1999 Offaly County Council election

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1999 Offaly County Council election
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  1991 10 June 1999 2004  

All 21 seats to Offaly County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won971
Seat change-1+1-

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Independent Progressive Democrats
Seats won40
Seat change+1-1

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

Council control after election

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An election to Offaly County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

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Results by party

PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 9-19,88038.14
Fine Gael 7+16,87926.56
Labour 1-2,3669.13
Independent 4+16,34024.48
Progressive Democrats 0-1--
Totals21-25,904100.00

Results by local electoral area

Birr

Birr - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count [1]
123456
Fine Gael Olwyn Enright 16.611,064     
Independent Peter Ormond15.27978982 1,073   
Fine Gael Percy Clendennen*14.92956963 985 1,185  
Fianna Fáil Senator Pat Moylan *12.94829877 930 1,089  
Independent John Carroll9.12584597 610 641 665 883
Fianna Fáil Joe Dooley*8.65554632 732 747 762 937
Independent Tony McLoughlin7.63489519 529 532 554  
Fine Gael Tom Rigney7.02450451 455    
Fianna Fáil Una Collison4.40282297     
Fianna Fáil James McNamara3.43220     
Electorate: 10,685  Valid: 6,406 (59.95%)  Spoilt: 85  Quota: 1,068  Turnout: 6,491 (60.75%)  

    Edenderry

    Edenderry - 5 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count [2]
    12345678
    Fianna Fáil Noel Bourke*26.541,465       
    Fianna Fáil Ger Killally21.421,182       
    Independent Frank Weir*9.13504533 553 563 583 637 702 782
    Fianna Fáil Tom Nolan8.04444617 718 721 742 769 866 933
    Fine Gael Emma Jones7.56417427 431 437 444 463   
    Fine Gael Geraldine McGarrigle6.58363378 403 404 409 477 581  
    Fine Gael John Foran6.12338399 415 420 475 507 639 871
    Independent Fergus McDonnell5.98330473 499 506 590 626 636 656
    Independent Peter McNamee5.00276282 323 338 352    
    Independent Tom O'Connell2.77153254 275 282     
    Independent John Owens0.854754 62      
    Electorate: 10,302  Valid: 5,519 (53.57%)  Spoilt: 82  Quota: 920  Turnout: 5,601 (54.37%)  

      Ferbane

      Ferbane - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count [3]
      123456
      Fine Gael Connie Hanniffy*23.461,066     
      Fianna Fáil Eamon Dooley*22.321,014     
      Fianna Fáil Tom Feighery*16.00727744 818 867 1,011 
      Labour Timmy Molloy12.52569583 588 650 727 750
      Fine Gael Marcella Corcoran Kennedy 10.54479573 588 635 806 859
      Independent Padraig Horan8.47385411 419 510   
      Independent Christy Gannon6.67303309 312    
      Electorate: 8,994  Valid: 4,543 (50.51%)  Spoilt: 366  Quota: 909  Turnout: 4,909 (54.58%)  

        Tullamore

        Tullamore - 7 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count [4]
        123456789101112
        Labour Pat Gallagher *16.701,591           
        Fianna Fáil Barry Cowen *11.961,1391,154 1,159 1,188 1,274       
        Fine Gael Tommy McKeigue*8.48808865 871 947 962 963 1,042 1,070 1,096 1,141 1,224 
        Fianna Fáil John Flanagan*8.44804836 846 851 913 954 996 1,018 1,155 1,181 1,521 
        Fine Gael Michael Fox*7.19685701 702 734 775 784 812 819 854 870 909 944
        Independent Thomas Dolan*6.76644652 662 692 699 700 716 803 818 1,036 1,052 1,071
        Independent Molly Buckley6.37607643 648 663 690 694 760 789 807 870 949 986
        Independent Johnny Butterfield*5.65538553 566 572 582 584 606 626 768 792 827 864
        Fianna Fáil Michael Mahon4.78455462 468 471 496 505 510 520     
        Sinn Féin Oliver O'Connor4.61439446 449 458 461 462 485      
        Independent Frank Feery4.55433446 446 478 483 485 511 580 584    
        Fianna Fáil Miriam O'Callaghan*4.53432461 464 473 513 525 571 595 696 726   
        Fianna Fáil Vincent Bermingham3.50333339 341 342         
        Labour Seán O'Brien3.11296443 444 452 457 458       
        Fine Gael Brendan McGowan2.66253264 265          
        Independent John Conroy0.726970           
        Electorate: 17,384  Valid: 9,526 (54.80%)  Spoilt: 159  Quota: 1,191  Turnout: 9,685 (55.71%)  

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          References

          1. "Offaly County Council: (Birr) 1999 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com.
          2. "Offaly County Council: (Edenderry) 1999 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com.
          3. "Offaly County Council: (Ferbane) 1999 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com.
          4. "Offaly County Council: (Tullamore) 1999 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com.