1999 South Tipperary County Council election

An election to South Tipperary 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 South Tipperary County Council election

10 June 1999
All 26 seats to South Tipperary County Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Seats won 12 9 1 Seat change +2 - -3   Party Independent Seats won 4 Seat change +1
Map showing the area of South Tipperary County Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	12	+2	14,909	40.15%
	Fine Gael	9	-	10,419	28.06%
	Labour	1	-3	4,575	12.32%
	Independent	4	+1	6,575	17.71%
Totals		26	-	37,129	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Cahir

Cahir - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Anglim*	24.42	1,475
	Fianna Fáil	Mattie McGrath	16.03	968	1,058	1,255
	Fianna Fáil	Barry O'Brien	15.60	942	995	1,137	1,274
	Fine Gael	Liam Ahearn	12.75	770	806	861	1,020	1,045
	Fine Gael	Dan Costigan	11.14	673	696	805	1,074	1,114
	Labour	Seanie Lonergan	11.14	673	700	736
	Fianna Fáil	Andy Moloney	8.92	539	576
Electorate: 9,184   Valid: 6,040 (65.77%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 1,209   Turnout: 6,115 (66.58%)

Cashel

Cashel - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Jack Crowe*	21.62	1,444
	Fine Gael	Tom Hayes*	18.36	1,226	1,273	1,377
	Fine Gael	Tom Wood*	16.14	1,078	1,093	1,140	1,329	1,345
	Fianna Fáil	Dr.Seán McCarthy*	12.75	1,022	1,031	1,194	1,311	1,319
	Fianna Fáil	Roger Kennedy	10.99	734	746	917	1,126	1,143
	Labour	Pat Barry	9.36	625	638	683
	Fianna Fáil	Bridie Hammersley*	8.23	550	562
Electorate: 10,808   Valid: 6,679 (61.80%)   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,336   Turnout: 6,772 (62.66%)

Clonmel

Clonmel - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Workers and Unemployed Action	Seamus Healy*	17.17	1,525
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Ambrose*	13.32	1,183
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Norris*	12.20	1,084	1,111
	Fine Gael	Seán Nyhan	7.58	673	705	712	718	736	753	787	808	848	905	975	1,025	1,078
	Fine Gael	Derry Foley	7.20	640	648	654	658	668	674	685	689	701	765	809	842	855
	Fianna Fáil	Niall Dennehy	5.61	498	519	520	542	552	564	594	610	630	681	865	940	974
	Workers and Unemployed Action	Phil Prendergast	5.21	463	516	526	529	540	587	620	739	914	990	1,046	1,336
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Lennon	5.02	446	470	475	486	499	505	523	532	551	595
	Independent	Ted Boyle*	4.73	420	445	451	463	476	493	532	553	592	656	719	787	817
	Progressive Democrats	Tina Whitford	4.06	361	374	382	386	396	422	467	488	510
	Workers and Unemployed Action	Billy Shoer	3.52	313	345	348	349	362	387	406	486	575	635	678
	Workers and Unemployed Action	Alison Byrne	3.05	271	322	327	330	337	370	404	485
	Workers and Unemployed Action	Brian O'Donnell	2.94	261	337	338	339	349	385	397
	Labour	Anne Taylor	2.74	243	256	271	273	332	345
	Independent	Terri O'Neill	2.54	226	248	253	254	266
	Labour	Jimmy Keating	2.04	181	195	211	213
	Labour	Canice Egan	1.08	96	99
Electorate: 15,142   Valid: 8,884 (58.67%)   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 1,111   Turnout: 9,023 (59.59%)

Fethard

Fethard - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Denis Landy*	14.78	1,247
	Fianna Fáil	Susan Meagher*	13.19	1,113	1,114	1,118	1,129	1,203	1,274
	Independent	Eddie O'Meara	10.40	877	878	881	891	944	997	1,083	1,124
	Independent	Waltie Moloney	9.78	825	825	825	831	860	883	919	941
	Fianna Fáil	Denis Bourke*	9.27	782	793	794	893	899	982	1,003	1,217
	Fianna Fáil	Pat O'Meara	8.71	735	736	739	745	765	847	1,038	1,057
	Fine Gael	John Dowley	5.64	560	566	571	643	688	762	777
	Labour	Noel Quinlan	5.64	560	566	578	589	617	628
	Fine Gael	John Fahey	5.61	558	559	569	579	736	742	850	1,121
	Fine Gael	Noel Fitzgerald	5.07	428	428	436	442
	Fianna Fáil	Dick Tobin	4.85	409	412	412	444	452
	Progressive Democrats	Tony Kehoe	3.43	289	300	302
	Independent	Sean Clancy	0.63	53	53
Electorate: 13,749   Valid: 8,436 (61.36%)   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,206   Turnout: 8,587 (62.46%)

Tipperary

Tipperary - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Michael Fitzgerald*	16.87	1,196
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Maguire*	13.54	960	980	1,071	1,074	1,209
	Fianna Fáil	Joe Donovan	12.96	919	943	974	976	1,039	1,047	1,290
	Independent	Christy Kinahan*	12.81	908	1,018	1,141	1,142	1,173	1,175	1,277
	Fine Gael	Brendan Griffin*	8.42	597	630	726	731	929	935	1,067	1,126
	Labour	Mick Byrnes	7.94	563	674	703	704	796	804	874	906
	Fine Gael	John Clancy	8.12	576	587	608	609
	Fianna Fáil	Bernie Doherty	7.76	550	582	616	617	657	660
	Independent	Denis Leahy	6.12	434	459
	Labour	Billy Bourke	5.46	387
Electorate: 11,436   Valid: 7,090 (62.00%)   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 1,182   Turnout: 7,193 (62.90%)

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