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1991 South Tipperary County Council election

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Part of the 1991 Irish local elections
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1991 South Tipperary County Council election
← 1985 27 June 1991 1999 →
All 26 seats on South Tipperary County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 10 9 4
Seat change Decrease4 Increase1 Increase1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Workers and Unemployed Independent
Seats won 1 2
Seat change Increase1 Increase1
Area of South Tipperary County Council

An election to all 26 seats on South Tipperary County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of the 1991 Irish local elections. South Tipperary was divided into five local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors 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.

Results by party

Party Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 10 Decrease4 13,553 37.83
Fine Gael 9 Increase1 10,281 28.70
Labour 4 Increase1 6,561 18.30
Workers and Unemployed 1 Increase1 1,582 4.42
Independent 2 Increase1 2,304 6.43
Total 26 Steady 35,823 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Cahir

Cahir - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fine Gael Theresa Ahearn TD* 21.03% 1,334        
Fianna Fáil Sen. Seán Byrne* 15.67% 994 1,029 1,106    
Fianna Fáil Con Donovan* 13.2% 837 863 892 901 979
Fianna Fáil Michael Anglim 12.72% 807 840 944 965 1,082
Fianna Fáil Mattie McGrath* 10.89% 691 714 787 799 851
Labour Ernest Alton 10.44% 662 686 745 748  
Fine Gael Sean Sampson* 9.44% 599 689 766 769 1,140
Progressive Democrats Tom Lonergan 6.61% 419 464      
Electorate: 9,103   Valid: 6,343 (69.68%)   Spoilt: 60   Quota: 1,058   Turnout: 6,403 (70.34%)  

Cashel

Cashel - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fine Gael Jack Crowe* 19.4% 1,298                
Fianna Fáil Sen. Seán McCarthy* 18.34% 1,226                
Fine Gael Tom Wood 9.53% 637 663 676 686 731 759 950 1,030 1,088
Fine Gael Tom Hayes 7.85% 525 586 598 603 655 688 828 880 959
Fianna Fáil Timmy Hammersley* 7.78% 520 543 569 585 618 729 761 958 1,258
Fine Gael Maureen O'Donoghue 7.49% 501 509 560 568 588 617 642 720 794
Fianna Fáil Josephine Quinlan 7.2% 481 502 518 529 542 588 613 688  
Fine Gael Catherine McLoughlin 5.27% 352 367 371 375 451 466      
Progressive Democrats John Bergin 4.8% 321 326 329 332          
Fianna Fáil William McInerney 4.8% 320 326 368 405 444 556 580    
Fianna Fáil Roger Kennedy 4.65% 311 323 347 364 398        
Sinn Féin Michael Browne 2.89% 193 199              
Electorate: 9,963   Valid: 6,685 (67.1%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 1,115   Turnout: 6,733 (67.58%)  

Clonmel

Clonmel - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Workers and Unemployed Séamus Healy 20.97% 1,582              
Fianna Fáil Noel Davern TD* 14.13% 1,066 1,085 1,127 1,156 1,276      
Fianna Fáil Tom Ambrose* 10.6% 796 807 830 847 972 1,017 1,130 1,271
Independent Ted Boyle 9.52% 718 751 785 864 899 969 1,132 1,408
Labour Sean Lyons* 7.12% 537 562 630 734 766 821 925 1,116
Fine Gael Johnny Kehoe* 6.98% 527 530 549 560 568 740 811  
Progressive Democrats Niall Dennehy 6.26% 472 489 510 535 556 621    
Independent Brian O'Donnell 6% 452 621 644 700 724 761 835 874
Fine Gael Dominic O'Hara 5.86% 442 447 466 479 486      
Fianna Fáil Michael Kennedy 4.69% 354 363 372 392        
Labour Jimmy Keating 4.02% 303 323 368          
Labour Mary-Ann Burke 3.92% 296 309            
Electorate: 12,368   Valid: 7,545 (61%)   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 1,258   Turnout: 7,610 (61.53%)  

Fethard

Fethard - 6 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fianna Fáil Ned Meagher* 17.7% 1,449              
Labour Ned Brennan* 16.6% 1,360              
Fine Gael John Holohan* 16.05% 1,314              
Labour Denis Landy 9.63% 788 793 882 887 988 1,048 1,234  
Fianna Fáil Denis Bourke* 8.25% 675 719 728 731 793 837 1,074 1,103
Fine Gael Jimmy Hogan* 7.93% 649 657 673 744 821 919 1,037 1,065
Fianna Fáil Dick Tobin* 7.67% 628 730 746 769 781 877 1,002 1,009
Fianna Fáil Patsy Murphy 7.09% 580 617 623 628 712 750    
Progressive Democrats Jack Murphy 4.58% 375 455 504 537 558      
Independent Jack Lalor 4.5% 368 371 376 380        
Electorate: 12,561   Valid: 8,186 (65.17%)   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,170   Turnout: 8,273 (65.86%)  

Tipperary

Tipperary - 5 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Michael Ferris TD* 25.84% 1,825            
Fine Gael Brendan Griffin 11.86% 838 954 966 975 1,128 1,252  
Fine Gael Michael Fitzgerald* 11.49% 812 880 885 974 1,070 1,150 1,181
Fianna Fáil Michael Maguire* 11.48% 811 867 869 1,000 1,073 1,220  
Independent Christy Kinahan 10.84% 766 872 904 918 936 1,080 1,106
Fianna Fáil John Wallace 9.77% 690 750 764 862 915 1,023 1,040
Labour Thady Byrnes 6.64% 469 652 674 682 732    
Fine Gael P.J. Maher 8.12 6% 451 452 456      
Fianna Fáil Dan O'Keeffe 4.86% 343 363 365        
Workers' Party Peadar O'Donnell 1.17% 83 97          
Electorate: 10,571   Valid: 7,064 (66.8%)   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 1,178   Turnout: 7,131 (67.46%)  

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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

Local elections in County Tipperary
Tipperary County Council
North Tipperary County Council
South Tipperary County Council
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