Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
1991 Roscommon 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 26 seats on Roscommon County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fine Gael | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Seats won | 11 | 10 | 5 | Seat change | +3 | -3 | - | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Roscommon_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Roscommon_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council |
| Council control after election TBD | |
An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six 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% | ±% |
| Fine Gael | 11 | +3 | 11,229 | 40.33 | |
| Fianna Fáil | 10 | -3 | 11,177 | 40.15 | |
| Independent | 5 | - | 4,934 | 17.72 | |
Totals | 26 | - | 27,840 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Athlone
Athlone - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Fianna Fáil | Senator Michael Finneran* | 31.4% | 1,635 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Senator Liam Naughten* | 30.5% | 1,586 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Paddy Moore | 16.2% | 841 | 996 | 1,405 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Morris* | 11.4% | 592 | 857 | 904 | 980 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael O'Faolain | 10.6% | 550 | 724 | 813 | 907 |
Electorate: 7,034 Valid: 5,204 (73.98%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,041 Turnout: 5,233 (74.40%) |
Ballaghadreen
Ballaghadreen - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Fine Gael | Michael Scally | 20.69 | 1,112 | | | |
| Fine Gael | John Connor* | 20.6% | 839 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Paul Lynch* | 14.7% | 599 | 672 | 743 | 795 |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Dooney* | 13.5% | 550 | 630 | 690 | 803 |
| Independent | Dermot Allman | 10.6% | 430 | 484 | 552 | 652 |
| Independent | Tom McGarry* | 7.0% | 286 | 351 | 389 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Creighton | 6.2% | 252 | 277 | | |
Electorate: 5,583 Valid: 4,068 (62.04%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 815 Turnout: 4,098 (73.4%) |
Boyle
Boyle - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Fine Gael | Kitty Duignan* | 16.4% | 813 | 985 | | | |
| Independent | Paul Beirne | 8.40 | 775 | 840 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Charlie Hopkins | 13.5% | 671 | 733 | 802 | 844 | |
| Fine Gael | Joseph O'Beirne | 10.7% | 529 | 543 | 587 | 599 | 726 |
| Fianna Fáil | Colm O'Donnell* | 10.7% | 529 | 537 | 545 | 649 | 814 |
| Fianna Fáil | Sean McQuaid* | 9.2% | 457 | 479 | 498 | 627 | 792 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tommy Kelly | 9.1% | 452 | 452 | 454 | 519 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Clifford | 7.4% | 369 | 390 | 396 | | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Carty | 7.4% | 368 | | | | |
Electorate: 6,959 Valid: 4,963 (71.32%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 828 Turnout: 5,004 (71.91%) |
Castlerea
Castlerea - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Fine Gael | Michael McGreal* | 19.8% | 748 | 793 | | |
| Fine Gael | Tom Callaghan | 15.9% | 600 | 608 | 648 | 752 |
| Independent | Patrick Moylan* | 15.5% | 583 | 649 | 684 | 787 |
| Independent | Danny Burke | 15.4% | 579 | 598 | 644 | 756 |
| Fianna Fáil | Tony Waldron | 10.1% | 382 | 432 | 570 | 623 |
| Independent | Paddy Concannon* | 9.9% | 372 | 381 | 410 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Liam Satchwell | 6.8% | 257 | 300 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Sloyan | 6.6% | 250 | | | |
Electorate: 5,175 Valid: 3,771 (72.87%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 755 Turnout: 3,805 (73.53%) |
Roscommon
Roscommon - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Independent | Tom Foxe TD | 22.01 | 1,232 | | | | | |
| Independent | Eithne Quinn* | 13.3% | 677 | 890 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Des Bruen* | 12.0% | 608 | 656 | 746 | 799 | 923 | |
| Fine Gael | Dominic Connolly | 11.4% | 578 | 607 | 654 | 745 | 765 | 767 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus McDermott | 9.4% | 476 | 506 | 538 | 575 | 664 | 719 |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Kilduff | 8.7% | 439 | 450 | 498 | 523 | | |
| Fine Gael | Gerry Donnelly | 8.6% | 436 | 450 | 493 | 604 | 784 | 802 |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Walshe* | 6.5% | 331 | 363 | 377 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Anthony Murray* | 5.8% | 295 | 304 | | | | |
Electorate: 7,411 Valid: 5,072 (68.44%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 846 Turnout: 5,108 (68.92%) |
Strokestown
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