1999 Kilkenny County Council election

An election to Kilkenny County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1999 Kilkenny County Council election
10 June 1999
All 26 seats to Kilkenny County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Seats won 12 11 1
Seat change - +1 -3
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 2
Seat change +2
Map showing the area of Kilkenny County Council
Council control before election

Fine Gael
Labour Party

 Council control after election

Fianna Fáil
Independents

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 - 14,216 43.46%
Fine Gael 11 +1 10,855 33.18%
Labour 1 -3 3,601 11.01%
Independent 2 +2 2,055 6.28%
Totals 26 - 32,714 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Ballyragget
Ballyragget - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Fine Gael Mary Hilda Cavanagh* 22.21 1,431          
Fine Gael Dan Brennan* 12.68 817 859 876 908 957 962
Labour Maurice Shortall 12.23 788 802 844 892 940 944
Fianna Fáil Pat Millea* 11.66 751 812 945 1,359    
Fianna Fáil Martin Carroll 11.61 748 756 965 1,087    
Fine Gael Catherine Connery 10.32 665 753 873 917 953 957
Fianna Fáil Brigid Murphy* 10.00 644 664        
Fianna Fáil Seán Warren 9.28 598 722 804      
Electorate: 10,997   Valid: 6,442 (58.58%)   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 1,074   Turnout: 6,547 (59.53%)

    Callan
    Callan - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12
    Fianna Fáil Liam AylwardTD 30.68 1,282  
    Fianna Fáil James Brett* 25.59 1,069  
    Fine Gael Tom Maher* 23.53 983 1,079
    Fine Gael Philip Brennan 16.28 680 786
    Green Phyllida Clarke 3.93 164 199
    Electorate: 7,426   Valid: 4,178 (56.26%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 1,045   Turnout: 4,239 (57.08%)

      Kilkenny
      Kilkenny - 7 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Fianna Fáil John McGuinness TD* 19.41 1,678                
      Fianna Fáil John Coonan 13.34 1,153                
      Labour Joe Cody* 12.65 1,093                
      Fine Gael Phil HoganTD* 12.07 1,043 1,104              
      Fine Gael Paul Cuddihy 9.27 801 852 861 867 869 928 979 991 1,150
      Fianna Fáil Michael Lanigan, Jnr 9.00 778 1,041 1,066 1,071 1,072 1,114      
      Fine Gael Pat Crotty 6.09 526 561 568 572 573 597 654 660 766
      Independent Teresa Mullen 6.00 519 556 563 565 566 596 698 702 865
      Labour Tony Patterson 4.81 416 473 480 483 489 545 625 634  
      Fianna Fáil John Eardly 4.27 369 445 459 461 462 492      
      Progressive Democrats John Murphy 3.09 267 284 287 288 288        
      Electorate: 17,083   Valid: 8,643 (50.59%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,081   Turnout: 8,777 (51.38%)

        Piltown
        Piltown - 6 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        Fianna Fáil Bobby Aylward* 16.79 1,105              
        Fine Gael Dick Dowling* 13.69 901 916 936 962        
        Fine Gael John Paul Phelan 10.91 718 734 757 771 777 831 850 910
        Fianna Fáil Cora Long 10.58 696 726 731 745 746 782 811 968
        Fine Gael Pat Dunphy 10.35 681 685 701 718 723 734 760 790
        Fianna Fáil Ann Blackmore* 9.47 623 670 678 696 697 730 742 895
        Labour Tomás Breathnach* 7.45 566 572 581 615 617 624 705 752
        Fianna Fáil Tommy Knox 6.81 448 461 465 479 481 605 669  
        Workers' Party Davy Walsh 4.09 269 272 276 313 316 325    
        Fianna Fáil Richard Fitzgerald 4.09 269 292 300 306 307      
        Green Afra Cronin 2.98 196 197 198          
        Independent Peter McDonald 1.64 108 113            
        Electorate: 12,251   Valid: 6,580 (53.71%)   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 941   Turnout: 6,692 (54.62%)

          Thomastown
          Thomastown - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678
          Independent Dixie Doyle 15.07 922 943 947 982 1,004 1,073    
          Fianna Fáil Tom Brennan 11.46 701 709 713 766 776 971 987 1,032
          Fine Gael Billy Ireland* 11.13 681 703 708 731 828 872 876 926
          Fine Gael Andy Cotterell* 10.48 641 675 681 705 819 868 881 954
          Fianna Fáil Joan Murphy 8.34 510 513 551 586 651 775 786 1,078
          Independent Denis Coady 8.27 506 535 584 597 689 713 714  
          Fianna Fáil Kevin Fennelly* 8.16 499 510 513 588 602      
          Labour Michael O'Brien* 7.75 474 518 626 657 679 725 733 825
          Fine Gael John Meaney 6.54 400 414 459 465        
          Fianna Fáil Paddy Daly 4.69 287 304 306          
          Labour Thomas Prendergast 4.32 264 275            
          Green Kevin Knox 3.79 232              
          Electorate: 10,825   Valid: 6,117 (56.51%)   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 1,020   Turnout: 6,212 (57.31%)
            Preceded by
            1991 Kilkenny County Council election            		 Kilkenny County Council elections Succeeded by
            2004 Kilkenny County Council election
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