1999 Galway Corporation election

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1999 Galway Corporation election
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  1991 10 June 1999 2004  

All 15 seats to Galway City Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Progressive Democrats Fine Gael
Seats won544
Seat change+1--

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Labour Independent
Seats won20
Seat change--1

Galway City in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Galway City Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Galway City Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three local electoral areas on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for a five-year term of office.

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Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 5+15,15630.10
Progressive Democrats 4-3,75321.91
Fine Gael 4-3,18118.57
Labour 2-2,08212.16
Independent 0-12,24713.12
Totals15-16,419100.00

Results by local electoral area

Galway No.1

Galway No.1 - 7 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910111213
Fine Gael Pádraic McCormack TD*12.30934944 960          
Fianna Fáil Michael Leahy *11.65884901 907 909 994        
Progressive Democrats Declan McDonnell *11.00835843 849 850 860 882 884 898 933 979   
Labour Tom Costello *8.40638655 773 775 788 818 819 872 935 1,029   
Progressive Democrats Terry O'Flaherty 7.18545560 570 571 593 632 636 657 711 757 771 782 968
Fianna Fáil Val Hanley 6.82518527 528 528 555 574 594 610 637 716 726 733 805
Progressive Democrats Gary Creaven6.24474480 488 488 496 511 513 547 562 591 597 603  
Fianna Fáil Johanna Downes5.61426429 437 438 456 469 483 565 592 614 625 627 677
Fine Gael Senator Fintan Coogan *4.56346358 364 365 384 458 459 498 546 596 604 605 751
Independent Jimmy Cahill5.15391414 423 424 428 440 440 463 526     
Independent Peter Rowland4.51342354 361 361 362 370 370       
Independent Damien Carrick4.43336352 361 362 365 385 386 418      
Fine Gael Niall McNelis3.74284295 303 304 313         
Fianna Fáil Henry O'Connor*3.00228232 235 235          
Labour Kieran Duffy2.91221229            
Independent Desmond O'Dowd1.84140            
Natural Law Paul Campbell0.6549            
Electorate: 17,822  Valid: 7,591 (42.59%)  Spoilt: 116  Quota: 949  Turnout: 7,707 (43.24%)  

    Galway No.2

    Galway No.2 - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Fianna Fáil Michéal Ó hUiginn *15.81649659 679 712 737 789 820 826
    Fianna Fáil Martin Quinn 14.86610625 637 663 682 700 721 733
    Fine Gael Angela Lupton*8.99588601 607 643 668 694 746 772
    Labour Catherine Connolly 11.14457486 502 524 678 758 924 
    Independent Paddy Lally*9.48389419 440 463 494 570 653 712
    Green Pat Fitzpatrick7.12292322 352 375 384 428   
    Independent Mike Egan6.75277294 324 350 373    
    Labour Joe Naughton6.46265275 286 302     
    Progressive Democrats Antoinette Flynn5.24215225 232      
    Sinn Féin Vincent Forde4.51185190       
    Independent Aidan Berry4.31177       
    Electorate: 9,668  Valid: 4,104 (42.45%)  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 821  Turnout: 4,169 (43.12%)  

      Galway No.3

      Galway No.3 - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789101112
      Fianna Fáil Senator Margaret Cox *12.471,0071,020 1,035 1,076 1,102 1,208      
      Progressive Democrats Donal Lyons *17.561,0071,010 1,032 1,035 1,053 1,095 1,099 1,123 1,229   
      Progressive Democrats Paul Colleran11.80677686 691 703 727 742 748 788 815 831 893 1,008
      Fianna Fáil Eddie Coughlan9.96571575 579 585 592 646 687 695 740 755 801 865
      Fine Gael John Mulholland *9.83564580 586 614 623 643 648 670 689 702 893 1,015
      Fine Gael Bernard O'Farrell5.21299301 304 342 348 363 363 379 411 424   
      Fianna Fáil Eileen Tighe6.24263274 283 283 286        
      Independent Pat Maher4.48257270 290 292 314 323 325 346     
      Labour Marc O Riain4.43254257 260 270 326 336 337 488 522 530 579  
      Labour Derrick Hambleton4.31247248 254 266 317 322 323      
      Green Fintan Convery4.05232239 242 246         
      Fine Gael Peter O'Neill2.89166167 167          
      Independent Michael Prendergast1.679699           
      Independent Eileen Manning1.6695           
      Electorate: 12,505  Valid: 5,735 (45.86%)  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 1,148  Turnout: 5,805 (46.82%)  

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