1991 Leitrim County Council election

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1991 Leitrim County Council election
← 1985 27 June 1991 1999 →
All 22 seats to Leitrim County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin
Seats won 9 9 1
Seat change -1 +1 -1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party IFF Independent
Seats won 1 2
Seat change - +1
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Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 22 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 9 -1 6,735 43.35
Fine Gael 9 +1 5,481 35.28
Sinn Féin 1 -1 1,398 9.0
IFF 1 - 402 2.6
Independent 2 +1 1,485 9.6
Totals 22 - 15,535 100% —

Results by Electoral Area[]

Ballinamore[]

Ballinamore - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Gerry Reynolds TD* 18.3% 766        
Fianna Fáil John Ellis TD* 17.2% 720        
Fianna Fáil J.J. Shortt* 16.3% 680        
Sinn Féin Liam McGirl* 16.0% 667        
Fine Gael Damien Brennan* 13.2% 552 609      
Fine Gael Tommy McCartin* 10.4% 435 535 563 579 619
Fianna Fáil Paddy O'Rourke 8.6% 358 370 465 532 562
Electorate: 5,674   Valid: 4,178 (73.63%)   Spoilt: 24   Quota: 597   Turnout: 4,202 (74.06%)

Carrick-on-Shannon[]

Carrick-on-Shannon - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael Thomas Mulligan* 13.4% 565 578 605      
Fianna Fáil Michael Guckian* 13.3% 563 596 639      
Fine Gael Thomas Faughnan 11.7% 497 535 564 571 701  
Independent Pascal McKeon* 11.7% 494 512 534 534 547 573
Fianna Fáil Seán McGowan 11.3% 480 512 529 532 536 545
Fianna Fáil Gerry McGee* 9.9% 420 421 431 432 437 450
Fianna Fáil Farrell McElgunn* 9.5% 400 408 483 499 685  
Fine Gael Ann Harman 8.% 339 360 415 420    
Sinn Féin Martin McTiernan 6.7% 285 302        
Independent Des Guckian 4.4% 187          
Electorate: 5,706   Valid: 4,230 (74.13%)   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 605   Turnout: 4,258 (74.62%)

Dromahaire[]

Dromahaire - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fine Gael Jim McPadden* 13.3% 479 501 527 539 638      
Fianna Fáil Mary Bohan* 12.2% 437 478 483 490 510 514 514 663
Fianna Fáil Senator Paschal Mooney 11.7% 422 426 467 483 555 567 569 600
Fine Gael John McTernan 11% 397 406 407 408 444 459 460 624
Fianna Fáil Stasia Carre 10.7% 385 401 402 405 411 411 411  
Independent Gerry Dolan 9.6% 344 372 418 529 604      
Fianna Fáil Francis Gilmartin 8.7% 313 314 333 386 405 412 413 453
Fine Gael Sean Wynne 8.2% 295 302 326 340        
Sinn Féin Francis Guckian 5.4% 193 209 226          
Independent Michael Moran 4.9% 175 182            
Independent John Gallagher 4.3% 154              
Electorate: 4,569   Valid: 3,594 (78.7%)   Spoilt: 34   Quota: 600   Turnout: 3,628 (79.4%)

Manorhamilton[]

Manorhamilton - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Tony Ferguson* 21.2% 742            
Fianna Fáil Aodh Flynn* 14.6% 511 542 548 602      
Fine Gael Charles Cullen* 12.7% 444 457 462 501 504 648  
IFF Larry McGowan* 11.5% 402 421 451 534 541 673  
Fine Gael Frank Dolan 10.3% 361 366 369 386 388    
Fine Gael Siobhán McGloin 10% 351 381 420 456 458 526 552
Fianna Fáil Patsy Connolly 8.7% 304 349 365 387 391 409 442
Sinn Féin Michael Colreavy 7.2% 253 261 285        
RSF Declan Curneen 3.7% 131 138          
Electorate: 4,766   Valid: 3,533 (74.13%)   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 584   Turnout: 3,569 (74.88%)

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Preceded by
1985 Leitrim County Council election 		Succeeded by
1999 Leitrim County Council election
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