Part of the 1999 Irish local elections
1999 Longford County Council election
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All 21 seats to Longford County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fine Gael | Fianna Fáil | Progressive Democrats | Seats won | 10 | 8 | 1 | Seat change | +2 | -1 | +1 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Party | Republican Sinn Féin | Independent | Seats won | 1 | 1 | Seat change | - | -2 | |
Map showing the area of Longford County Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Longford 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).
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| Fine Gael | 10 | +2 | 7,146 | 41.26 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 8 | -1 | 7,392 | 42.68 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 1 | +1 | 717 | 4.14 | |
| Republican Sinn Féin | 1 | - | 478 | 2.76 | |
| Independent | 1 | -2 | 1,533 | 8.85 | |
Totals | 21 | - | 17,320 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Ballymahon
Ballymahon - 6 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Fine Gael | James Bannon* | 22.31 | 1,211 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Barney Steele* | 12.76 | 693 | 738 | 741 | 744 | 758 | 761 | 775 | 849 | | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Belton | 11.73 | 637 | 798 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Adrian Farrell* | 11.07 | 601 | 621 | 629 | 651 | 658 | 693 | 776 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Seán Farrell* | 10.83 | 588 | 644 | 649 | 651 | 659 | 676 | 691 | 787 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Nolan* | 6.47 | 351 | 394 | 396 | 402 | 413 | 427 | 460 | 534 | 560 | 632 |
| Independent | Patrick Walsh | 6.28 | 341 | 360 | 360 | 363 | 368 | 375 | 380 | 395 | 400 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat Farrell | 5.18 | 281 | 338 | 339 | 343 | 349 | 355 | 373 | 431 | 451 | 507 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Kenny | 5.14 | 279 | 293 | 294 | 297 | 304 | 320 | 369 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat O'Sullivan | 3.78 | 205 | 206 | 206 | 207 | 210 | 240 | | | | |
| Independent | Tom Feeney | 2.23 | 121 | 125 | 125 | 135 | 140 | | | | | |
| Independent | Michael Brennan | 1.23 | 67 | 79 | 81 | 82 | | | | | | |
| Labour | Michael Coffey | 0.99 | 54 | 57 | 57 | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 7,379 Valid: 5,429 (73.57%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 776 Turnout: 5,492 (74.43%) |
Drumlish
Drumlish - 3 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 |
| Fianna Fáil | Luie McEntire* | 32.00 | 736 | | |
| Fine Gael | Gerry Brady* | 28.26 | 650 | | |
| Republican Sinn Féin | Seán Lynch* | 14.10 | 478 | 532 | 579 |
| Fianna Fáil | Benny Reid | 18.96 | 436 | 542 | 569 |
Electorate: 3,358 Valid: 2,300 (68.49%) Spoilt: 15 Quota: 576 Turnout: 2,315 (69.94%) |
Granard
Granard - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Fine Gael | Frank Kilbride | 16.58 | 669 | 721 | | |
| Fine Gael | Maura Kilbride-Harkin* | 15.96 | 644 | 688 | | |
| Fine Gael | Martin Farrell | 14.75 | 595 | 607 | 719 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Coyle* | 13.41 | 541 | 577 | 718 | |
| Independent | Noel Greene | 11.95 | 482 | 490 | 514 | 527 |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Lynch* | 11.03 | 445 | 544 | 629 | 651 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Doherty | 8.70 | 351 | 395 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Fintan Flood* | 7.63 | 308 | | | |
Electorate: 5,808 Valid: 4,035 (69.47%) Spoilt: 68 Quota: 673 Turnout: 4,103 (70.64%) |
Longford
External links
- Official website[permanent dead link]