1999 Kerry County Council election

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1999 Kerry County Council election
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  1991 10 June 1999 2004  

All 27 seats to Kerry County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won1263
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin SKIA Independent
Seats won114
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1

Kerry in Ireland.svg
Map showing the area of Kerry County Council

Council control before election

Fianna Fáil

Council control after election

Fianna Fáil
Independent

An election to Kerry County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 councillors were elected from five 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 12Decrease2.svg 125,33139.80Decrease2.svg4.34
Fine Gael 6Decrease2.svg 114,95123.49Decrease2.svg2.74
Labour 3Decrease2.svg 19,11914.33Decrease2.svg2.23
Sinn Féin 1Increase2.svg 13,8105.99Increase2.svg4.81
SKIA 1Increase2.svg 11,4782.32New
Green 0Steady2.svg2460.39Decrease2.svg1.35
Independent 4Increase2.svg 18,71313.69Increase2.svg4.21
Totals27Steady2.svg63,648100.00

Results by local electoral area

Dingle

Dingle- 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Fianna Fáil Breandan MacGearailt*27.501,969     
Fianna Fáil Michael O'Shea*23.981,7171,736 1,759 1,850  
Fine Gael Seamus (Cosai) Fitzgerald14.761,0571,148 1,196 1,307 1,472 1,658
Fianna Fáil Colette Flynn-Scanlon10.92782819 851 874 972 1,319
Independent Brigid O'Connor8.12581589 636 676 836  
Labour Tom Flynn7.47535543 571 609   
Fine Gael Mick O'Connell 4.05290296 326    
Independent John Paul O'Brien3.18228296 326    
Electorate: 10,879  Valid: 7,159 (65.81%)  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 1,790  Turnout: 7,248 (66.62%)  

    Killarney

    Killarney - 6 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Independent Jackie Healy-Rae TD*23.033,302       
    Fianna Fáil Tom Fleming *14.422,068       
    Labour Breeda Moynihan-Cronin TD*11.451,6421,866 1,900 1,903 2,153   
    Fianna Fáil Brian O'Leary*10.701,5341,774 1,796 1,802 1,849 1,883 2,257 
    SKIA Michael Gleeson 10.311,4781,682 1,709 1,710 1,768 1,850 2,044 2,113
    Independent Brendan Cronin9.111,3061,457 1,496 1,499 1,537 1,679 1,801 1,862
    Fine Gael Senator Paul Coghlan*7.451,0681,154 1,199 1,200 1,219 1,477 1,545 1,566
    Fianna Fáil Tom Doherty5.31762921 942 945 969 1,005   
    Fine Gael Mark O'Shea3.79544595 629 630 641    
    Labour Andrew McCarthy3.11446493 498 499     
    Independent Tom Randles 1.32189280       
    Electorate: 21,843  Valid: 14,339 (65.65%)  Spoilt: 233  Quota: 2,049  Turnout: 14,572 (66.71%)  

      Killorglin

      Killorglin - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Fianna Fáil Paul O'Donoghue*18.292,162        
      Fianna Fáil Michael Cahill*15.751,8621,897 1,941 2,150     
      Fine Gael Michael Connor-Scarteen*11.911,4081,411 1,413 1,420 1,501 1,503 1,595 2,113 
      Fine Gael Johnny (Porridge) O'Connor11.441,3521,356 1,394 1,485 1,525 1,575 1,686 1,722 1,731
      Fine Gael P.J. Donovan9.521,1251,184 1,188 1,191 1,448 1,448 1,838 1,856 1,871
      Independent Michael Healy-Rae 8.641,0221,042 1,064 1,117 1,179 1,213 1,425 1,703 1,821
      Fianna Fáil Dan McCarthy8.01947966 968 982 986 1,054 1,099   
      Labour Seán O hArgáin7.33867891 909 920 988 991    
      Fine Gael Donal Barry4.38518532 536 540      
      Fianna Fáil Paudie O'Connor3.29389401 423       
      Independent Patrick O'Reilly1.44170171        
      Electorate: 17,885  Valid: 11,822 (66.10%)  Spoilt: 233  Quota: 1,971  Turnout: 12,021 (67.21%)  

        Listowel

        Listowel- 6 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Fine Gael Jimmy Deenihan TD17.112,321      
        Fianna Fáil Senator Dan Kiely *14.892,020      
        Fianna Fáil Ned O'Sullivan *11.001,4921,561 1,599 1,735 1,766 1,841 1,934
        Fine Gael Tim Buckley*10.121,3721,496 1,532 1,594 1,617 1,714 1,755
        Labour Pat Leahy*9.671,3121,365 1,441 1,467 1,618 1,746 1,846
        Fine Gael Bernie Behan*9.661,3101,361 1,369 1,375 1,430 1,444 1,546
        Fianna Fáil John Brassil 9.571,2981,314 1,324 1,357 1,469 1,484 1,754
        Sinn Féin Risteard O Fuarain5.27715723 730 738 816 1,070  
        Sinn Féin Anthony Curtin4.70637654 673 700 712   
        Labour Liam O'Sullivan3.67498513 521 530    
        Fianna Fáil Michael Walsh2.51341359 372     
        Independent Margaret Carmody1.83248260      
        Electorate: 23,406  Valid: 13,546 (57.95%)  Spoilt: 262  Quota: 1,938  Turnout: 13,826 (59.07%)  

          Tralee

          Tralee - 7 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678910
          Labour Maeve Spring*18.563,174         
          Sinn Féin Martin Ferris 14.372,458         
          Fianna Fáil Tom McEllistrim 9.581,6381,712 1,736 1,760 1,897 1,995 2,135 2,432  
          Fine Gael Bobby O'Connell*9.071,5511,607 1,618 1,633 1,656 1,671 1,695 1,969 2,006 2,077
          Fianna Fáil Denis Foley TD*8.441,4431,528 1,569 1,587 1,685 1,801 1,968 2,178  
          Fine Gael Pat McCarthy6.051,0351,107 1,121 1,149 1,204 1,240 1,283 1,327 1,339 1,486
          Fianna Fáil Ted Fitzgerald*6.021,0301,106 1,131 1,146 1,204 1,288 1,453 1,502 1,562 1,879
          Independent Billy Leen5.669681,026 1,094 1,124 1,170 1,284 1,360 1,416 1,430 1,595
          Fianna Fáil Michael Walsh5.59956983 990 998 1,024 1,047 1,131    
          Fianna Fáil Johnnie Wall4.15710829 860 876 919 1,012     
          Independent Tommy Foley*4.09699789 832 861 891      
          Labour John Commane*3.77645952 973 1,010 1,028 1,115 1,212 1,240 1,247  
          Fianna Fáil Paudie Fuller3.23552583 605 617       
          Green Eddie McCarthy1.44246286 298        
          Electorate: 29,913  Valid: 17,105 (57.18%)  Spoilt: 306  Quota: 2,139  Turnout: 17,411 (58.21%)  

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