1999 Limerick County Council election
{{Short description|Part of the 1999 Irish local elections}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1999 Limerick County Council election
| country = Ireland
| type = Parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = yes
| previous_election = 1991 Limerick County Council election
| previous_year = 1991
| next_election = 2004 Limerick County Council election
| next_year = 2004
| seats_for_election = All 28 seats to Limerick County Council
| majority_seats =
| election_date = 10 June 1999
| party1 = Fianna Fáil
| seats1 = 14
| seat_change1 = +1
| party2 = Fine Gael
| seats2 = 10
| seat_change2 = -
| party3 = Progressive Democrats
| seats3 = 3
| seat_change3 = -1
| party4 = Independent politician (Ireland)
| seats4 = 1
| seat_change4 = +1
| party5 = Labour Party (Ireland)
| seats5 = 0
| seat_change5 = -1
| map_image = Limerick in Ireland.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Map showing the area of Limerick County Council
| title = Council control
| posttitle = Council control after election
| before_election =
| after_election = Fianna Fail
}}
An election to Limerick County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Results by party
| class=wikitable
! colspan=2 align=center|Party ! valign=top|Seats ! valign=top|± ! valign=top|First Pref. votes ! valign=top|FPv% ! valign=top|±% |
| {{Party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
| align=right|14 | align=right|+1 | align=right|22,298 | align=right|46.04 | align=right| |
| {{Party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
| align=right|10 | align=right |
| align=right|15,692
| align=right|32.40 | align=right| |
| {{Party name with colour|Progressive Democrats}}
| align=right|3 | align=right |
| 1
| align=right|4,775 | align=right|9.86 | align=right| |
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
| align=right|1 | align=right|+1 | align=right|4,030 | align=right|8.32 | align=right| |
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
| align=right|0 | align=right |
| 1
| align=right|941 | align=right|1.94 | align=right| |
| colspan=2 align=center|Totals
| align=right |28 | align=center |
| align=right |48,434
| align=center|100.00 | align=center|— |
Results by local electoral area
=Bruff=
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Bruff - 7 seats
|numcounts= 9
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Michael Brennan*
|count1 = 1,624
|percentage = 15.80
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Progressive Democrats
|candidate = Tim O'Malley*
|count1 = 1,406
|percentage = 13.68
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Cormac Hurley
|count1 = 1,213
|percentage = 11.80
|count2 = 1,224
|count3 = 1,238
|count4 = 1,271
|count5 = 1,403
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = John Clifford*
|count1 = 1,132
|percentage = 9.90
|count2 = 1,234
|count3 = 1,243
|count4 = 1,259
|count5 = 1,273
|count6 = 1,279
|count7 = 1,473
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Richard Butler
|count1 = 1,114
|percentage = 10.84
|count2 = 1,133
|count3 = 1,163
|count4 = 1,182
|count5 = 1,199
|count6 = 1,202
|count7 = 1,225
|count8 = 1,233
|count9 = 1,415
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Leonard Enright
|count1 = 937
|percentage = 9.12
|count2 = 1,035
|count3 = 1,042
|count4 = 1,052
|count5 = 1,068
|count6 = 1,071
|count7 = 1,198
|count8 = 1,261
|count9 = 1,316
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Sandra Marsh
|count1 = 716
|percentage = 6.97
|count2 = 738
|count3 = 748
|count4 = 772
|count5 = 865
|count6 = 917
|count7 = 980
|count8 = 1,010
|count9 = 1,133
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Edmond Costello
|count1 = 594
|percentage = 5.78
|count2 = 619
|count3 = 624
|count4 = 631
|count5 = 637
|count6 = 646
|count7 = 686
|count8 = 696
|count9 = 759
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Patrick Fitzgerald
|count1 = 487
|percentage = 4.74
|count2 = 535
|count3 = 539
|count4 = 541
|count5 = 547
|count6 = 547
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|candidate = Trisha Keyes-Bevan
|count1 = 476
|percentage = 4.63
|count2 = 481
|count3 = 490
|count4 = 548
|count5 = 596
|count6 = 611
|count7 = 625
|count8 = 634
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Progressive Democrats
|candidate = Pat Hennessy
|count1 = 353
|percentage = 3.43
|count2 = 357
|count3 = 384
|count4 = 410
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|candidate = David Edler
|count1 = 142
|percentage = 1.38
|count2 = 147
|count3 = 151
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Denis Riordan
|count1 = 84
|percentage = 0.82
|count2 = 84
|count3 = 86
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 9
|electorate = 21,941
|valid = 10,278 (46.84%)
|spoilt = 112
|quota = 1,285
|turnout = 10,390 (47.35%)
}}
=Castleconnell=
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Castleconnell - 7 seats
|numcounts= 13
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Senator Mary Jackman*
|count1 = 1,841
|percentage = 14.93
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Eddie Wade*
|count1 = 1,549
|percentage = 12.56
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Joe Meagher
|count1 = 1,001
|percentage = 8.12
|count2 = 1,005
|count3 = 1,008
|count4 = 1,020
|count5 = 1,042
|count6 = 1,053
|count7 = 1,066
|count8 = 1,116
|count9 = 1,160
|count10 = 1,177
|count11= 1,274
|count12 = 1,281
|count13 = 1,282
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Paddy Hourigan*
|count1 = 899
|percentage = 7.29
|count2 = 948
|count3 = 952
|count4 = 980
|count5 = 1,013
|count6 = 1,046
|count7 = 1,126
|count8 = 1,226
|count9 = 1,273
|count10 = 1,459
|count11= 1,563
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Noreen Ryan
|count1 = 812
|percentage = 6.58
|count2 = 825
|count3 = 830
|count4 = 838
|count5 = 874
|count6 = 952
|count7 = 1,034
|count8 = 1,217
|count9 = 1,272
|count10 = 1,314
|count11= 1,381
|count12 = 1,384
|count13 = 1,386
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Progressive Democrats
|candidate = Brigid Teefy
|count1 = 794
|percentage = 6.44
|count2 = 815
|count3 = 822
|count4 = 859
|count5 = 917
|count6 = 973
|count7 = 1,022
|count8 = 1,058
|count9 = 1,304
|count10 = 1,468
|count11= 1,535
|count12 = 1,537
|count13 = 1,539
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Noel Gleeson*
|count1 = 756
|percentage = 6.13
|count2 = 766
|count3 = 768
|count4 = 779
|count5 = 844
|count6 = 866
|count7 = 884
|count8 = 978
|count9 = 1,016
|count10 = 1,064
|count11= 1,272
|count12 = 1,274
|count13 = 1,276
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Mary Harty
|count1 = 710
|percentage = 5.76
|count2 = 754
|count3 = 758
|count4 = 788
|count5 = 816
|count6 = 835
|count7 = 884
|count8 = 893
|count9 = 966
|count10 = 1,122
|count11= 1,323
|count12 = 1,331
|count13 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Patrick Coffey
|count1 = 685
|percentage = 5.55
|count2 = 692
|count3 = 700
|count4 = 726
|count5 = 763
|count6 = 791
|count7 = 831
|count8 = 845
|count9 = 865
|count10 = 910
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Leo Walsh
|count1 = 588
|percentage = 4.77
|count2 = 623
|count3 = 636
|count4 = 663
|count5 = 676
|count6 = 716
|count7 = 759
|count8 = 792
|count9 = 836
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Eamon Lawlor
|count1 = 534
|percentage = 4.33
|count2 = 544
|count3 = 547
|count4 = 551
|count5 = 567
|count6 = 602
|count7 = 641
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Progressive Democrats
|candidate = Damien O'Dwyer
|count1 = 489
|percentage = 3.97
|count2 = 504
|count3 = 515
|count4 = 536
|count5 = 602
|count6 = 637
|count7 = 680
|count8 = 696
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|candidate = Niall Greene
|count1 = 465
|percentage = 3.77
|count2 = 489
|count3 = 515
|count4 = 526
|count5 = 536
|count6 = 589
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = John Redington
|count1 = 427
|percentage = 3.46
|count2 = 471
|count3 = 491
|count4 = 508
|count5 = 515
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Progressive Democrats
|candidate = Martin Ryan
|count1 = 410
|percentage = 3.32
|count2 = 419
|count3 = 424
|count4 = 429
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = P.J. O'Donnell
|count1 = 251
|percentage = 2.04
|count2 = 259
|count3 = 263
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|candidate = Aine McCarthy
|count1 = 121
|percentage = 0.98
|count2 = 127
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 13
|electorate = 22,243
|valid = 12,332 (55.44%)
|spoilt = 108
|quota = 1,542
|turnout = 12,440 (55.93%)
}}
=Kilmallock=
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Kilmallock - 4 seats
|numcounts= 5
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = John Gallahue
|count1 = 1,824
|percentage = 20.97
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Jim Houlihan*
|count1 = 1,396
|percentage = 16.05
|count2 = 1,406
|count3 = 1,627
|count4 = 1,772
|count5 =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Pat McAuliffe
|count1 = 1,356
|percentage = 15.59
|count2 = 1,363
|count3 = 1,407
|count4 = 1,620
|count5 = 1,795
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Progressive Democrats
|candidate = Eddie Creighton*
|count1 = 1,323
|percentage = 15.21
|count2 = 1,339
|count3 = 1,504
|count4 = 1,530
|count5 = 1,705
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Mary O'Brien
|count1 = 898
|percentage = 10.32
|count2 = 923
|count3 = 945
|count4 = 1,018
|count5 = 1,401
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Eddie Ryan
|count1 = 840
|percentage = 9.66
|count2 = 857
|count3 = 885
|count4 = 912
|count5 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Tom Lenihan
|count1 = 541
|percentage = 6.22
|count2 = 545
|count3 = 560
|count4 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Joe Wheeler
|count1 = 521
|percentage = 5.99
|count2 = 526
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 5
|electorate = 13,808
|valid = 8,699 (63.00%)
|spoilt = 120
|quota = 1,740
|turnout = 8,819 (63.87%)
}}
=Newcastle West=
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Newcastle West - 5 seats
|numcounts= 4
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Michael Finucane TD*
|count1 = 1,903
|percentage = 22.10
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Senator John Cregan*
|count1 = 1,445
|percentage = 16.78
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Michael O'Kelly*
|count1 = 1,128
|percentage = 13.10
|count2 = 1,144
|count3 = 1,176
|count4 = 1,323
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Seamus Ahern
|count1 = 1,103
|percentage = 12.81
|count2 = 1,138
|count3 = 1,195
|count4 = 1,463
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Seán Broderick*
|count1 = 1,098
|percentage = 12.78
|count2 = 1,326
|count3 = 1,401
|count4 = 1,461
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|candidate = Joseph Mullane
|count1 = 761
|percentage = 8.84
|count2 = 832
|count3 = 937
|count4 = 1,117
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Michael Healy*
|count1 = 737
|percentage = 8.56
|count2 = 825
|count3 = 876
|count4 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Sinn Féin
|candidate = Coireall MacCurtain
|count1 = 361
|percentage = 4.19
|count2 = 378
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Green Party (Ireland)
|candidate = Ted Bradley
|count1 = 74
|percentage = 0.86
|count2 = 86
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 4
|electorate = 15,682
|valid = 8,610 (54.90%)
|spoilt = 123
|quota = 1,436
|turnout = 8,733 (55.69%)
}}
=Rathkeale=
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=Rathkeale - 5 seats
|numcounts= 3
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = Senator Dan Neville*
|count1 = 2,555
|percentage = 30.00
|count2 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Kevin Sheahan*
|count1 = 1,368
|percentage = 16.06
|count2 = 1,501
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = John Cregan
|count1 = 1,284
|percentage = 15.08
|count2 = 1,379
|count3 = 1,446
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fine Gael
|candidate = David Naughton*
|count1 = 1,260
|percentage = 14.79
|count2 = 1,855
|count3 =
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = John Griffin*
|count1 = 1,240
|percentage = 14.56
|count2 = 1,382
|count3 = 1,463
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Fianna Fáil
|candidate = Michael Mulcair
|count1 = 810
|percentage = 9.51
|count2 = 980
|count3 = 1,088
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 3
|electorate = 15,267
|valid = 8,517 (55.79%)
|spoilt = 147
|quota = 1,420
|turnout = 8,664 (56.75%)
}}