1999 Roscommon County Council election

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1999 Roscommon County Council election
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  1991 10 June 1999 2004  

All 26 seats to Roscommon County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Progressive Democrats
Seats won1291
Seat change+1-1+1

 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won4
Seat change-1

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

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six 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%±%
Fine Gael 12+111,13438.95
Fianna Fáil 9-110,52936.83
Progressive Democrats 1+17712.69
Independent 4-15,84620.45
Totals26-28,586100.00

Results by local electoral area

Athlone

Athlone - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Fianna Fáil Senator Michael Finneran *26.281,462      
Fine Gael Denis Naughten TD*23.911,330      
Fine Gael Ollie Moore9.44525618 735 796 857 1,083 
Fianna Fáil Anthony Geraghty8.61479602 623 652 749 916 953
Fianna Fáil John Curran8.27460583 652 681 707 789 809
Fine Gael John Dooley7.71429447 543 555 635   
Independent Eugene Costello7.05392492 541 584 651 711 771
Independent Tony Ward5.88327366 389 402    
Independent Tom Naughton2.86159197 224     
Electorate: 8,441  Valid: 5,563 (65.90%)  Spoilt: 53  Quota: 928  Turnout: 5,616 (66.53%)  

    Ballaghadreen

    Ballaghadreen - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    Fine Gael Senator John Connor *25.901,034  
    Fine Gael Michael Scally*20.69826  
    Fianna Fáil Paddy McGarry16.03640668 801
    Progressive Democrats Hugh Lynn14.63584665 763
    Fianna Fáil Paul Lynch*14.38574600 690
    Fianna Fáil John Mulvihil8.39335435  
    Electorate: 6,436  Valid: 3,993 (62.04%)  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 799  Turnout: 4,052 (62.96%)  

      Boyle

      Boyle - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Fine Gael Frank Feighan 19.821,090        
      Fine Gael Charlie Hopkins*12.16669682 692 699 705 727 821 854 887
      Fine Gael Kitty Duignan*10.49577607 621 654 688 706 718 832 911
      Fine Gael Gerry Garvey9.93546559 613 618 623 665 677 792 816
      Fianna Fáil John Cummins9.56526546 580 613 670 685 699 706 819
      Fianna Fáil Michael Gaffney7.75426433 444 459 470 535 640 678 726
      Independent Paddy Mulvey5.11281287 291 301 310 331    
      Fianna Fáil Padraig McWeeney5.00275276 299 300 307     
      Independent Paddy Mulvey4.95272275 295 303 310 404 426   
      Labour Tommy Egan5.10256287 300 345 431 437 467 480  
      Independent Francis Geelan3.49192216 220 264      
      Progressive Democrats Gerard Tivnan3.40187208 213       
      Fianna Fáil Tommie Bourke2.78153154        
      Green Vincent Beirne2.385053        
      Electorate: 7,827  Valid: 5,500 (70.27%)  Spoilt: 48  Quota: 917  Turnout: 5,548 (70.88%)  

        Castlerea

        Castlerea - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234
        Independent Danny Burke*28.83927   
        Fine Gael Michael McGreal*27.19874   
        Fine Gael John Murray*20.34654702 728 780
        Fianna Fáil Breege Flanagan14.06452514 718 736
        Fianna Fáil Seamus Sloyan9.58308321   
        Electorate: 4,845  Valid: 3,215 (66.36%)  Spoilt: 39  Quota: 804  Turnout: 3,254 (67.14%)  

          Roscommon

          Roscommon - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345
          Independent Tom Foxe *22.011,224    
          Fianna Fáil Terry Leyden 16.15898946   
          Fianna Fáil Des Bruen*12.23680744 749 939 
          Fianna Fáil Martin Connaughton*11.56643670 673 698 931
          Fianna Fáil Paddy Kilduff10.36576604 608 637  
          Fine Gael Gerry Donnelly*9.58533556 557 652 884
          Fine Gael Dominick Connolly*9.51529576 578 733 792
          Fine Gael Brian Keenan8.60478538 542   
          Electorate: 8,326  Valid: 5,561 (66.79%)  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 927  Turnout: 5,608 (67.36%)  

            Strokestown

            Strokestown- 4 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234
            Independent Tom Crosby*27.661,315   
            Fine Gael Seán Beirne*16.70794854 971 
            Independent Gene Byrne*16.26757813 858 970
            Fianna Fáil Eugene Murphy*19.78699813 922 1,115
            Fianna Fáil Gerry Thompson10.69508551 559 622
            Fianna Fáil John Quinn9.15435458 469  
            Fine Gael Mamie Gearty5.17246314   
            Electorate: 6,573  Valid: 4,754 (70.12%)  Spoilt: 42  Quota: 951  Turnout: 4,796 (71.13%)  

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