1991 Galway Corporation election

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1991 Galway Corporation election
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All 15 seats on Galway City Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Progressive Democrats Fine Gael
Seats won444
Seat change-2+4-1
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Labour Independent Workers' Party
Seats won210
Seat change+10-2
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Map showing the area of Galway City Council
Council control after election

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An election to Galway City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three 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 4-24,64527.37
Progressive Democrats 4+43,74622.07
Fine Gael 4-13,43720.25
Labour 2+12,24213.21
Independent 102,12112.50
Workers' Party 0-24842.85
Totals150100.00—

Results by local electoral area

Galway No.1

Galway No.1 - 7 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910111213
Fianna Fáil Michael Leahy *10.9%825828 842 853 876 1,028       
Progressive Democrats Declan McDonnell 10.4%789794 805 813 843 850 852 881 991    
Progressive Democrats Bridie O'Flaherty *9.2%698704 723 742 774 787 789 822 971    
Fine Gael Fintan Coogan *8%604611 622 633 699 732 735 795 843 858 865 896 1,005
Fine Gael Pádraic McCormack TD*7.3%556562 569 579 646 654 655 674 716 722 726 762 816
Fianna Fáil Henry O'Connor6.4%485489 502 507 528 598 621 646 659 664 666 936 1,008
Independent Brendan Smith5.7%433435 467 483 498 507 508 551 586 588 591 611 683
Progressive Democrats Martin McHugh5.5%418419 424 434 461 467 468 490      
Independent Pat McNamara*5.5%413424 436 446 456 476 480 513 527 531 533 551  
Fianna Fáil Sean Nolan5.1%386388 393 394 412 439 480 491 516 521 523   
Fianna Fáil Sean Fox4.9%374374 380 386 395         
Labour Tom Costello 4.8%360362 385 513 542 561 562 683 713 720 724 752 827
Workers' Party Liz Hackett*4.5%340342 367 406 415 434 434       
Fine Gael Mary Tierney4.5%340341 348 360          
Labour Ivan McPhillips3.7%279282 292           
Republican Sinn Féin Dave Joyce2.9%216218            
Independent Edward Manning0.8%58            
Electorate: 15,295  Valid: 7,574 (49.52%)  Spoilt: 81  Quota: 947  Turnout: 7,655 (50.05%)  

    Galway No.2

    Galway No.2 - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    Progressive Democrats Martin Connolly*15.9%543552 562 575 591 693 1,004  
    Fine Gael John Mulholland *15.5%527537 569 599 729 807 909  
    Fianna Fáil Tom Cox13.4%455461 485 534 551 637 654 735 762
    Fianna Fáil Tony O'Connor13.3%452455 475 548 571 592 643 714 739
    Progressive Democrats Tom Burke11.5%393397 424 451 474 519    
    Labour John Cunningham9.5%324400 426 432 446     
    Fine Gael Michael Walsh6.1%207210 227 235      
    Fianna Fáil Carmel Garrett5.8%199202 218       
    Independent Eileen Manning5.3%179188        
    Labour Noreen Robinson3.7%126        
    Electorate: 7,004  Valid: 3,405 (48.62%)  Spoilt: 39  Quota: 852  Turnout: 3,444 (49.17%)  

      Galway No.3

      Galway No.3 - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789101112
      Labour Michael D. Higgins TD*15.7%940959 968 1,033        
      Fianna Fáil Michéal Ó hUiginn *13.9%832837 868 879 880 961 989 1,026    
      Fine Gael Angela Lynch-Lupton *10.1%608611 621 631 632 643 666 693 699 723 772 845
      Fine Gael Billy Lawless9.9%595596 602 608 609 634 651 680 684 708 753 799
      Independent Paddy Lally*9.2%554564 567 584 587 594 638 722 729 811 909 972
      Progressive Democrats Liam Madden8.6%513514 518 519 520 541 568 584 586 615 657 906
      Progressive Democrats Donal Lyons 16.5%392393 397 398 399 406 467 480 481 505 528  
      Fianna Fáil John Byrne5.4%324326 345 346 346 389 395 420 426 437   
      Independent Tom Browne4.2%252259 260 269 272 276 283      
      Independent Aidan McCabe3.9%232223 236 237 238 243       
      Labour Jim Mullarkey3.6213223 226 253 275 280 293 313 314    
      Fianna Fáil Jim Doolan3.4%202202 217 220 220        
      Workers' Party Michael Donnelly2.4%144156 157          
      Fianna Fáil Mary Lawless1.9%111114           
      Sinn Féin Mike Egan1.3%80           
      Electorate: 12,664  Valid: 5,992 (47.32%)  Spoilt: 48  Quota: 999  Turnout: 6,040 (47.69%)  

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        References

        1. ↑ 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 .
        2. ↑ 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 .
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