1999 North Tipperary County Council election

Part of the 1999 Irish local elections

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1999 North Tipperary County Council election

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All 21 seats to North Tipperary County Council
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Party  | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Labour
Seats won  | 12 | 5  | 1
Seat change  | +1 | -2  | -1

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| Fourth party  |
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Party  | Independent |
Seats won  | 3  |
Seat change  | +2  |

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Map showing the area of North Tipperary County Council

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|  | Council control after election

Fianna Fail

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An election to North Tipperary County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 21 councillors were elected from four 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[edit]

Party  | Seats  | ±  | First Pref. votes  | FPv%  | ±%

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| Fianna Fáil | 12 | +1 | 14,639 | 47.27 |
| Fine Gael | 5  | -2  | 8,147  | 26.31  |
| Independent | 3  | +2  | 4,927  | 15.91  |
| Labour | 1  | -1  | 2,805  | 9.06  |
| Sinn Féin | 0  | 0  | 450  | 1.45  |
Totals | 21 | 0  | 30,968  | 100.00 | —

## Results by local electoral area[edit]

### Borrisokane[edit]

Borrisokane - 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Casey*  | 24.16  | 1,092  | 1,156 |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Louis McCormack  | 18.96  | 857  | 911  | 1,023  | 1,040  | 1,048
| Fine Gael | Gerard Darcy*  | 16.80  | 759  | 910  | 1,024  | 1,053  | 1,071
| Fianna Fáil | Tony McKenna*  | 16.42  | 742  | 838  | 1,176 |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Hough*  | 12.90  | 583  | 665  |  |  |
| Labour | Larry Dunne  | 10.75  | 486  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 6,701  Valid: 4,519 (67.44%)  Spoilt: 44  Quota: 1,130  Turnout: 4,563 (68.09%)

### Nenagh[edit]

Nenagh - 7 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Fianna Fáil | Maire Hoctor | 13.41  | 1,515 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Harrington*  | 10.23  | 1,156  | 1,180  | 1,182  | 1,239  | 1,285  | 1,337  | 1,498
| Fianna Fáil | Mattie (Coole) Ryan*  | 9.84  | 1,112  | 1,128  | 1,139  | 1,183  | 1,309  | 1,330  | 1,515
| Fine Gael | Tom Berkery | 9.35  | 1,056  | 1,061  | 1,106  | 1,135  | 1,158  | 1,230  | 1,306
| Fianna Fáil | John Carroll | 8.64  | 976  | 988  | 992  | 1,056  | 1,069  | 1,178  | 1,360
| Independent | Martin Kennedy | 8.33  | 941  | 942  | 1,033  | 1,041  | 1,236  | 1,265  | 1,357
| Fine Gael | Tom Ryan*  | 8.27  | 934  | 944  | 975  | 1,013  | 1,019  | 1,050  | 1,079
| Fianna Fáil | John Sheehy*  | 7.51  | 848  | 855  | 878  | 912  | 967  | 1,030  |
| Labour | Seán Creamer  | 6.85  | 774  | 777  | 783  | 805  | 814  |  |
| Labour | Senator Kathleen O'Meara | 6.79  | 767  | 785  | 794  | 865  | 890  | 1,279  | 1,417
| Fianna Fáil | Cait Delahunty  | 4.56  | 515  | 517  | 536  | 545  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Paddy Hackett  | 3.98  | 450  | 454  | 456  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Pat Vaughan  | 2.24  | 253  | 253  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 17,208  Valid: 11,297 (65.65%)  Spoilt: 130  Quota: 1,413  Turnout: 11,427 (66.41%)

### Templemore[edit]

Templemore - 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
| Fine Gael | Noel Coonan*  | 26.99  | 1,858 |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Denis Ryan*  | 13.82  | 951  | 1,105  | 1,210 |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Mulrooney*  | 13.03  | 897  | 932  | 981  | 999  | 1,023
| Fianna Fáil | Dr. Joe Hennessy | 11.46  | 789  | 975  | 1,014  | 1,125  | 1,137
| Fianna Fáil | John Hogan | 11.46  | 789  | 865  | 890  | 1,120  | 1,121
| Fianna Fáil | Dan Smith*  | 11.13  | 766  | 838  | 862  | 938  | 963
| Fine Gael | Willie Kennedy  | 7.42  | 511  | 665  | 712  |  |
| Labour | Anne Keegan  | 4.68  | 322  | 355  |  |  |
Electorate: 11,126  Valid: 6,883 (61.86%)  Spoilt: 79  Quota: 1,148  Turnout: 6,962 (62.57%)

### Thurles[edit]

Thurles - 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Independent | Michael Lowry TD*  | 35.94  | 3,049 |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Harry Ryan*  | 13.13  | 1,114  | 1,346 |  |  |  |
| Independent | Willie Kennedy*  | 11.04  | 937  | 1,525 |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | John Egan*  | 10.33  | 876  | 959  | 988  | 1,013  | 1,045  | 1,163
| Fianna Fáil | John Hanafin*  | 10.24  | 869  | 1,085  | 1,132  | 1,173  | 1,224 |
| Fine Gael | Seán Cahill  | 5.83  | 495  | 694  | 765  | 785  | 824  | 932
| Fine Gael | Mae Quinn*  | 5.58  | 473  | 706  | 770  | 793  | 905  | 1,115
| Labour | John Kenehan  | 5.37  | 456  | 643  | 699  | 716  | 771  |
| Independent | Noel O'Dwyer  | 2.53  | 205  | 313  | 358  | 365  |  |
Electorate: 13,824  Valid: 8,484 (61.37%)  Spoilt: 119  Quota: 1,213  Turnout: 8,603 (62.23%)

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