1991 Irish local elections
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The 1991 Irish local elections were held in all counties and county boroughs on Thursday, 27 June 1991. They were postponed from June 1990 to allow the Local Government Act 1991 to be passed beforehand. Elections in non-county boroughs and towns were postponed until 1994.
Results[]
Summary[]
Party | Seats | ± | 1st Pref. votes | FPv%[1] | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fianna Fáil | 358 | 83 | 531,659 | 37.8 | 7.6 | |
Fine Gael | 272 | 15 | 372,633 | 26.5 | 3.3 | |
Labour | 92 | 32 | 149,571 | 10.6 | 2.9 | |
Progressive Democrats | 37 | New | 70,926 | 5.0 | New | |
Workers' Party | 24 | 4 | 50,996 | 3.6 | 0.4 | |
Green | 13 | 13 | 32,951 | 2.3 | 1.8 | |
Sinn Féin | 9 | 1 | 29,903 | 2.1 | 1.0 | |
Independent Fianna Fáil | 5 | 1 | 12,162 | 0.9 | 0.1 | |
RSF | 1 | New | 2,517 | 0.2 | New | |
Donegal Progressive Party | 1 | 1,775 | 0.1 | |||
Independent Socialist | 1 | 1,456 | 0.1 | |||
Christian Principles Party | 0 | New | 1,351 | 0.1 | New | |
Independent | 78 | 14 | 150,418 | 10.7 | 2.0 | |
Total | 883 | – | 1,398,729 | 100 |
By local authority[]
Counties[]
Authority | FF | FG | Lab | PD | WP | GP | SF | IFF | RSF | Ind | Total | Details | ||||||||||
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Carlow | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
Cavan | 11 | 9 | 5 | 25 | Details | |||||||||||||||||
Clare | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 32 | Details | |||||||||||||||
Cork County | 19 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 48 | Details | ||||||||||||||
Donegal | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 29 | Details | |||||||||||||
Fingal | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 24 | Details | ||||||||||||||
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 28 | Details | ||||||||||||||
Galway County | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
Kerry | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
Kildare | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | Details | ||||||||||||
Kilkenny | 11 | 11 | 4 | 26 | Details | |||||||||||||||||
Laois | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | Details | |||||||||||||||
Leitrim | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | Details | |||||||||||||||
Limerick County | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 28 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
Longford | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
Louth | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 | Details | ||||||||||||||
Mayo | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 31 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
Meath | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 29 | Details | |||||||||||||||
Monaghan | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
Offaly | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 | Details | |||||||||||||||
Roscommon | 11 | 10 | 5 | 26 | Details | |||||||||||||||||
Sligo | 11 | 11 | 3 | 25 | Details | |||||||||||||||||
South Dublin | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | Details | |||||||||||||
Tipperary North | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
Tipperary South | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
Waterford County | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
Westmeath | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
Wexford | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | Details | ||||||||||||||||
Wicklow | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 24 | Details |
County boroughs[]
Authority | FF | FG | Lab | PD | WP | GP | SF | Ind | Total | Details | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cork Corporation | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 31 | Details | |||||||||
Dublin Corporation | 20 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 52 | Details | ||||||||
Galway Corporation | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | Details | |||||||||||
Limerick Corporation | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | Details | ||||||||||
Waterford Corporation | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | Details |
References[]
Sources[]
- "1991 Local Elections". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
- Department of the Environment (1991). Local elections, 1991 (PDF).
Citations[]
- ^ "1991 Local Election". irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
See also[]
- Local government in the Republic of Ireland
- Category:Irish local government councils
Categories:
- 1991 Irish local elections
- Council elections in the Republic of Ireland
- June 1991 events in Europe
- 1991 elections in the Republic of Ireland