Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
1991 Limerick Corporation election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png)
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← 1985 | 27 June 1991 | 1999 → |
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All 17 seats on Limerick City Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Labour | Fine Gael | Progressive Democrats | Seats won | 5 | 4 | 3 | Seat change | +4 | -2 | +3 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Workers' Party | Independent | Seats won | 2 | 1 | 2 | Seat change | -3 | +1 | 0 | | | Seventh party | | | | | Party | Democratic Socialist | | Seats won | 0 | | Seat change | -3 | | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Limerick_City_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Limerick_City_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Limerick City Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Limerick City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 17 councillors were elected from four 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% | ±% |
| Labour | 5 | +4 | 4,822 | 22.94 | |
| Fine Gael | 4 | -2 | 4,618 | 21.97 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 3 | +3 | 2,765 | 13.15 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 2 | -3 | 4,267 | 20.30 | |
| Workers' Party | 1 | +1 | 751 | 3.57 | |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 3,518 | 16.74 | |
| Democratic Socialist | 0 | -3 | N/A | N/A | |
Totals | 17 | 0 | 21,019 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Limerick No.1
Limerick No.1 - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Fianna Fáil | Willie O'Dea TD | 23% | 1,104 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | Tim Leddin* | 17.3% | 827 | 843 | 846 | 863 | 867 | 876 | 964 | |
| Labour | Frank Prendergast* | 15% | 719 | 738 | 747 | 767 | 842 | 893 | 1,004 | |
| Progressive Democrats | John Quinn* | 10.9% | 523 | 535 | 536 | 555 | 563 | 602 | 640 | 875 |
| Progressive Democrats | Tim O'Driscoll* | 10.2% | 489 | 502 | 511 | 532 | 557 | 628 | 656 | 756 |
| Progressive Democrats | Frank O'Mahony | 7.3% | 349 | 357 | 361 | 372 | 375 | 377 | 413 | |
| Fine Gael | Mary Prendergast | 6% | 286 | 293 | 298 | 311 | 324 | 334 | | |
| Sinn Féin | Tom Clancy | 4.5% | 217 | 222 | 233 | 237 | 253 | | | |
| Labour | Judy O'Donoghue | 2.8% | 134 | 138 | 153 | 155 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Garrett Ryan | 1.8% | 87 | 146 | 147 | | | | | |
| Workers' Party | David Lee | 1.2% | 58 | 60 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 8,410 Valid: 4,793 (56.99%) Spoilt: 46 Quota: 959 Turnout: 4,837 (57.51%) |
Limerick No.2
Limerick No.2 - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Independent | John Gilligan | 15.4% | 1,115 | 1,126 | 1,138 | 1,147 | 1,160 | 1,174 | 1,188 | 1,212 | | | | | |
| Labour | Jan O'Sullivan* | 12.4% | 894 | 906 | 941 | 952 | 969 | 1,061 | 1,117 | 1,143 | 1,182 | 1,212 | | | |
| Workers' Party | John Ryan | 9.6% | 693 | 699 | 713 | 716 | 738 | 745 | 755 | 772 | 834 | 854 | 1,085 | 1,087 | 1,089 |
| Fine Gael | Gus O'Driscoll* | 9.2% | 666 | 672 | 677 | 711 | 716 | 726 | 802 | 825 | 983 | 1,033 | 1,126 | 1,128 | 1,132 |
| Independent | Michael Crowe | 8.1% | 588 | 592 | 604 | 619 | 643 | 654 | 671 | 695 | 799 | 831 | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Kieran O'Hanlon | 7.5% | 539 | 541 | 545 | 560 | 567 | 616 | 800 | 832 | 851 | 919 | 1,036 | 1,037 | 1,038 |
| Fine Gael | Kevin Kiely* | 6.1% | 443 | 443 | 451 | 474 | 486 | 488 | 494 | 507 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Madden* | 6% | 436 | 439 | 441 | 448 | 489 | 508 | 517 | 637 | 676 | 919 | 1,026 | 1,029 | 1,030 |
| Progressive Democrats | Joan Stockil | 5% | 364 | 369 | 371 | 381 | 389 | 393 | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Kiely | 5% | 362 | 362 | 364 | 375 | 403 | 408 | 415 | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Larry Cross* | 5% | 358 | 359 | 372 | 380 | 412 | 418 | 420 | 533 | 546 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Peggy McInerney | 2.9% | 212 | 214 | 214 | 218 | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Michael McMahon | 2.6% | 189 | 190 | 213 | 224 | 225 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Ronnie Madden | 2.2% | 159 | 163 | 163 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Labour | Joe Bennis | 1.9% | 139 | 140 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Green | Pat O'Doherty | 0.8% | 61 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 12,063 Valid: 7,218 (59.84%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 1,204 Turnout: 7,284 (60.38%) |
Limerick No.3
Limerick No.3 - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Labour | Jim Kemmy TD* | 31.4% | 1,418 | | | | | |
| Independent | Joe Harrington* | 20% | 905 | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jack Bourke* | 12.7% | 574 | 621 | 652 | 675 | 793 | 863 |
| Fine Gael | Ger Fahy* | 11.8% | 533 | 699 | 701 | 707 | 730 | 740 |
| Labour | Frank Leddin | 10.2% | 459 | 754 | 756 | 772 | 791 | 871 |
| Independent | Billy Morgan | 5.5% | 249 | 306 | 315 | 344 | 382 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jim McMahon | 4.1% | 186 | 217 | 224 | 231 | | |
| Fine Gael | Anthony O'Neill | 2.8% | 125 | 143 | 156 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy O'Donovan | 1.5% | 66 | 76 | | | | |
Electorate: 8,405 Valid: 4,515 (53.72%) Spoilt: 40 Quota: 904 Turnout: 4,555 (54.19%) |
Limerick No.4
Limerick No.4 - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fine Gael | Bobby Byrne* | 19.6% | 879 | 883 | 889 | 907 | | | | | |
| Labour | Sean Griffin | 19.4% | 870 | 913 | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Senator Pat Kennedy* | 15.6% | 700 | 709 | 723 | 749 | 810 | 966 | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Dick Sadlier | 11.2% | 501 | 501 | 503 | 532 | 577 | 739 | 744 | 750 | 793 |
| Fianna Fáil | John O'Connor* | 10.3% | 463 | 471 | 493 | 502 | 662 | 735 | 737 | 739 | 763 |
| Independent | Win Harrington* | 9.4% | 421 | 359 | 408 | 429 | 458 | 478 | 519 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Brazier | 7.1% | 318 | 285 | 294 | 297 | 307 | 401 | | | |
| Independent | John McGrath | 3.2% | 142 | 224 | 233 | 240 | 247 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Cremins | 2.2% | 101 | 155 | 161 | 170 | | | | | |
| Independent | Noel Hannan | 2.2% | 98 | 87 | 95 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 8,003 Valid: 4,493 (56.14%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 899 Turnout: 4,522 (56.5%) |
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.
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