1999 Kildare County Council election

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1999 Kildare County Council election
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  1991 10 June 1999 2004  

All 25 seats to Kildare County Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Labour Fine Gael
Seats won955
Seat change+1+2-2

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Progressive Democrats Independent Green
Seats won240
Seat change0+2-1

 Seventh partyEighth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Workers' Party
Seats won00
Seat change-1-1

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

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Kildare County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from six 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 9+115,48533.78
Labour 5+28,77119.14
Fine Gael 5-28,09517.66
Progressive Democrats 201,6853.68
Independent 4+29,55120.84
Green 0-11,7443.80
Sinn Féin 0-15061.10
Workers' Party 0-100
Totals25045,837100.0

Results by local electoral area

Athy

Athy - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Labour Jack Wall TD20.931,382     
Fine Gael Rainsford Hendy*19.251,2711,286 1,393 1,419 1,590 1,785
Fianna Fáil Martin Miley*17.811,1761,187 1,210 1,292 1,563 2,313
Fianna Fáil Mark Dalton16.041,0591,068 1,092 1,197 1,400  
Fianna Fáil Vincent Corcoran11.07731754 756 759   
Sinn Féin Paddy Wright*7.66506521 541    
Fine Gael John Lynch3.74247250     
Labour Mags O'Brien3.48230     
Electorate: 12,461  Valid: 6,602 (52.98%)  Spoilt: 130  Quota: 1,651  Turnout: 6,732 (54.02%)  

    Celbridge

    Celbridge - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Independent Kate Walsh 43.142,167     
    Labour Emmet Stagg TD25.141,263     
    Fianna Fáil Geraldine Conway9.14459617 646 713 786 1,120
    Fianna Fáil Gay Boylan7.39371531 560 600 672  
    Green Marie Percival4.06204380 411    
    Fine Gael Mark Clinton4.04203309 424 497   
    Independent Mairead Byrne3.96199391 425 551 723 929
    Fine Gael Brian Mullarkey3.13157276     
    Electorate: 11,182  Valid: 5,023 (44.92)  Spoilt: 35  Quota: 1,256  Turnout: 5,058 (45.23%)  

      Clane

      Clane - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Fianna Fáil Michael Fitzpatrick 17.261,3521,385 1,406 1,426 1,477 1,498 1,510 1,546 1,578
      Independent Tony McEvoy17.251,3511,365 1,380 1,438 1,514 1,717   
      Fianna Fáil P.J. Sheridan*13.061,0231,030 1,038 1,062 1,078 1,106 1,121 1,296 1,354
      Fine Gael Jim Reilly*12.05944951 1,001 1,026 1,192 1,236 1,256 1,692 
      Fine Gael Brendan Weld9.37734743 756 796 837 917 948   
      Fianna Fáil Seamus Davey8.23645647 664 751 810 986 1,015 1,134 1,169
      Independent John Nealon6.50509511 514 594 667     
      Independent Bernie Holton5.45427432 538 583      
      Labour Rose Murphy4.61361417 502       
      Labour Garry Stynes4.21330350        
      Labour Joan Mooney2.02158        
      Electorate: 16,438  Valid: 7,834 (47.66%)  Spoilt: 113  Quota: 1,567  Turnout: 7,947 (48.35%)  

        Kildare

        Kildare - 6 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567891011
        Fianna Fáil Seán Ó Fearghail *16.321,737          
        Fianna Fáil Fiona O'Loughlin14.021,4921,546         
        Fine Gael Fionnuala Dukes10.021,0671,099 1,101 1,102 1,126 1,170 1,245 1,300 1,391 1,458 1,683
        Progressive Democrats Senator John Dardis *9.11970979 980 981 999 1,019 1,029 1,116 1,154 1,247 1,344
        Fianna Fáil John O'Neill*8.81938962 968 972 980 1,002 1,004 1,063 1,213 1,349 1,423
        Labour Jim Keane*7.96847860 860 860 927 954 970 1,004 1,055 1,090 1,274
        Fine Gael Michael Nolan, Snr*6.84728730 731 731 744 759 795 860 880 1,072 1,112
        Independent Francis Browne*6.13653673 673 674 681 694 718 763 944 1,006  
        Fianna Fáil Breda Connolly5.48583609 610 611 617 626 673 699    
        Independent Seamus Finn5.35569571 573 574 592 615 619 726 737   
        Independent Murty Aspell4.79510515 519 519 536 553 553     
        Fine Gael Allan Foxe2.07220224 224 224 228 229      
        Labour Tom Ennis1.84206208 208 208        
        Independent Percy Podger1.00196204 212 213 217       
        Independent Harry Price0.272929          
        Electorate: 25,040  Valid: 10,745 (42.51%)  Spoilt: 126  Quota: 1,521  Turnout: 10,871 (43.02%)  

          Leixlip

          Leixlip - 4 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234
          Fianna Fáil Paul Kelly21.531,437   
          Labour Catherine Murphy *19.241,2841,311 1,366 
          Labour John McGinley*16.541,1041,107 1,158 1,355
          Fine Gael Senan Griffin*15.331,0231,029 1,110 1,257
          Labour Colm Purcell*13.81922937 965 1,091
          Green Leo Armstrong8.25551555 626  
          Fianna Fáil Laura Canning5.30354400   
          Electorate: 16,315  Valid: 6,675 (40.91%)  Spoilt: 75  Quota: 1,336  Turnout: 6,750 (41.37%)  

            Naas

            Naas - 5 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234567891011
            Independent Anthony Lawlor *16.321,2091,323 1,333 1,358 1,414 1,473 1,575    
            Fianna Fáil Seán Power TD11.851,0611,135 1,146 1,171 1,223 1,280 1,338 1,346 1,828  
            Fine Gael Billy Hillis10.12906912 916 943 949 1,239 1,298 1,309 1,340 1,368 1,371
            Independent Mary Glennon11.858751,180 1,228 1,284 1,363 1,517     
            Progressive Democrats Timmy Conway *7.99715724 735 775 848 905 977 991 1,171 1,278 1,283
            Fianna Fáil Willie Callaghan7.94711767 771 800 870 910 945 950    
            Labour Paddy McNamara7.64684699 705 727 752 777      
            Fine Gael Pat O'Reilly6.65595600 606 614 664       
            Green J.J. Power*6.64594617 634 794 841 864 1,042 1,064 1,147 1,213 1,230
            Independent Seamus Moore5.62462468 474 483        
            Green Louise Burchall4.41395403 410         
            Independent Anthony Egan4.41395397          
            Fianna Fáil Liam Kelly3.98356          
            Electorate: 22,432  Valid: 8,950 (39.90%)  Spoilt: 102  Quota: 1,492  Turnout: 9,052 (40.35%)  

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