Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
1991 Laois County Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png)
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All 25 seats on Laois County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour | Seats won | 13 | 9 | 1 | Seat change | -1 | - | - | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Party | Progressive Democrats | Independent | Seats won | 1 | 1 | Seat change | +1 | - | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Laois_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Laois_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Laois County Council |
Council control before election Fianna Fáil | Council control after election Fianna Fáil | |
An election to Laois County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 25 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.[1][2]
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | 13 | -1 | 11,454 | 49.33 | |
| Fine Gael | 9 | - | 7,910 | 34.07 | |
| Labour | 1 | - | 1,672 | 7.20 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 1 | +1 | 944 | 4.07 | |
| Independent | 1 | - | 1,239 | 5.34 | |
Totals | 25 | - | 23,219 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local 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 | Liam Hyland TD* | 18% | 1,219 | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Jimmy Kelly* | 12.2% | 828 | 856 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Kieran Phelan | 11.1% | 751 | 816 | 818 | 861 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | William Mansfield* | 10.7% | 728 | 749 | 751 | 819 | 826 | 898 | | | |
| Labour | Larry Kavanagh | 8.8% | 594 | 617 | 618 | 630 | 631 | 729 | 735 | 844 | 917 |
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon Rafter* | 8% | 539 | 590 | 591 | 629 | 633 | 638 | 638 | 726 | 754 |
| Fine Gael | Marty Phelan | 7% | 476 | 513 | 513 | 576 | 576 | 601 | 612 | 644 | 902 |
| Fine Gael | Stephen Murphy | 6.11 | 411 | 425 | 425 | 433 | 433 | 455 | 487 | 496 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Fennelly | 5.8% | 392 | 446 | 447 | 447 | 451 | 457 | 457 | 555 | 624 |
| Fianna Fáil | Fintan Phelan* | 4.4% | 299 | 365 | 366 | 376 | 377 | 412 | 413 | | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick McMahon* | 4% | 272 | 276 | 276 | 278 | 278 | | | | |
| Independent | Peter Loughman | 3.9% | 267 | 275 | 275 | | | | | | |
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 |
| Fianna Fáil | Ray Cribbin* | 27.7% | 1,047 | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Cathy Honan | 17.3% | 652 | 725 | 896 |
| Fine Gael | Jim Buggie* | 16.3% | 616 | 624 | 750 |
| Fianna Fáil | Theresa Mulhare | 15.3% | 579 | 742 | 770 |
| Labour | Paddy Bray | 13.5% | 512 | 515 | 590 |
| Fine Gael | Sam Gee | 6.5% | 245 | 268 | |
| Labour | Anthony Martin | 3.4% | 128 | 149 | |
Electorate: 6,413 Valid: 3,779 (58.93%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 756 Turnout: 3,813 (59.29%) |
Luggacurren
Luggacurren- 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Fianna Fáil | James Cooney* | 15.9% | 600 | 629 | 758 | | | |
| Fine Gael | John Moran | 15.5% | 585 | 661 | 693 | 843 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Rohan* | 15.3% | 575 | 581 | 626 | 663 | 667 | 679 |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Wheatley* | 13% | 491 | 538 | 631 | 674 | 678 | 690 |
| Fine Gael | James Daly | 12.7% | 478 | 552 | 575 | 742 | 822 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Redmond | 9.8% | 368 | 382 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Senator Charles McDonald* | 9.5% | 358 | 394 | 431 | | | |
| Labour | Tony O'Brien | 7.9% | 299 | | | | | |
| Independent | Thomas McCormack | 0.4% | 16 | | | | | |
Electorate: 5,972 Valid: 3,770 (63.13%) Spoilt: 35 Quota: 755 Turnout: 3,805 (63.71%) |
Portlaoise
Portlaoise - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Dunne* | 30.5% | 1,316 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | William Aird* | 14.5% | 625 | 684 | 685 | 698 | 741 | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Tom Keenan* | 14.5% | 624 | 686 | 688 | 711 | 747 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Jacob | 7.3% | 314 | 489 | 489 | 500 | 517 | 519 | 521 | 534 | 559 | 703 |
| Fianna Fáil | Jerry Lodge* | 7.1% | 304 | 436 | 436 | 450 | 466 | 472 | 476 | 518 | 549 | 678 |
| Progressive Democrats | Assumpta Broomfield | 6.8% | 292 | 314 | 314 | 325 | 338 | 343 | 346 | 397 | 464 | 493 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Fitzgibbon | 5.9% | 254 | 331 | 331 | 338 | 341 | 341 | 342 | 350 | 373 | |
| Fine Gael | Ger O'Donoghue | 4.3% | 187 | 198 | 198 | 205 | 221 | 233 | 246 | 267 | | |
| Labour | Tom Phelan | 3.2% | 139 | 151 | 151 | 178 | 184 | 186 | 188 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Anthony Dunne | 3% | 129 | 150 | 152 | 165 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Joe McCormack | 2.8% | 120 | 145 | 149 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Joseph Bannan | 0.2% | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 7,588 Valid: 4,312 (56.83%) Spoilt: 24 Quota: 719 Turnout: 4,336 (57.14%) |
Tinnahinch
Tinnahinch- 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Fianna Fáil | John Moloney* | 26.6% | 1,217 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Lalor | 15.4% | 704 | 719 | 725 | 872 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus McDonald* | 14.6% | 671 | 911 | | |
| Fine Gael | Charles Flanagan TD* | 14.6% | 670 | 761 | 780 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Digan* | 11.3% | 518 | 584 | 694 | 785 |
| Fine Gael | David Goodwin* | 10.1 | 462 | 498 | 509 | 594 |
| Fine Gael | William Daly | 7.4% | 340 | 345 | 346 | |
Electorate: 6,381 Valid: 4,582 (71.81%) Spoilt: 44 Quota: 764 Turnout: 4,626 (72.5%) |
References
- ^ Local Government Act 1994, s. 20: Year of elections to all local authorities (No. 8 of 1994, s. 20). Enacted on 29 April 1994. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
- ^ Local Government Act 1998, s. 10: Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 (No. 16 of 1998, s. 10). Enacted on 29 May 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
External links
- Official website[permanent dead link]
- irishelectionliterature