1991 Irish local elections

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1991 Irish local elections
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  1985 27 June 1991 1999  
Turnout55.65% Decrease2.svg3.33pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Leader Charles Haughey John Bruton Dick Spring
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Leader since7 December 197921 November 19901 November 1982
Seats won35827292
Seat changeDecrease2.svg83Decrease2.svg5Increase2.svg 32
Popular vote531,659372,633149,571
Percentage37.8%26.5%10.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg7.7%Decrease2.svg3.3%Increase2.svg2.7%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
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Green
Leader Desmond O'Malley Tomás Mac Giolla N/A
Party Progressive Democrats Workers' Party Green
Leader since21 December 198514 October 1962
Last electionN/AN/AN/A
Seats won372413
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 37Increase2.svg 4Increase2.svg 13
Popular vote70,92650,99632,951
Percentage5.0%3.6%2.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.0%Increase2.svg 0.4%Increase2.svg 1.8%

 Seventh partyEighth party
 
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Leader Gerry Adams Neil Blaney
Party Sinn Féin Independent Fianna Fáil
Leader since13 November 19831972
Last electionN/A
Seats won95
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote29,90312,162
Percentage2.1%0.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.0%Increase2.svg0.1%

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

Contents

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

PartySeats±1st Pref. votesFPv% [3] ±%
Fianna Fáil 358Decrease2.svg83531,65937.8Decrease2.svg7.6
Fine Gael 272Decrease2.svg15372,63326.5Decrease2.svg3.3
Labour 92Increase2.svg32149,57110.6Increase2.svg2.7
Progressive Democrats 37Increase2.svg3770,9265.0New
Workers' Party 24Increase2.svg450,9963.6Increase2.svg0.4
Green 13Increase2.svg1332,9512.3Increase2.svg1.8
Sinn Féin 9Decrease2.svg129,9032.1Decrease2.svg1.0
Independent Fianna Fáil [a] 5Decrease2.svg112,1620.9Increase2.svg0.1
Republican Sinn Féin [a] 1Increase2.svg12,5170.2New
Donegal Progressive Party 1Steady2.svg1,7750.1Steady2.svg
Independent Socialist 1Steady2.svg1,4560.1Steady2.svg
Christian Principles Party0Steady2.svg1,3510.1New
Independent 78Increase2.svg14150,41810.7Increase2.svg2.0
 Total8831,398,729100.0

By local authority

Authority FF FG Lab PD WP GP SF IFF [a] RSF [a] Ind TotalDetails
Carlow 974121 Details
Cavan 119525 Details
Clare 17811532 Details
Cork City 966331331 Details
Cork County 1920411348 Details
Donegal 1191114229 Details
Dublin City 206101541552 Details
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown 87523328 Details
Fingal 86512224 Details
Galway City 4424115 Details
Galway County 14104230 Details
Kerry 1374327 Details
Kildare 8732111225 Details
Kilkenny 1111426 Details
Laois 13911125 Details
Leitrim 9911222 Details
Limerick City 24531217 Details
Limerick County 13101428 Details
Longford 981321 Details
Louth 126221326 Details
Mayo 15131231 Details
Meath 12941329 Details
Monaghan 872320 Details
Offaly 10611321 Details
Roscommon 1110526 Details
Sligo 1111325 Details
South Dublin 764431126 Details
Tipperary North 1172121 Details
Tipperary South 1094326 Details
Waterford City 32323215 Details
Waterford County 1093123 Details
Westmeath 1264123 Details
Wexford 881421 Details
Wicklow 94511424 Details

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Not a registered party.

References

Sources

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