1999 South Tipperary County Council election

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1999 South Tipperary County Council election
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  1991 10 June 1999 2004  

All 26 seats to South Tipperary County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won1291
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg3

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party WUA Independent
Seats won22
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg

South Tipperary in Ireland.svg
Area of South Tipperary County Council

An election to all 26 seats on South Tipperary County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of the 1999 Irish local elections. South Tipperary was divided into five local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

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Results by party

PartySeats±1st prefFPv%±%
Fianna Fáil 12Increase2.svg214,90940.15
Fine Gael 9Steady2.svg10,41928.06
Labour 1Decrease2.svg34,57512.32
WUA 2Increase2.svg12,8337.63
Independent 4Steady2.svg3,74210.08
Total26Steady2.svg37,129100.00

Results by local electoral area

Cahir

Cahir: 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Fianna Fáil Michael Anglim*24.421,475    
Fianna Fáil Mattie McGrath 16.039681,058 1,255  
Fianna Fáil Barry O'Brien15.60942995 1,137 1,274 
Fine Gael Liam Ahearn12.75770806 861 1,020 1,045
Fine Gael Dan Costigan11.14673696 805 1,074 1,114
Labour Seanie Lonergan11.14673700 736   
Fianna Fáil Andy Moloney8.92539576    
Electorate: 9,184  Valid: 6,040 (65.77%)  Spoilt: 75  Quota: 1,209  Turnout: 6,115 (66.58%)  

    Cashel

    Cashel: 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Fine Gael Jack Crowe*21.621,444    
    Fine Gael Tom Hayes *18.361,2261,273 1,377  
    Fine Gael Tom Wood*16.141,0781,093 1,140 1,329 1,345
    Fianna Fáil Seán McCarthy *12.751,0221,031 1,194 1,311 1,319
    Fianna Fáil Roger Kennedy10.99734746 917 1,126 1,143
    Labour Pat Barry9.36625638 683   
    Fianna Fáil Bridie Hammersley*8.23550562    
    Electorate: 10,808  Valid: 6,679 (61.80%)  Spoilt: 93  Quota: 1,336  Turnout: 6,772 (62.66%)  

      Clonmel

      Clonmel: 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910111213
      WUA Seamus Healy *17.171,525            
      Fianna Fáil Tom Ambrose*13.321,183            
      Fianna Fáil Pat Norris*12.201,0841,111           
      Fine Gael Seán Nyhan7.58673705 712 718 736 753 787 808 848 905 975 1,025 1,078
      Fine Gael Derry Foley7.20640648 654 658 668 674 685 689 701 765 809 842 855
      Fianna Fáil Niall Dennehy5.61498519 520 542 552 564 594 610 630 681 865 940 974
      WUA Phil Prendergast 5.21463516 526 529 540 587 620 739 914 990 1,046 1,336 
      Fianna Fáil Bernard Lennon5.02446470 475 486 499 505 523 532 551 595    
      Independent Ted Boyle*4.73420445 451 463 476 493 532 553 592 656 719 787 817
      Progressive Democrats Tina Whitford4.06361374 382 386 396 422 467 488 510     
      WUA Billy Shoer3.52313345 348 349 362 387 406 486 575 635 678   
      WUA Alison Byrne3.05271322 327 330 337 370 404 485      
      WUA Brian O'Donnell2.94261337 338 339 349 385 397       
      Labour Anne Taylor2.74243256 271 273 332 345        
      Independent Terri O'Neill2.54226248 253 254 266         
      Labour Jimmy Keating2.04181195 211 213          
      Labour Canice Egan1.089699            
      Electorate: 15,142  Valid: 8,884 (58.67%)  Spoilt: 139  Quota: 1,111  Turnout: 9,023 (59.59%)  

        Fethard

        Fethard: 6 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        Labour Denis Landy *14.781,247       
        Fianna Fáil Susan Meagher*13.191,1131,114 1,118 1,129 1,203 1,274  
        Independent Eddie O'Meara10.40877878 881 891 944 997 1,083 1,124
        Independent Waltie Moloney9.78825825 825 831 860 883 919 941
        Fianna Fáil Denis Bourke*9.27782793 794 893 899 982 1,003 1,217
        Fianna Fáil Pat O'Meara8.71735736 739 745 765 847 1,038 1,057
        Fine Gael John Dowley5.64560566 571 643 688 762 777  
        Labour Noel Quinlan5.64560566 578 589 617 628   
        Fine Gael John Fahey5.61558559 569 579 736 742 850 1,121
        Fine Gael Noel Fitzgerald5.07428428 436 442     
        Fianna Fáil Dick Tobin4.85409412 412 444 452    
        Progressive Democrats Tony Kehoe3.43289300 302      
        Independent Sean Clancy0.635353       
        Electorate: 13,749  Valid: 8,436 (61.36%)  Spoilt: 151  Quota: 1,206  Turnout: 8,587 (62.46%)  

          Tipperary

          Tipperary: 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678
          Fine Gael Michael Fitzgerald*16.871,196       
          Fianna Fáil Michael Maguire*13.54960980 1,071 1,074 1,209   
          Fianna Fáil Joe Donovan12.96919943 974 976 1,039 1,047 1,290 
          Independent Christy Kinahan*12.819081,018 1,141 1,142 1,173 1,175 1,277 
          Fine Gael Brendan Griffin *8.42597630 726 731 929 935 1,067 1,126
          Labour Mick Byrnes7.94563674 703 704 796 804 874 906
          Fine Gael John Clancy8.12576587 608 609     
          Fianna Fáil Bernie Doherty7.76550582 616 617 657 660   
          Independent Denis Leahy6.12434459       
          Labour Billy Bourke5.46387       
          Electorate: 11,436  Valid: 7,090 (62.00%)  Spoilt: 103  Quota: 1,182  Turnout: 7,193 (62.90%)  

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