1999 Roscommon County Council election

Part of the 1999 Irish local elections

1999 Roscommon County Council election

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All 26 seats to Roscommon County Council
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Party  | Fine Gael | Fianna Fáil | Progressive Democrats
Seats won  | 12  | 9  | 1
Seat change  | +1  | -1  | +1

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| Fourth party  |
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Party  | Independent |
Seats won  | 4  |
Seat change  | -1  |

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Map showing the area of Roscommon County Council

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|  | Council control after election

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An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six 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

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

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| Fine Gael | 12  | +1  | 11,134 | 38.95 |
| Fianna Fáil | 9  | -1  | 10,529  | 36.83  |
| Progressive Democrats | 1  | +1  | 771  | 2.69  |
| Independent | 4  | -1  | 5,846  | 20.45  |
Totals | 26 | \-  | 28,586  | 100.00 | —

## Results by local electoral area

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### Athlone

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Fianna Fáil | Senator Michael Finneran*  | 26.28  | 1,462 |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fine Gael | Denis Naughten TD*  | 23.91  | 1,330 |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fine Gael | Ollie Moore | 9.44  | 525  | 618  | 735  | 796  | 857  | 1,083 |
| Fianna Fáil | Anthony Geraghty | 8.61  | 479  | 602  | 623  | 652  | 749  | 916  | 953
| Fianna Fáil | John Curran | 8.27  | 460  | 583  | 652  | 681  | 707  | 789  | 809
| Fine Gael | John Dooley  | 7.71  | 429  | 447  | 543  | 555  | 635  |   |
| Independent | Eugene Costello  | 7.05  | 392  | 492  | 541  | 584  | 651  | 711  | 771
| Independent | Tony Ward  | 5.88  | 327  | 366  | 389  | 402  |   |   |
| Independent | Tom Naughton  | 2.86  | 159  | 197  | 224  |   |   |   |
Electorate: 8,441   Valid: 5,563 (65.90%)   Spoilt: 53   Quota: 928   Turnout: 5,616 (66.53%)

### Ballaghadreen

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Ballaghadreen - 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3
| Fine Gael | Senator John Connor*  | 25.90  | 1,034 |   |
| Fine Gael | Michael Scally*  | 20.69  | 826 |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy McGarry | 16.03  | 640  | 668  | 801
| Progressive Democrats | Hugh Lynn | 14.63  | 584  | 665  | 763
| Fianna Fáil | Paul Lynch*  | 14.38  | 574  | 600  | 690
| Fianna Fáil | John Mulvihil  | 8.39  | 335  | 435  |
Electorate: 6,436   Valid: 3,993 (62.04%)   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 799   Turnout: 4,052 (62.96%)

### Boyle

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Fine Gael | Frank Feighan | 19.82  | 1,090 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fine Gael | Charlie Hopkins*  | 12.16  | 669  | 682  | 692  | 699  | 705  | 727  | 821  | 854  | 887
| Fine Gael | Kitty Duignan*  | 10.49  | 577  | 607  | 621  | 654  | 688  | 706  | 718  | 832  | 911
| Fine Gael | Gerry Garvey | 9.93  | 546  | 559  | 613  | 618  | 623  | 665  | 677  | 792  | 816
| Fianna Fáil | John Cummins | 9.56  | 526  | 546  | 580  | 613  | 670  | 685  | 699  | 706  | 819
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Gaffney  | 7.75  | 426  | 433  | 444  | 459  | 470  | 535  | 640  | 678  | 726
| Independent | Paddy Mulvey  | 5.11  | 281  | 287  | 291  | 301  | 310  | 331  |   |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Padraig McWeeney  | 5.00  | 275  | 276  | 299  | 300  | 307  |   |   |   |
| Independent | Paddy Mulvey  | 4.95  | 272  | 275  | 295  | 303  | 310  | 404  | 426  |   |
| Labour | Tommy Egan  | 5.10  | 256  | 287  | 300  | 345  | 431  | 437  | 467  | 480  |
| Independent | Francis Geelan  | 3.49  | 192  | 216  | 220  | 264  |   |   |   |   |
| Progressive Democrats | Gerard Tivnan  | 3.40  | 187  | 208  | 213  |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Tommie Bourke  | 2.78  | 153  | 154  |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Green | Vincent Beirne  | 2.38  | 50  | 53  |   |   |   |   |   |   |
Electorate: 7,827   Valid: 5,500 (70.27%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 917   Turnout: 5,548 (70.88%)

### Castlerea

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| Independent | Danny Burke*  | 28.83  | 927 |   |   |
| Fine Gael | Michael McGreal*  | 27.19  | 874 |   |   |
| Fine Gael | John Murray*  | 20.34  | 654  | 702  | 728  | 780
| Fianna Fáil | Breege Flanagan  | 14.06  | 452  | 514  | 718  | 736
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Sloyan  | 9.58  | 308  | 321  |   |
Electorate: 4,845   Valid: 3,215 (66.36%)   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 804   Turnout: 3,254 (67.14%)

### Roscommon

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
| Independent | Tom Foxe*  | 22.01  | 1,224 |   |   |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Terry Leyden | 16.15  | 898  | 946 |   |   |
| Fianna Fáil | Des Bruen*  | 12.23  | 680  | 744  | 749  | 939 |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Connaughton*  | 11.56  | 643  | 670  | 673  | 698  | 931
| Fianna Fáil | Paddy Kilduff  | 10.36  | 576  | 604  | 608  | 637  |
| Fine Gael | Gerry Donnelly*  | 9.58  | 533  | 556  | 557  | 652  | 884
| Fine Gael | Dominick Connolly*  | 9.51  | 529  | 576  | 578  | 733  | 792
| Fine Gael | Brian Keenan  | 8.60  | 478  | 538  | 542  |   |
Electorate: 8,326   Valid: 5,561 (66.79%)   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 927   Turnout: 5,608 (67.36%)

### Strokestown

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Strokestown - 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| Independent | Tom Crosby*  | 27.66  | 1,315 |   |   |
| Fine Gael | Seán Beirne*  | 16.70  | 794  | 854  | 971 |
| Independent | Gene Byrne*  | 16.26  | 757  | 813  | 858  | 970
| Fianna Fáil | Eugene Murphy*  | 19.78  | 699  | 813  | 922  | 1,115
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Thompson  | 10.69  | 508  | 551  | 559  | 622
| Fianna Fáil | John Quinn  | 9.15  | 435  | 458  | 469  |
| Fine Gael | Mamie Gearty  | 5.17  | 246  | 314  |   |
Electorate: 6,573   Valid: 4,754 (70.12%)   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 951   Turnout: 4,796 (71.13%)

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