1991_Leitrim_County_Council_election References

1991 Leitrim County Council election
All 22 seats on Leitrim County Council
	Map showing the area of Leitrim County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

An election to Leitrim County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 22 councillors were elected from four local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.^[1]^[2]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	9	-1	6,735	43.35
	Fine Gael	9	+1	5,481	35.28
	Sinn Féin	1	-1	1,398	9.0
	Independent Fianna Fáil	1	0	402	2.6
	Independent	2	+1	1,485	9.6
Totals		22	0	15,535	100.00	—

Ballinamore - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Gerry Reynolds TD*	18.3%	766
	Fianna Fáil	John Ellis TD*	17.2%	720
	Fianna Fáil	J.J. Shortt*	16.3%	680
	Sinn Féin	Liam McGirl*	16.0%	667
	Fine Gael	Damien Brennan*	13.2%	552	609
	Fine Gael	Tommy McCartin*	10.4%	435	535	563	579	619
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy O'Rourke	8.6%	358	370	465	532	562
Electorate: 5,674 Valid: 4,178 (73.63%) Spoilt: 24 Quota: 597 Turnout: 4,202 (74.06%)

Carrick-on-Shannon - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Thomas Mulligan*	13.4%	565	578	605
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Guckian*	13.3%	563	596	639
	Fine Gael	Thomas Faughnan	11.7%	497	535	564	571	701
	Independent	Pascal McKeon*	11.7%	494	512	534	534	547	573
	Fianna Fáil	Seán McGowan	11.3%	480	512	529	532	536	545
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry McGee*	9.9%	420	421	431	432	437	450
	Fianna Fáil	Farrell McElgunn*	9.5%	400	408	483	499	685
	Fine Gael	Ann Harman	8.%	339	360	415	420
	Sinn Féin	Martin McTiernan	6.7%	285	302
	Independent	Des Guckian	4.4%	187
Electorate: 5,706 Valid: 4,230 (74.13%) Spoilt: 28 Quota: 605 Turnout: 4,258 (74.62%)

Dromahaire - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Jim McPadden*	13.3%	479	501	527	539	638
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Bohan*	12.2%	437	478	483	490	510	514	514	663
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Paschal Mooney	11.7%	422	426	467	483	555	567	569	600
	Fine Gael	John McTernan	11%	397	406	407	408	444	459	460	624
	Fianna Fáil	Stasia Carre	10.7%	385	401	402	405	411	411	411
	Independent	Gerry Dolan	9.6%	344	372	418	529	604
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Gilmartin	8.7%	313	314	333	386	405	412	413	453
	Fine Gael	Sean Wynne	8.2%	295	302	326	340
	Sinn Féin	Francis Guckian	5.4%	193	209	226
	Independent	Michael Moran	4.9%	175	182
	Independent	John Gallagher	4.3%	154
Electorate: 4,569 Valid: 3,594 (78.7%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 600 Turnout: 3,628 (79.4%)

Manorhamilton - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Tony Ferguson*	21.2%	742
	Fianna Fáil	Aodh Flynn*	14.6%	511	542	548	602
	Fine Gael	Charles Cullen*	12.7%	444	457	462	501	504	648
	Independent Fianna Fáil	Larry McGowan*	11.5%	402	421	451	534	541	673
	Fine Gael	Frank Dolan	10.3%	361	366	369	386	388
	Fine Gael	Siobhán McGloin	10%	351	381	420	456	458	526	552
	Fianna Fáil	Patsy Connolly	8.7%	304	349	365	387	391	409	442
	Sinn Féin	Michael Colreavy	7.2%	253	261	285
	Republican Sinn Féin	Declan Curneen	3.7%	131	138
Electorate: 4,766 Valid: 3,533 (74.13%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 584 Turnout: 3,569 (74.88%)

^ Local Government Act 1994, s. 20: Year of elections to all local authorities ( No. 8 of 1994, s. 20). Enacted on 29 April 1994. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
^ Local Government Act 1998, s. 10: Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1994 ( No. 16 of 1998, s. 10). Enacted on 29 May 1998. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.