1999 Laois County Council election

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1999 Laois County Council election
← 1991 10 June 1999 2004 →
All 25 seats to Laois County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent
Seats won 14 10 1
Seat change +1 +1 -
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour PD
Seats won 0 0
Seat change -1 -1
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Map showing the area of Laois County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Laois County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party[]

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 14 +1 12,839 51.20
Fine Gael 10 +1 8,271 32.98
Independent 1 - 2,487 9.92
Labour 0 -1 1,063 4.24
PD 0 -1 - -
Totals 25 - 25,076 100.0 —

Results by Electoral Area[]

Borris-in-Ossory[]

Borris-in-Ossory - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Kieran Phelan* 17.24 1,347                
Fianna Fáil Seán Fleming 13.94 1,089                
Fianna Fáil John Joe Fennelly 12.38 967 1,044              
Fine Gael Michael Lalor* 11.94 933 939 955 958 1,011        
Fianna Fáil Martin Rohan* 10.15 793 873 917 963 980        
Fine Gael Marty Phelan* 8.87 693 720 731 732 856 1,006      
Fine Gael John Bonham 8.29 648 657 664 666 696 748 777 794 795
Labour Larry Kavanagh* 7.67 599 615 639 639 663 776 781 793 795
Independent John King 5.17 404 502 507 515 616        
Fine Gael Gina O'Loughlin 4.36 341 398 403 410          
Electorate: 12,812   Valid: 7,814 (60.99%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 977   Turnout: 7,930 (61.90%)

Emo[]

Emo- 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fine Gael James Deegan* 17.58 684 692 727 893    
Fianna Fáil Ray Cribbin* 16.55 644 648 653 673 679 859
Fianna Fáil Michael Costello 16.45 640 642 643 656 660 768
Independent Michael Turley 13.83 538 544 566 638 687 803
Independent Sam Gee 11.51 448 449 453 497 527 550
Fianna Fáil Theresa Mulhare* 10.85 422 423 429 471 490  
Fine Gael Mary Lalor 5.24 204 206 209      
Labour Patrick Fennell 3.34 130 151 194      
Independent Christine Holohan 3.06 119 129        
Independent Frank Byrne 1.59 62          
Electorate: 6,813   Valid: 3,891 (57.11%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 779   Turnout: 3,959 (58.11%)

Luggacurren[]

Luggacurren- 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael John Moran* 19.26 718 741 823  
Fianna Fáil Michael Rice 18.62 694 726 835  
Fine Gael James Daly* 16.39 611 662 747  
Fianna Fáil Mary Wheatley* 15.83 590 623 683 737
Fianna Fáil Dick Miller 12.85 479 489 596 625
Independent Seamus Martin 6.28 234 252    
Fianna Fáil Anne Cass 5.77 215 224    
Independent Michael Leech 4.99 186      
Electorate: 6,845   Valid: 3,727 (54.45%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 746   Turnout: 3,775 (55.15%)

Mountmellick[]

Mountmellick- 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil John Moloney TD* 27.52 1,123          
Fianna Fáil Seamus McDonald* 17.45 712 870        
Fine Gael David Goodwin 14.44 589 617 683 873    
Fianna Fáil Joe Digan* 12.87 525 558 597 731 743 783
Fine Gael David Conroy 10.98 448 495 586 674 718 731
Fine Gael Denis Feighery 10.56 431 441 466      
Independent Pat Bowe 6.18 252 282        
Electorate: 6,000   Valid: 4,080 (68.00%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 817   Turnout: 4,146 (69.10%)

Portlaoise[]

Portlaoise - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fianna Fáil Joe Dunne* 19.05 1,060                  
Fine Gael William Aird* 12.29 684 712 718 730 750 770 850      
Fine Gael Charles Flanagan TD* 9.45 526 542 545 554 570 574 630 673 706 735
Fianna Fáil Catherine Fitzgerald 9.35 520 559 563 568 576 593 607 636 639 673
Fine Gael Mary Sweeney 8.95 498 507 508 515 537 597 641 664 676 702
Sinn Féin Brian Stanley 7.48 416 422 426 434 461 472 483 540 541  
Fianna Fáil Jerry Lodge* 7.26 404 445 450 466 477 569 596 624 626 695
Fianna Fáil Tom Jacob* 6.34 353 420 423 426 440 491 520 559 563 616
Fine Gael Kathleen O'Brien 4.73 263 271 276 286 297 304        
Fianna Fáil Anthony Lodge 4.71 262 286 287 290 297          
Independent Joe McCormack 4.15 231 248 254 268 301 317 339      
Labour Tom Phelan 3.07 171 174 184 220            
Labour Brendan Tynan 1.99 111 115 132              
Labour Seán O'Gorman 0.93 52 53                
Independent Fred Bannan 0.23 13 15                
Electorate: 9,947   Valid: 5,564 (55.94%)   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 795   Turnout: 5,613 (56.43%)

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Preceded by
1991 Laois County Council election 		Succeeded by
2004 Laois County Council election
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