1999 Sligo County Council election

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1999 Sligo County Council election
← 1991 10 June 1999 2004 →
All 25 seats to Sligo County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour
Seats won 11 9 2
Seat change - -2 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 2
Seat change +1 -
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Map showing the area of Sligo County Council
Council control after election

TBD

An election to Sligo 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% ±%
Fine Gael 11 - 11,849 39.13
Fianna Fáil 9 -2 10,656 35.19
Labour 2 +1 2,859 9.44
Sinn Féin 1 +1 1,206 3.98
Independent 2 - 3,497 11.55
Totals 25 - 30,279 100.0 —

Results by Electoral Area[]

Ballymote[]

Ballymote - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Eamon Scanlon* 16.00 991 1,014 1,028 1,053      
Fine Gael Gerry Murray* 13.25 821 833 847 865 1,173    
Fianna Fáil Michael Conlon* 12.59 780 784 798 899 946 959 972
Fine Gael Leo Conlon* 11.48 711 717 738 856 985 1,065  
Fianna Fáil John Sherlock* 11.28 699 721 798 867 917 927 930
Fine Gael Michael Rogers 10.73 665 697 723 769      
Independent Alfie Parke 10.22 633 651 702 793 949 986 1,002
Independent Thomas Walsh 7.96 493 495 521        
Labour Michael Lavin 3.86 239 274          
Labour Tim Mulcahy 2.63 163            
Electorate: 9,009   Valid: 6,195 (68.76%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,033   Turnout: 6,265 (69.54%)

Dromore[]

Dromore - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael Paul Conmy* 23.16 890 951 985  
Fine Gael Mary Barrett* 23.08 887 1,110    
Independent Gabriel Healy 19.67 756 874 927 937
Fianna Fáil Joe Queenan 18.58 714 882 944 951
Fianna Fáil Michael Clarke 15.51 596      
Electorate: 5,256   Valid: 3,843 (73.12%)   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 961   Turnout: 3,896 (74.12%)

Sligo Drumcliff[]

Sligo Drumcliff - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Joe Leonard* 21.76 1,482            
Fianna Fáil Dr. Jimmy Devins* 16.50 1,124            
Fianna Fáil Patsy Barry* 13.55 923 1,127          
Fine Gael Ita Fox* 9.38 639 719 746 773 835 984  
Labour Brian Scanlon 8.41 573 583 584 600 708 747 817
Fianna Fáil Pádraig Branley 7.93 540 562 596 643 706 757 992
Fianna Fáil Cyril O'Connor 6.14 418 438 447 475 500 552  
Fine Gael John Peyton 5.84 398 439 450 465 479    
Fine Gael Barnes Murphy 5.54 377 443 466 478 522 653 738
Labour John Harrison 4.95 337 402 450 455      
Electorate: 11,084   Valid: 6,811 (61.45%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 974   Turnout: 6,966 (62.85%)

Sligo Strandhill[]

Sligo Strandhill - 7 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fine Gael Tony McLoughlin* 20.16 1,641                
Labour Declan Bree* 19.00 1,547                
Sinn Féin Seán MacManus 14.81 1,206                
Fine Gael Jim McGarry* 13.08 1,065                
Fine Gael John Perry 8.12 661 951 1,095            
Fianna Fáil Albert Higgins 7.90 643 726 802 831 842 851 879 922 1,086
Fianna Fáil Seamus Kilgannon* 4.97 405 460 510 531 543 551 575 593 691
Fianna Fáil Michael McDonald 4.78 389 469 518 548 561 566 574 591  
Fianna Fáil Roddy McGuinn 4.57 372 430 538 593 605 619 638 697 814
Progressive Democrats Jim Lawlor 1.42 116 153 186 199 212 216      
Progressive Democrats Tony Clarke 1.18 96 116 185 225 241 248 302    
Electorate: 13,013   Valid: 8,141 (62.56%)   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 1,018   Turnout: 8,285 (63.67%)

Tobercurry[]

Tobercurry - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Margaret Gormley* 22.56 1,193            
Fine Gael Joe Cawley* 12.80 677 703 753 864 994 1,148  
Fianna Fáil Aidan Colleary* 11.72 620 627 719 745 875 1,087  
Fianna Fáil Syl Mulligan* 10.42 551 561 597 689 712    
Fine Gael Michael Fleming* 10.04 531 553 590 731 841 924 977
Fianna Fáil Helen Brennan 9.49 502 511 588 604 714 862 899
Independent Colm O'Donnell 7.98 422 440 512 548      
Fine Gael Brendan Kivlehan 7.64 404 419 436        
Fianna Fáil Joe Shannon 7.35 389 417          
Electorate: 6,582   Valid: 5,289 (80.36%)   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,058   Turnout: 5,341 (81.15%)

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