Part of the 1999 Irish local elections
1999 Offaly County Council election
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All 21 seats to Offaly County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour | Seats won | 9 | 7 | 1 | Seat change | -1 | +1 | - | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Party | Independent | Progressive Democrats | Seats won | 4 | 0 | Seat change | +1 | -1 | |
Map showing the area of Offaly County Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Offaly County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 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% | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | 9 | -1 | 9,880 | 38.14 | |
| Fine Gael | 7 | +1 | 6,879 | 26.56 | |
| Labour | 1 | - | 2,366 | 9.13 | |
| Independent | 4 | +1 | 6,340 | 24.48 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 0 | -1 | - | - | |
Totals | 21 | - | 25,904 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Birr
Birr- 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count[1] |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fine Gael | Olwyn Enright | 16.61 | 1,064 | | | | | |
| Independent | Peter Ormond | 15.27 | 978 | 982 | 1,073 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Percy Clendennen* | 14.92 | 956 | 963 | 985 | 1,185 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Senator Pat Moylan* | 12.94 | 829 | 877 | 930 | 1,089 | | |
| Independent | John Carroll | 9.12 | 584 | 597 | 610 | 641 | 665 | 883 |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Dooley* | 8.65 | 554 | 632 | 732 | 747 | 762 | 937 |
| Independent | Tony McLoughlin | 7.63 | 489 | 519 | 529 | 532 | 554 | |
| Fine Gael | Tom Rigney | 7.02 | 450 | 451 | 455 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Una Collison | 4.40 | 282 | 297 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | James McNamara | 3.43 | 220 | | | | | |
Electorate: 10,685 Valid: 6,406 (59.95%) Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,068 Turnout: 6,491 (60.75%) |
Edenderry
Edenderry - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count[2] |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Bourke* | 26.54 | 1,465 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ger Killally | 21.42 | 1,182 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Frank Weir* | 9.13 | 504 | 533 | 553 | 563 | 583 | 637 | 702 | 782 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Nolan | 8.04 | 444 | 617 | 718 | 721 | 742 | 769 | 866 | 933 |
| Fine Gael | Emma Jones | 7.56 | 417 | 427 | 431 | 437 | 444 | 463 | | |
| Fine Gael | Geraldine McGarrigle | 6.58 | 363 | 378 | 403 | 404 | 409 | 477 | 581 | |
| Fine Gael | John Foran | 6.12 | 338 | 399 | 415 | 420 | 475 | 507 | 639 | 871 |
| Independent | Fergus McDonnell | 5.98 | 330 | 473 | 499 | 506 | 590 | 626 | 636 | 656 |
| Independent | Peter McNamee | 5.00 | 276 | 282 | 323 | 338 | 352 | | | |
| Independent | Tom O'Connell | 2.77 | 153 | 254 | 275 | 282 | | | | |
| Independent | John Owens | 0.85 | 47 | 54 | 62 | | | | | |
Electorate: 10,302 Valid: 5,519 (53.57%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 920 Turnout: 5,601 (54.37%) |
Ferbane
Ferbane- 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count[3] |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fine Gael | Connie Hanniffy* | 23.46 | 1,066 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon Dooley* | 22.32 | 1,014 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Feighery* | 16.00 | 727 | 744 | 818 | 867 | 1,011 | |
| Labour | Timmy Molloy | 12.52 | 569 | 583 | 588 | 650 | 727 | 750 |
| Fine Gael | Marcella Corcoran Kennedy | 10.54 | 479 | 573 | 588 | 635 | 806 | 859 |
| Independent | Padraig Horan | 8.47 | 385 | 411 | 419 | 510 | | |
| Independent | Christy Gannon | 6.67 | 303 | 309 | 312 | | | |
Electorate: 8,994 Valid: 4,543 (50.51%) Spoilt: 366 Quota: 909 Turnout: 4,909 (54.58%) |
Tullamore
Tullamore - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count[4] |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Labour | Pat Gallagher* | 16.70 | 1,591 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Barry Cowen* | 11.96 | 1,139 | 1,154 | 1,159 | 1,188 | 1,274 | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Tommy McKeigue* | 8.48 | 808 | 865 | 871 | 947 | 962 | 963 | 1,042 | 1,070 | 1,096 | 1,141 | 1,224 | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Flanagan* | 8.44 | 804 | 836 | 846 | 851 | 913 | 954 | 996 | 1,018 | 1,155 | 1,181 | 1,521 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Fox* | 7.19 | 685 | 701 | 702 | 734 | 775 | 784 | 812 | 819 | 854 | 870 | 909 | 944 |
| Independent | Thomas Dolan* | 6.76 | 644 | 652 | 662 | 692 | 699 | 700 | 716 | 803 | 818 | 1,036 | 1,052 | 1,071 |
| Independent | Molly Buckley | 6.37 | 607 | 643 | 648 | 663 | 690 | 694 | 760 | 789 | 807 | 870 | 949 | 986 |
| Independent | Johnny Butterfield* | 5.65 | 538 | 553 | 566 | 572 | 582 | 584 | 606 | 626 | 768 | 792 | 827 | 864 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Mahon | 4.78 | 455 | 462 | 468 | 471 | 496 | 505 | 510 | 520 | | | | |
| Sinn Féin | Oliver O'Connor | 4.61 | 439 | 446 | 449 | 458 | 461 | 462 | 485 | | | | | |
| Independent | Frank Feery | 4.55 | 433 | 446 | 446 | 478 | 483 | 485 | 511 | 580 | 584 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Miriam O'Callaghan* | 4.53 | 432 | 461 | 464 | 473 | 513 | 525 | 571 | 595 | 696 | 726 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Vincent Bermingham | 3.50 | 333 | 339 | 341 | 342 | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Seán O'Brien | 3.11 | 296 | 443 | 444 | 452 | 457 | 458 | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Brendan McGowan | 2.66 | 253 | 264 | 265 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | John Conroy | 0.72 | 69 | 70 | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 17,384 Valid: 9,526 (54.80%) Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,191 Turnout: 9,685 (55.71%) |
References
- ^ "Offaly County Council: (Birr) 1999 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com.
- ^ "Offaly County Council: (Edenderry) 1999 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com.
- ^ "Offaly County Council: (Ferbane) 1999 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com.
- ^ "Offaly County Council: (Tullamore) 1999 Local Election Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis". irelandelection.com.
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