1999 Longford County Council election

An election to Longford County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1999 Longford County Council election
10 June 1999
All 21 seats to Longford County Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Progressive Democrats
Seats won 10 8 1
Seat change +2 -1 +1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Republican Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change - -2
Map showing the area of Longford County Council
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Fine Gael 10 +2 7,146 41.26%
Fianna Fáil 8 -1 7,392 42.68%
Progressive Democrats 1 +1 717 4.14%
Republican Sinn Féin 1 - 478 2.76%
Independent 1 -2 1,533 8.85%
Totals 21 - 17,320 100% —

Results by Electoral Area

Ballymahon
Ballymahon - 6 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910
Fine Gael James Bannon* 22.31 1,211                  
Fianna Fáil Barney Steele* 12.76 693 738 741 744 758 761 775 849    
Fine Gael Patrick Belton 11.73 637 798                
Fine Gael Adrian Farrell* 11.07 601 621 629 651 658 693 776      
Fine Gael Seán Farrell* 10.83 588 644 649 651 659 676 691 787    
Fianna Fáil John Nolan* 6.47 351 394 396 402 413 427 460 534 560 632
Independent Patrick Walsh 6.28 341 360 360 363 368 375 380 395 400  
Fianna Fáil Pat Farrell 5.18 281 338 339 343 349 355 373 431 451 507
Fianna Fáil John Kenny 5.14 279 293 294 297 304 320 369      
Fianna Fáil Pat O'Sullivan 3.78 205 206 206 207 210 240        
Independent Tom Feeney 2.23 121 125 125 135 140          
Independent Michael Brennan 1.23 67 79 81 82            
Labour Michael Coffey 0.99 54 57 57              
Electorate: 7,379   Valid: 5,429 (73.57%)   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 776   Turnout: 5,492 (74.43%)

    Drumlish
    Drumlish - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    Fianna Fáil Luie McEntire* 32.00 736    
    Fine Gael Gerry Brady* 28.26 650    
    Republican Sinn Féin Seán Lynch* 14.10 478 532 579
    Fianna Fáil Benny Reid 18.96 436 542 569
    Electorate: 3,358   Valid: 2,300 (68.49%)   Spoilt: 15   Quota: 576   Turnout: 2,315 (69.94%)

      Granard
      Granard - 5 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      Fine Gael Frank Kilbride 16.58 669 721    
      Fine Gael Maura Kilbride-Harkin* 15.96 644 688    
      Fine Gael Martin Farrell 14.75 595 607 719  
      Fianna Fáil Jimmy Coyle* 13.41 541 577 718  
      Independent Noel Greene 11.95 482 490 514 527
      Fianna Fáil Brian Lynch* 11.03 445 544 629 651
      Fianna Fáil John Doherty 8.70 351 395    
      Fianna Fáil Fintan Flood* 7.63 308      
      Electorate: 5,808   Valid: 4,035 (69.47%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 673   Turnout: 4,103 (70.64%)

        Longford
        Longford- 7 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        Fianna Fáil Denis Glennon 13.95 775        
        Fianna Fáil Michael Nevin* 13.23 735        
        Fine Gael Alan Mitchell 13.12 729        
        Progressive Democrats Mae Sexton* 12.90 717        
        Fianna Fáil Peter Kelly* 12.87 715        
        Fine Gael Victor Kiernan* 9.49 527 539 545 619 746
        Independent Peter Murphy* 9.40 522 538 547 574 623
        Fianna Fáil Helen Quinn 6.01 334 359 371 428 487
        Fine Gael Peggy Nolan 5.31 295 309 317 337  
        Fianna Fáil Noel Conway 3.73 207 220 225    
        Electorate: 8,598   Valid: 5,556 (64.62%)   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 695   Turnout: 5,642 (65.62%)
          Preceded by
          1991 Longford County Council election          		 Longford County Council elections Succeeded by
          2004 Longford County Council election
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