1999 Waterford City Council election

An election to Waterford City Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

1999 Waterford City Council election

10 June 1999
All 15 seats to Waterford City Council
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Workers' Party Seats won 4 3 3 Seat change +1 +1 -   Party Labour Progressive Democrats Independent Seats won 2 1 2 Seat change -1 -1 -
Map showing the area of Waterford City Council
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	4	+1	2,679	20.39%
	Fine Gael	3	+1	2,708	20.61%
	Workers' Party	3	-	2,210	16.82%
	Labour	2	-1	1,804	13.73%
	Progressive Democrats	1	-1	504	3.84%
	Independent	2	-	2,785	21.19%
Totals		15	-	13,142	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Waterford No.1

Waterford No.1 - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Pat Hayes*	22.70	847
	Fine Gael	Hilary Quinlan*	21.98	820
	Independent	Michael Duffy	14.77	551	573	593	617	629	659
	Fianna Fáil	Sean Dower	13.32	497	521	524	537	541	762
	Workers' Party	Davy Walsh*	13.21	493	521	547	567	669	709
	Fianna Fáil	Larry Dower*	8.58	320	331	333	343	357
	Workers' Party	Jimmy Houlihan	3.67	137	147	158	164
	Green	Ben Nutty	1.77	66	71
Electorate: 7,941   Valid: 3,731 (46.98%)   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 747   Turnout: 3,797 (47.82%)

Waterford No.2

Waterford No.2 - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Davy Daniels*	31.45	1,523
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Ivory	10.76	521	657	660	668	688	709	744	784
	Progressive Democrats	Oliver Clery	10.41	504	609	612	621	651	685	735	786
	Fine Gael	Tom Cunningham*	10.12	490	584	586	594	676	780	829
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Roche	8.57	415	502	507	530	552	593	648	719
	Green	Brendan McCann	5.68	275	334	353	395	409	446	504	636
	Labour	Christine O'Dowd-Smith	5.39	261	302	315	352	359	387	406
	Independent	Seán Rohan	4.81	233	287	291	306	316	331
	Fine Gael	Mary Darlington	4.54	220	270	275	282	313
	Fine Gael	John Carey	3.49	169	224	232	239
	Workers' Party	Olga Redmond-Stokes	2.85	138	155	186
	Socialist Workers	Carolann Duggan	1.92	93	110
Electorate: 11,302   Valid: 4,842 (42.84%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 808   Turnout: 4,892 (43.28%)

Waterford No.3

Waterford No.3 - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Workers' Party	Martin O'Regan*	18.96	884
	Fine Gael	Maurice Cummins*	16.62	775
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Murphy	12.42	579	605	616	633	644	651	672
	Labour	Seamus Ryan	11.52	537	558	570	585	600	616	689
	Workers' Party	John Halligan	9.18	428	496	507	514	542	642	677
	Fianna Fáil	Chuck O'Connell	7.44	347	354	359	373	380	389	404	458
	Independent	Laurence (Cha) O'Neill	7.40	345	357	370	381	400	409	424	502
	Fine Gael	Michelle O'Neill	5.02	234	244	277	283	287	301	325
	Labour	Sue Larkin	3.41	159	170	177	198	214	231
	Socialist Workers	James Kelly	2.85	133	144	148	151
	Workers' Party	Billy McCarthy	2.79	130	175	180	187	213
	Green	Catherine Kinsella	2.38	111	117	124
Electorate: 10,799   Valid: 4,662 (43.17%)   Spoilt: 100   Quota: 667   Turnout: 4,762 (44.10%)

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