1991 Irish local elections

1991 Irish local elections

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Turnout	55.65% 3.33pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Charles Haughey John Bruton Dick Spring Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Leader since 7 December 1979 21 November 1990 1 November 1982 Seats won 358 272 92 Seat change 83 5 32 Popular vote 531,659 372,633 149,571 Percentage 37.8% 26.5% 10.6% Swing 7.7% 3.3% 2.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Green Leader Desmond O'Malley Tomás Mac Giolla N/A Party Progressive Democrats Workers' Party Green Leader since 21 December 1985 14 October 1962 Last election N/A N/A N/A Seats won 37 24 13 Seat change 37 4 13 Popular vote 70,926 50,996 32,951 Percentage 5.0% 3.6% 2.3% Swing 5.0% 0.4% 1.8%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Gerry Adams Neil Blaney Party Sinn Féin Independent Fianna Fáil Leader since 13 November 1983 1972 Last election N/A Seats won 9 5 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 29,903 12,162 Percentage 2.1% 0.9% Swing 1.0% 0.1%

The 1991 Irish local elections were held in all administrative counties and county boroughs on Thursday, 27 June 1991.

Ireland was divided into local government areas of administrative counties and county boroughs. There was a second tier of boroughs, urban districts and towns with boards of commissioners. The elections were postponed from June 1990. ^[1] This allowed the Local Government Act 1991 to be passed beforehand. Elections in non-county boroughs and towns were postponed until 1994. ^[2]

They were the first local elections contested by the Progressive Democrats, which had been founded in December 1985, and the first since Sinn Féin registered as a political party in December 1986.

Results

Summary

Party		Seats	±	1st Pref. votes	FPv% [3]	±%
	Fianna Fáil	358	83	531,659	37.8	7.6
	Fine Gael	272	15	372,633	26.5	3.3
	Labour	92	32	149,571	10.6	2.7
	Progressive Democrats	37	37	70,926	5.0	New
	Workers' Party	24	4	50,996	3.6	0.4
	Green	13	13	32,951	2.3	1.8
	Sinn Féin	9	1	29,903	2.1	1.0
	Independent Fianna Fáil [a]	5	1	12,162	0.9	0.1
	Republican Sinn Féin [a]	1	1	2,517	0.2	New
	Donegal Progressive Party	1		1,775	0.1
	Independent Socialist	1		1,456	0.1
	Christian Principles Party	0		1,351	0.1	New
	Independent	78	14	150,418	10.7	2.0
Total		883	–	1,398,729	100.0

By local authority

Authority		FF		FG		Lab		PD		WP		GP		SF		IFF [a]		RSF [a]		Ind	Total	Details
Carlow	9		7		4		1														21	Details
Cavan	11		9																5		25	Details
Clare	17		8		1		1												5		32	Details
Cork City	9		6		6		3		3		1								3		31	Details
Cork County	19		20		4		1		1										3		48	Details
Donegal	11		9		1				1				1		4				2		29	Details
Dublin City	20		6		10		1		5		4		1						5		52	Details
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown	8		7		5		2		3		3										28	Details
Fingal	8		6		5		1				2								2		24	Details
Galway City	4		4		2		4												1		15	Details
Galway County	14		10				4												2		30	Details
Kerry	13		7		4														3		27	Details
Kildare	8		7		3		2		1		1		1						2		25	Details
Kilkenny	11		11		4																26	Details
Laois	13		9		1		1												1		25	Details
Leitrim	9		9										1		1				2		22	Details
Limerick City	2		4		5		3		1										2		17	Details
Limerick County	13		10		1		4														28	Details
Longford	9		8														1		3		21	Details
Louth	12		6		2		2						1						3		26	Details
Mayo	15		13		1														2		31	Details
Meath	12		9		4				1										3		29	Details
Monaghan	8		7										2						3		20	Details
Offaly	10		6		1		1												3		21	Details
Roscommon	11		10																5		26	Details
Sligo	11		11																3		25	Details
South Dublin	7		6		4		4		3		1								1		26	Details
Tipperary North	11		7		2														1		21	Details
Tipperary South	10		9		4														3		26	Details
Waterford City	3		2		3		2		3										2		15	Details
Waterford County	10		9		3				1												23	Details
Westmeath	12		6		4														1		23	Details
Wexford	8		8		1														4		21	Details
Wicklow	9		4		5				1		1								4		24	Details

Footnotes

1. Not a registered party.

References

Sources

• "1991 Local Elections". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
• Department of the Environment (1991). Local elections, 1991 (PDF).

Citations

1. Local Elections (Specification of Local Election Year) Order 1990 ( S.I. No. 104 of 1990 ). Signed on 30 April 1990. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland .Retrieved from Irish Statute Book .
2. Local Government Act 1991, s. 14: Postponement of local elections for certain local authorities ( No. 11 of 1991, s. 14 ). Enacted on 18 May 1991. Act of the Oireachtas .Retrieved from Irish Statute Book .
3. "1991 Local Election". irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

See also

• Local government in the Republic of Ireland
• Category:Irish local government councils