Part of the 1999 Irish local elections
1999 Westmeath County Council election
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All 23 seats to Westmeath County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour | Seats won | 12 | 6 | 5 | Seat change | 0 | 0 | +1 | | | Fourth party | | | | | Party | Independent | | Seats won | 0 | | Seat change | -1 | | |
Map showing the area of Westmeath County Council |
| Council control after election Fianna Fail | |
An election to Westmeath County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 23 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 | 12 | 0 | 10,519 | 45.32 | |
| Fine Gael | 6 | 0 | 5,674 | 24.44 | |
| Labour | 5 | +1 | 6,024 | 25.95 | |
| Independent | 0 | -1 | 996 | 4.29 | |
Totals | 23 | 0 | 23,213 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Athlone
Athlone - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. Coghill* | 11.06 | 1,010 | 1,013 | 1,070 | 1,094 | 1,126 | 1,219 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Kieran Molloy* | 10.86 | 992 | 1,022 | 1,044 | 1,054 | 1,080 | 1,299 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Brendan McFadden* | 10.22 | 934 | 952 | 981 | 1,039 | 1,123 | 1,251 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Allen | 9.37 | 856 | 863 | 882 | 902 | 963 | 1,058 | 1,079 | 1,092 | 1,117 |
| Fine Gael | Mark Cooney | 9.33 | 852 | 873 | 901 | 967 | 1,039 | 1,103 | 1,119 | 1,131 | 1,141 |
| Fianna Fáil | Egbert Moran* | 8.46 | 773 | 780 | 796 | 843 | 882 | 947 | 1,005 | 1,032 | 1,060 |
| Fianna Fáil | Kevin "Boxer" Moran | 8.41 | 768 | 794 | 818 | 839 | 886 | 972 | 1,028 | 1,057 | 1,065 |
| Fine Gael | Joe Whelan* | 8.41 | 768 | 774 | 791 | 857 | 977 | 986 | 990 | 994 | 996 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Butler | 8.24 | 753 | 775 | 791 | 804 | 837 | | | | |
| Labour | Denis Rohan | 5.99 | 547 | 562 | 590 | 636 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Dick O'Brien | 4.01 | 366 | 374 | 390 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Michael Fox | 3.04 | 278 | 315 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Benny Cooney | 2.62 | 239 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 17,156 Valid: 9,136 (53.25%) Spoilt: 144 Quota: 1,143 Turnout: 9,280 (54.09%) |
Coole
Coole - 3 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 |
| Fianna Fáil | Senator Donie Cassidy* | 31.33 | 1,157 | |
| Fianna Fáil | P.J. O'Shaughnessy* | 27.73 | 1,024 | |
| Fine Gael | Frank McDermott* | 26.00 | 960 | |
| Labour | Johnnie Penrose | 13.48 | 498 | 693 |
| Independent | Peter Rogers | 1.46 | 54 | 92 |
Electorate: 6,171 Valid: 3,693 (56.26%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 924 Turnout: 3,755 (57.08%) |
Kilbeggan
Kilbeggan - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Cowley* | Unopposed | N/A |
| Fine Gael | Joe Flanagan* | Unopposed | N/A |
| Labour | Mark Nugent* | Unopposed | N/A |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Ryan* | Unopposed | N/A |
Quota: |
Mullingar East
Mullingar East - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Labour | Mick Dollard* | 33.11 | 1,595 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Bourke | 14.61 | 704 | 788 | 827 | 874 | 1,075 |
| Fine Gael | Patrick McLoughlin | 13.62 | 656 | 688 | 709 | 800 | 915 |
| Labour | Dan McCarthy | 11.73 | 565 | 964 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tommy Wright* | 10.05 | 484 | 515 | 554 | 580 | 721 |
| Fianna Fáil | Shay Callaghan | 9.78 | 471 | 492 | 506 | 515 | |
| Fine Gael | Pat Whelan | 3.84 | 185 | 222 | 237 | | |
| Independent | Kevin Whelehan | 3.28 | 158 | 185 | | | |
Electorate: 9,026 Valid: 4,818 (53.38%) Spoilt: 63 Quota: 964 Turnout: 4,881 (54.08%) |
Mullingar West
Mullingar West - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Labour | Willie PenroseTD* | 42.05 | 2,410 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Senator Camillus Glynn* | 13.66 | 783 | 915 | 937 | 984 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Paul McGrathTD* | 11.18 | 641 | 834 | 864 | 992 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Bourke* | 7.61 | 436 | 553 | 575 | 603 | 605 | 611 | 670 | 810 |
| Labour | Betty Doran | 7.14 | 409 | 1,096 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Hynes | 5.37 | 308 | 378 | 395 | 425 | 431 | 441 | 541 | 600 |
| Fine Gael | Tommy Lyng | 4.45 | 255 | 320 | 334 | | | | | |
| Independent | Frank McIntyre | 4.31 | 247 | 339 | 365 | 386 | 391 | 400 | | |
| Fine Gael | John Wallace | 4.22 | 242 | 340 | 349 | 384 | 407 | 410 | 467 | |
Electorate: 11,119 Valid: 5,731 (51.54%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 956 Turnout: 5,809 (52.24%) |
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