1991 Limerick City Council election

1991 Limerick City Council election
All 17 seats on Limerick City Council
	Map showing the area of Limerick City Council
	Council control after election; TBD;

Last updated August 18, 2023

An election to Limerick City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 17 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]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Labour	5	+4	4,822	22.94
	Fine Gael	4	-2	4,618	21.97
	Progressive Democrats	3	+3	2,765	13.15
	Fianna Fáil	2	-3	4,267	20.30
	Workers' Party	1	+1	751	3.57
	Independent	2	0	3,518	16.74
	Democratic Socialist	0	-3	N/A	N/A
Totals		17	0	21,019	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Limerick No.1

Limerick No.1 - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Willie O'Dea TD	23%	1,104
	Independent	Tim Leddin*	17.3%	827	843	846	863	867	876	964
	Labour	Frank Prendergast *	15%	719	738	747	767	842	893	1,004
	Progressive Democrats	John Quinn*	10.9%	523	535	536	555	563	602	640	875
	Progressive Democrats	Tim O'Driscoll*	10.2%	489	502	511	532	557	628	656	756
	Progressive Democrats	Frank O'Mahony	7.3%	349	357	361	372	375	377	413
	Fine Gael	Mary Prendergast	6%	286	293	298	311	324	334
	Sinn Féin	Tom Clancy	4.5%	217	222	233	237	253
	Labour	Judy O'Donoghue	2.8%	134	138	153	155
	Fianna Fáil	Garrett Ryan	1.8%	87	146	147
	Workers' Party	David Lee	1.2%	58	60
Electorate: 8,410 Valid: 4,793 (56.99%) Spoilt: 46 Quota: 959 Turnout: 4,837 (57.51%)

Limerick No.2

Limerick No.2 - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Independent	John Gilligan	15.4%	1,115	1,126	1,138	1,147	1,160	1,174	1,188	1,212
	Labour	Jan O'Sullivan *	12.4%	894	906	941	952	969	1,061	1,117	1,143	1,182	1,212
	Workers' Party	John Ryan	9.6%	693	699	713	716	738	745	755	772	834	854	1,085	1,087	1,089
	Fine Gael	Gus O'Driscoll*	9.2%	666	672	677	711	716	726	802	825	983	1,033	1,126	1,128	1,132
	Independent	Michael Crowe	8.1%	588	592	604	619	643	654	671	695	799	831
	Progressive Democrats	Kieran O'Hanlon	7.5%	539	541	545	560	567	616	800	832	851	919	1,036	1,037	1,038
	Fine Gael	Kevin Kiely*	6.1%	443	443	451	474	486	488	494	507
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Madden*	6%	436	439	441	448	489	508	517	637	676	919	1,026	1,029	1,030
	Progressive Democrats	Joan Stockil	5%	364	369	371	381	389	393
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Kiely	5%	362	362	364	375	403	408	415
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Cross*	5%	358	359	372	380	412	418	420	533	546
	Fianna Fáil	Peggy McInerney	2.9%	212	214	214	218
	Labour	Michael McMahon	2.6%	189	190	213	224	225
	Fine Gael	Ronnie Madden	2.2%	159	163	163
	Labour	Joe Bennis	1.9%	139	140
	Green	Pat O'Doherty	0.8%	61
Electorate: 12,063 Valid: 7,218 (59.84%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,204 Turnout: 7,284 (60.38%)

Limerick No.3

Limerick No.3 - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Jim Kemmy TD*	31.4%	1,418
	Independent	Joe Harrington*	20%	905
	Fianna Fáil	Jack Bourke*	12.7%	574	621	652	675	793	863
	Fine Gael	Ger Fahy*	11.8%	533	699	701	707	730	740
	Labour	Frank Leddin	10.2%	459	754	756	772	791	871
	Independent	Billy Morgan	5.5%	249	306	315	344	382
	Fianna Fáil	Jim McMahon	4.1%	186	217	224	231
	Fine Gael	Anthony O'Neill	2.8%	125	143	156
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy O'Donovan	1.5%	66	76
Electorate: 8,405 Valid: 4,515 (53.72%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 904 Turnout: 4,555 (54.19%)

Limerick No.4

Limerick No.4 - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Bobby Byrne*	19.6%	879	883	889	907
	Labour	Sean Griffin	19.4%	870	913
	Fine Gael	Senator Pat Kennedy *	15.6%	700	709	723	749	810	966
	Progressive Democrats	Dick Sadlier	11.2%	501	501	503	532	577	739	744	750	793
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Connor*	10.3%	463	471	493	502	662	735	737	739	763
	Independent	Win Harrington*	9.4%	421	359	408	429	458	478	519
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Brazier	7.1%	318	285	294	297	307	401
	Independent	John McGrath	3.2%	142	224	233	240	247
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cremins	2.2%	101	155	161	170
	Independent	Noel Hannan	2.2%	98	87	95
Electorate: 8,003 Valid: 4,493 (56.14%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 899 Turnout: 4,522 (56.5%)

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References

↑ 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 .
↑ 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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[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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