8%305332 337 344 361 371 475 527 571
      Fianna Fáil Eddie Cullen6.5%292306 312 314 321 330    
      Independent Denis Foley5.9%264298 329 336 376 409 437   
      Fine Gael Ann Brennan5.5%246250 252 273 311     
      Fine Gael Stephen Maher5%224246 249 250      
      Independent John Curran1.2%5674        
      Independent William Dillon0.2%912        
      Electorate: 7,033  Valid: 4,509 (64.11%)  Spoilt: 42  Quota: 752  Turnout: 4,551 (64.71%)  

        Tullow

        Tullow - 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Fine Gael Michael Deering*17.3%683627 639 649 690 860 
        Fianna Fáil John Pender*16.6%656658 687    
        Fine Gael Pat O'Toole13.8%548551 552 553 558 680 
        Fine Gael Fred Hunter11.3%449459 472 472 478 569 617
        Labour Michael Hickey9.8%389407 430 432 435 482 537
        Fianna Fáil Arthur Kennedy*9%358370 417 430 432 452 585
        Fine Gael Brendan Brophy*8%317323 327 330 335   
        Fianna Fáil Paddy Condon6.4%252285 340 344 346 368  
        Fianna Fáil Mary Ann Dunne4.2%165186      
        Independent Bill Leonard3.5%140      
        Electorate: 6,338  Valid: 3,957 (62.43%)  Spoilt: 58  Quota: 660  Turnout: 4,015 (63.35%)  

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