1999 Irish local elections

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1999 Irish local elections

| country = Republic of Ireland

| type = parliamentary

| party_colour =

| previous_election =

| previous_year = 1991 and 1994

| next_election = 2004 Irish local elections

| next_year = 2004

| seats_for_election = 1,627 County, City, Borough and Town Council Seats

| election_date = 11 June 1999

| 1blank = Largest Party

| 2blank = Councillors

| 3blank = Councillors +/-

| turnout= 50.19% {{decrease}}5.46pp

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Bertie Ahern, November 1995 (cropped).jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| colour1 =

| leader1 = Bertie Ahern

| leader_since1 = 19 November 1994

| leaders_seat1 =

| party1 = Fianna Fáil

| last_election1 =

| seats1 =

| seat_change1 =

| popular_vote1 =

| percentage1 = 38.9%

| swing1 =

| 1data1 =

| 2data1 = 382

| 3data1 = {{increase}}28

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image =John Bruton, December 1999 (cropped).jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| colour2 =

| leader2 = John Bruton

| leader_since2 = 21 November 1990

| leaders_seat2 =

| party2 = Fine Gael

| last_election2 =

| seats2 =

| seat_change2 =

| popular_vote2 =

| percentage2 = 28.1%

| swing2 =

| 1data2 =

| 2data2 = 277

| 3data2 = {{increase}}3

| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Ruairi Quinn, circa 2002.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| colour3 =

| leader3 = Ruairi Quinn

| leader_since3 = 13 November 1997

| leaders_seat3 =

| party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)

| last_election3 =

| seats3 =

| seat_change3 =

| popular_vote3 =

| percentage3 = 10.8%

| swing3 =

| 1data3 =

| 2data3 = 83

| 3data3 = {{decrease}}6

| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Mary Harney, October 2001 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| colour4 =

| leader4 = Mary Harney

| leader_since4 = 26 October 1993

| leaders_seat4 =

| party4 = Progressive Democrats

| last_election4 =

| seats4 =

| seat_change4 =

| popular_vote4 =

| percentage4 = 3.9%

| swing4 =

| 1data4 =

| 2data4 = 25

| 3data4 = {{decrease}}12

| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Gerry Adams, 1997.jpg |bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| colour5 =

| leader5 = Gerry Adams

| leader_since5 = 13 November 1983

| leaders_seat5 =

| party5 = Sinn Féin

| last_election5 =

| seats5 =

| seat_change5 =

| popular_vote5 =

| percentage5 = 3.5%

| swing5 =

| 1data5 =

| 2data5 = 21

| 3data5 = {{increase}}13

| image6 =

GP

| colour6 =

| leader6 = None

| leader_since6 =

| leaders_seat6 =

| party6 = Green Party (Ireland)

| last_election6 =

| seats6 =

| seat_change6 =

| popular_vote6 =

| percentage6 = 2.5%

| swing6 =

| 1data6 =

| 2data6 = 8

| 3data6 = {{decrease}}5

| image7 =

IFF

| colour7 =

| leader7 = —

| leader_since7 = —

| leaders_seat7 =

| party7 = Independent Fianna Fáil

| last_election7 =

| seats7 = 4

| seat_change7 = {{decrease}}1

| popular_vote7 = 7,087

| percentage7 = 0.65

| swing7 = {{decrease}}0.4%

| image8 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Seán Garland.jpg |bSize = 130|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 5}}

| colour8 =

| leader8 = Seán Garland

| leader_since8 = 1998

| leaders_seat8 =

| party8 = Workers' Party (Ireland)

| last_election8 =

| seats8 = 3

| seat_change8 = {{decrease}} 21

| popular_vote8 = 6,847

| percentage8 = 0.5%

| swing8 = {{decrease}} 3.1%

}}

The 1999 Irish local elections were held in all the counties, cities and towns of Ireland on Friday, 11 June 1999, on the same day as the European elections.

Ireland was divided into local government areas of administrative counties and county boroughs, in which the local authorities had last been elected at the 1991 local elections, and a second tier in certain areas of boroughs, urban districts and towns, in which the local authorities had last been elected at the 1994 local elections. The elections had been scheduled for 1998, but were postponed.{{Cite ISB|title=Local Government Act 1994|year=1994|number=8|section=20|stitle=Year of elections to all local authorities|date=29 April 1994}}{{Cite ISB|title=Local Government Act 1998|year=1998|number=16|section=10|stitle=Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994|date=29 May 1998}}

Each local government area was divided into local electoral areas (LEAs) in which councillors were elected for a five-year term on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). During the period of office of these councils, local government throughout the state was restructured under the Local Government Act 2001.

Results

class="wikitable"

colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" | Party

| valign="top" | Seats

| valign="top" align="center"| ±

| valign="top" | First Pref. Votes

| valign="top" | % FPv

| valign="top" align="center"| ±%

| align="right" |382

| align="right" |+28

| align="right" |552,033

| align="right" |38.9

| align="right" |+0.9

| align="right" |277

| align="right" |+3

| align="right" |399,125

| align="right" |28.1

| align="right" |+1.5

| align="right" |83

| align="right" |−6

| align="right" |153,197

| align="right" |10.8

| align="right" |+0.3

| align="right" |25

| align="right" |−12

| align="right" |41,362

| align="right" |2.9

| align="right"

2.1

| align="right" |21

| align="right" |+13

| align="right" |49,192

| align="right" |3.5

| align="right" |+1.4

| align="right" |8

| align="right" |−5

| align="right" |35,742

| align="right" |2.5

| align="right" |+0.1

| align="right" |4

| align="right" |—

| align="right" |7,087

| align="right" |0.5

| align="right"

0.4

| align="right" |3

| align="right" |–21

| align="right" |6,847

| align="right" |0.5

| align="right"

3.1

| align="right" |2

| align="right" |New

| align="right" |5,312

| align="right" |0.4

| align="right" |New

| align="right" |1

| align="right" |New

| align="right" |1,478

| align="right" |0.1

| align="right" |New

| align="right" |1

| align="right" |—

| align="right" |1,390

| align="right" |0.1

| align="right"

0.2

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |New

| align="right" |1,252

| align="right" |0.1

| align="right" |New

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |New

| align="right" |904

| align="right" |0.1

| align="right" |New

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |New

| align="right" |881

| align="right" |0.1

| align="right" |New

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |New

| align="right" |129

| align="right" |0.0

| align="right" |New

| align="right" |76

| align="right" |−2

| align="right" |164,552

| align="right" |11.6

| align="right" |+1.0

colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Total

| align="right" |883

| align="right" |—

| align="right" |1,420,483

| align="right" |100

| align="right" |—

18 Workers' Party councillors had left the party in 1992 upon the creation of Democratic Left. In January 1999, Democratic Left merged with the Labour Party. One Workers' Party councillor had joined Labour since 1991.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

= County councils =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; padding-left:1em"

!align="left"|Authority

!style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}; width: 3px;" |

|FF

!style="background-color: {{party color|Fine Gael}}; width: 3px;" |

|FG

!style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (Ireland)}}; width: 3px;" |

|Lab

!style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party (Ireland)}}; width: 3px;" |

|GP

!style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}; width: 3px;" |

|SF

!style="background-color: {{party color|Progressive Democrats}}; width: 3px;" |

|PD

!Other

!align="left"|Total

!Details

align="left"|Carlow

|colspan="2"| 9

|colspan="2"| 7

|colspan="2"| 3

|colspan="2"| 1

|colspan="2"|

|colspan="2"| 1

|

| 21

Town	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party	Sinn Féin	Progressive Democrats	Green Party	Workers Party of Ireland	Others	Total
class="wikitable sortable"
Ardee	3	2	2	1	1				9
Arklow	4		1					4	9
Athlone	5	2						2	9
Athy	4	1	2	1				1	9
Balbriggan	2	1	2			1		3	9
Ballina	4	2						3	9
Ballinasloe	3	2						4	9
Ballybay	4	3		1				1	9
Ballyshannon	3	3						3	9
Bandon	4	3						2	9
Bantry	4	3		1				1	9
Belturbet	5	2		1				1	9
Birr	3	3	1					2	9
Boyle	2	2	2					3	9
Bray	5	1	4					2	12
Buncrana	3	3		1				2	9
Bundoran	5	2		1				1	9
Carlow	3	3	2		1				9
Carrickmacross	5	2		1				1	9
Carrick-on-Suir	3	1	2	1				2	9
Cashel	3	2	1					3	9
Castlebar	4	2	2					1	9
Castleblayney	3			2				4	9
Cavan	5	3		1					9
Clonakilty	3	2	1	1				2	9
Clones	3	2		3				2	9
Cobh	3	1	2	1				2	9
Cootehill	3	2		2				2	9
Dundalk	5	1		2	1			3	12
Dungarvan	1	2	4					2	9
Edenderry	4	1						4	9
Ennis	3	2	1			1		2	9
Enniscorthy	4	2		1				2	9
Fermoy	3	2	1					3	9
Gorey	5	3		1					9
Granard	3	2	1					3	9
Greystones	2	2	1					4	9
Kells	5	2	1					1	9
Kilkee	4	3						1	9
Killarney	3	1	1					4{{efn\|name=gleeson\|Michael Gleeson of the South Kerry Independent Alliance is included in this total.}}	9
Kilrush	4		1			1		3	9
Kinsale	4	2	1					2	9
Leixlip	4	2	3						9
Letterkenny	3	1	1					4	9
Lismore	2	3	2					2	9
Listowel	4	4		1					9
Longford	3	3			1			2	9
Loughrea	5	3						1	9
Macroom	3	4	1					1	9
Mallow	3	3	3						9
Midleton	3	2						4	9
Monaghan	3	1		4				1	9
Mountmellick	6	1						2	9
Muine Bheag	6	2	1						9
Mullingar	3	1	4					1	9
Naas	2	1	1		1			4	9
Navan	4	2		1				2	9
Nenagh	5	2	1					1	9
Newbridge	5	2						2	9
New Ross	5	1	1	1				1	9
Passage West	3	3	1	1		1			9
Portlaoise	5	2		1				1	9
Shannon	3	2	2					2	9
Skibbereen	2	2	2					3	9
Templemore	4	3						2	9
Thurles	4	2	2					1	9
Tipperary	2	2	2					3	9
Tralee	4	1	3	2				2	12
Tramore	3	1	1		1		1	2	9
Trim	3	1	1					4	9
Tuam	2	2	1		1			3	9
Tullamore	2	1	4	1				1	9
Westport	4	4						1	9
Wicklow	3	1	3					2	9
Youghal	4	1		1		1		2	9

1999 Irish local elections

Results

= County councils =

= City councils =

=Borough and town councils=

==Borough councils==

==Town councils==

Notes

References