1999 Offaly County Council election

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1999 Offaly County Council election
← 1991 10 June 1999 2004 →
All 21 seats to Offaly County Council
  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
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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 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 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 - 25,904 100.0 —

Results by Electoral Area[]

Birr[]

Birr- 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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
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
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
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%)

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