1991 Donegal County Council election

An election to Donegal County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 29 councillors were elected from six electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1991 Donegal County Council election

27 June 1991
All 29 seats to Donegal County Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Independent Fianna Fáil Seats won 11 9 4 Seat change - - -1   Party Sinn Féin Workers' Party Labour Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change -1 - +1   Party Independent Seats won 2 Seat change +1
Map showing the area of Donegal County Council
Council control before election Fianna Fáil Council control after election Fianna Fáil

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	11	-	20,636	36.20%
	Fine Gael	9	-	14,096	24.72%
	Independent Fianna Fáil	4	-1	11,760	20.63%
	Sinn Féin	1	-1	2,605	4.57%
	Workers' Party	1	-	1,427	2.5%
	Labour	1	+1	1,317	2.31%
	Independent	2	+1	4,792	8.41%
Totals		29	-	57,013	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

• Sitting in italics

Buncrana

Buncrana - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh Conaghan*	14.9%	1,733
	Fine Gael	Bernard McGuinness*	13.1%	1,524	1,544	1,545	1,746
	Sinn Féin	Jim Ferry	11.6%	1,344	1,390	1,398	1,405	1,501	1,503	1,668
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Keaveney*	9.3%	1,082	1,218	1,229	1,420	1,445	1,461	1,624	1,751
	Fianna Fáil	Denis McGonagle*	9.0%	1,046	1,053	1,056	1,064	1,084	1,084	1,181	1,519
	Fine Gael	Seamus Gill*	8.3%	958	962	966	1,021	1,138	1,199	1,348	1,384
	Fianna Fáil	John McLaughlin	7.7%	888	899	901	919	943	947	990
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Albert Doherty	6.9%	798	864	871	880	999	1,002	1,031	1,240
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Doherty	6.4%	740	759	792	798	923	926
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Philip Diggin	5.0%	579	611	617	623
	Fine Gael	Mary McGroarty	4.3%	503	536	537
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Conal Gillespie	3.5%	403
Electorate: 19,588   Valid: 11,598 (59.21%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 1,657   Turnout: 11,757 (60.02%)

Donegal

Donegal - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Fianna Fáil	Mary CoughlanTD*	14.7%	1,747
	Fianna Fáil	Sean McEniff*	12.5%	1,484	1,489	1,496	1,547	1,550	1,673	1,679	1,686	1,893
	Fine Gael	Colm Gallagher*	10.1%	1,196	1,205	1,267	1,273	1,284	1,293	1,329	1,515	1,564	1,564	1,818
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Kennedy*	9.9%	1,168	1,185	1,210	1,210	1,213	1,227	1,248	1,274	1,320	1,340	1,356
	Fine Gael	Frank O'Kelly*	9.2%	1,085	1,086	1,091	1,121	1,124	1,171	1,180	1,205	1,337	1,390	1,515
	Fianna Fáil	James McBrearty*	8.7%	1,026	1,029	1,035	1,037	1,129	1,133	1,174	1,204	1,224	1,233	1,564
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy McCloskey	6.2%	732	738	741	744	760	761	909	1,038	1,058	1,153	1,214
	Fine Gael	Patrick McShane	6.1%	718	719	720	720	796	803	885	1,022	1,049	1,050
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Donal Kelly	4.8%	569	571	579	601	668	794	799	817
	Fine Gael	John Boyle	4.7%	552	556	560	563	569	571	677
	Independent	Tommy Murphy	3.8%	456	458	463	477	477	477
	Independent	Joe O'Neill	3.2%	377	377	403	465	472
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Byrne	2.7%	318	319	329	333
	Fine Gael	Michael Mulhern	1.9%	220	221	226
	Independent	Tom Kennedy	1.7%	202
Electorate: 18,138   Valid: 11,850 (65.33%)   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 1,693   Turnout: 11,981 (66.05%)

Glenties

Glenties - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Connell Boyle*	13.1%	1,528	1,529	1,547	1,703
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Brennan	12.3%	1,427	1,441	1,443	1,592	1,629	1,677
	Workers' Party	Seamus Rogers*	12.2%	1,425	1,453	1,599	1,724
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Paddy Kelly	10.1%	1,175	1,285	1,339	1,446	1,452	1,489	1,526
	Fianna Fáil	James Breslin	8.7%	1,010	1,037	1,077	1,106	1,114	1,299	1,363
	Fine Gael	Maureen Doohan*	8.0%	932	1,046	1,061	1,070	1,073	1,095	1,435
	Independent	Fred Coll	7.7%	899	915	1,013	1,022	1,027	1,231	1,513
	Fine Gael	Pádraig Doherty	7.5%	873	885	921	933	934	1,024
	Fianna Fáil	Feardorca O'Colla	6.1%	709	787	839	842	843
	Independent Fianna Fáil	John Boyle	5.5%	635	638	673
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Doherty	4.7%	543	547
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh McGarvey	4.1%	483	444	447
Electorate: 19,969   Valid: 11,639 (58.29%)   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 1,663   Turnout: 11,771 (59.95%)

Letterkenny

Letterkenny - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Independent	Jim Devenney	12.9%	1,775
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Patrick McGowan*	11.7%	1,611	1,614	1,689	1,691	1,704	1,727
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Danny Harkin*	10.8%	1,489	1,491	1,512	1,519	1,534	1,558	1,640	1,770
	Labour	Seán Maloney	9.6%	1,317	1,344	1,362	1,364	1,470	1,625	1,683	1,809
	Fine Gael	Paddy Harte*	9.5%	1,309	1,364	1,402	1,427	1,476	1,527	1,565	1,592	1,601	1,713
	Fine Gael	J.J. Reid*	8.2%	1,136	1,164	1,182	1,191	1,215	1,233	1,318	1,338	1,349	1,384
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard McGlinchey*	7.9%	1,087	1,103	1,175	1,176	1,204	1,254	1,294	1,418	1,446	1,563
	Sinn Féin	Liam McElhinney*	6.9%	946	950	956	956	971	982	1,028	1,067	1,075	1,216
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Charles Meehan	6.1%	844	847	858	861	866	873	880	965	980
	Independent Fianna Fáil	James Larkin	3.8%	520	537	541	541	553	610	632
	Independent	Eileen Gillespie	3.2%	439	440	444	446	517	544
	Independent	P.J. Blake	3.1%	424	438	444	444	473
	Green	Rory Brophy	2.8%	382	397	404	405
	Fianna Fáil	Billy Patterson	2.2%	300	306
	Fine Gael	Joe O'Donnell	1.5%	203
Electorate: 24,915   Valid: 13,782 (55.32%)   Spoilt: 158   Quota: 1,723   Turnout: 13,940 (55.95%)

Milford

Milford - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Edward O'Donnell*	19.8%	1,615	1,667
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Harry Blaney*	18.9%	1,540	1,613	1,641
	Fianna Fáil	Noel McGinley*	18.5%	1,506	1,531	1,597	1,851
	Fine Gael	Joachim Loughrey*	11.4%	926	935	1,298	1,370
	Fianna Fáil	Elizabeth Grier	10.5%	857	887	975	1,038
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Sean McGee	9.0%	732	814	837
	Fine Gael	Lexie Diver	9.0%	653	659
	Sinn Féin	Pat Doherty	3.9%	315
Electorate: 12,016   Valid: 8,144 (69.36%)   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 1,629   Turnout: 8,246 (70.12%)

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