1999 Sligo County Council election

1999 Sligo County Council election
All 25 seats to Sligo County Council
	Map showing the area of Sligo County Council
	Council control after election; TBD;

Last updated November 18, 2023

An election to Sligo County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five 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).

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fine Gael	11	-	11,849	39.13
	Fianna Fáil	9	-2	10,656	35.19
	Labour	2	+1	2,859	9.44
	Sinn Féin	1	+1	1,206	3.98
	Independent	2	-	3,497	11.55
Totals		25	-	30,279	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Ballymote

Ballymote - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Eamon Scanlon *	16.00	991	1,014	1,028	1,053
	Fine Gael	Gerry Murray*	13.25	821	833	847	865	1,173
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Conlon*	12.59	780	784	798	899	946	959	972
	Fine Gael	Leo Conlon*	11.48	711	717	738	856	985	1,065
	Fianna Fáil	John Sherlock*	11.28	699	721	798	867	917	927	930
	Fine Gael	Michael Rogers	10.73	665	697	723	769
	Independent	Alfie Parke	10.22	633	651	702	793	949	986	1,002
	Independent	Thomas Walsh	7.96	493	495	521
	Labour	Michael Lavin	3.86	239	274
	Labour	Tim Mulcahy	2.63	163
Electorate: 9,009 Valid: 6,195 (68.76%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,033 Turnout: 6,265 (69.54%)

Dromore

Dromore - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Paul Conmy*	23.16	890	951	985
	Fine Gael	Mary Barrett*	23.08	887	1,110
	Independent	Gabriel Healy	19.67	756	874	927	937
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Queenan	18.58	714	882	944	951
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Clarke	15.51	596
Electorate: 5,256 Valid: 3,843 (73.12%) Spoilt: 53 Quota: 961 Turnout: 3,896 (74.12%)

Sligo Drumcliff

Sligo Drumcliff - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Joe Leonard*	21.76	1,482
	Fianna Fáil	Dr. Jimmy Devins *	16.50	1,124
	Fianna Fáil	Patsy Barry*	13.55	923	1,127
	Fine Gael	Ita Fox*	9.38	639	719	746	773	835	984
	Labour	Brian Scanlon	8.41	573	583	584	600	708	747	817
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig Branley	7.93	540	562	596	643	706	757	992
	Fianna Fáil	Cyril O'Connor	6.14	418	438	447	475	500	552
	Fine Gael	John Peyton	5.84	398	439	450	465	479
	Fine Gael	Barnes Murphy	5.54	377	443	466	478	522	653	738
	Labour	John Harrison	4.95	337	402	450	455
Electorate: 11,084 Valid: 6,811 (61.45%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 974 Turnout: 6,966 (62.85%)

Sligo Strandhill

Sligo Strandhill - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Tony McLoughlin *	20.16	1,641
	Labour	Declan Bree *	19.00	1,547
	Sinn Féin	Seán MacManus	14.81	1,206
	Fine Gael	Jim McGarry*	13.08	1,065
	Fine Gael	John Perry	8.12	661	951	1,095
	Fianna Fáil	Albert Higgins	7.90	643	726	802	831	842	851	879	922	1,086
	Fianna Fáil	Seamus Kilgannon*	4.97	405	460	510	531	543	551	575	593	691
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McDonald	4.78	389	469	518	548	561	566	574	591
	Fianna Fáil	Roddy McGuinn	4.57	372	430	538	593	605	619	638	697	814
	Progressive Democrats	Jim Lawlor	1.42	116	153	186	199	212	216
	Progressive Democrats	Tony Clarke	1.18	96	116	185	225	241	248	302
Electorate: 13,013 Valid: 8,141 (62.56%) Spoilt: 144 Quota: 1,018 Turnout: 8,285 (63.67%)

Tobercurry

Tobercurry - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Margaret Gormley*	22.56	1,193
	Fine Gael	Joe Cawley*	12.80	677	703	753	864	994	1,148
	Fianna Fáil	Aidan Colleary*	11.72	620	627	719	745	875	1,087
	Fianna Fáil	Syl Mulligan*	10.42	551	561	597	689	712
	Fine Gael	Michael Fleming*	10.04	531	553	590	731	841	924	977
	Fianna Fáil	Helen Brennan	9.49	502	511	588	604	714	862	899
	Independent	Colm O'Donnell	7.98	422	440	512	548
	Fine Gael	Brendan Kivlehan	7.64	404	419	436
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Shannon	7.35	389	417
Electorate: 6,582 Valid: 5,289 (80.36%) Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,058 Turnout: 5,341 (81.15%)

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