1999 Monaghan County Council election

1999 Monaghan County Council election

10 June 1999
All 20 seats to Monaghan County Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Sinn Féin Seats won 8 6 6 Seat change - -1 +4   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 0 Seat change -3
Map showing the area of Monaghan County Council
Council control after election TBD

An election to Monaghan County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 20 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

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	8	-	10,369	38.54
	Fine Gael	6	-1	7,018	26.09
	Sinn Féin	6	+4	6,709	24.94
	Independent	0	-3	1,915	7.12
Totals		20	-	26,901	100.00	—

Results by local electoral area

Carrickmacross

Carrickmacross - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Pádraig McNally*	25.33	1,642
	Sinn Féin	Noel Keelan	16.09	1,043	1,096
	Fianna Fáil	Shane O'Hanlon	13.90	901	1,090
	Fine Gael	Helen Duffy	12.17	789	830	903	945
	Fianna Fáil	Rosaleen O'Hanlon*	12.02	779	943	1,274
	Fine Gael	Aidan Murray	11.48	744	778	918	981
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Freeman	9.01	584	664
Electorate: 10,045   Valid: 6,482 (71.42%)   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 1,081   Turnout: 6,619 (73.17%)

Castleblayney

Castleblayney- 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Francis O'Brien*	20.67	1,361
	Fine Gael	Gary Carville	16.07	1,058	1,082	1,176
	Sinn Féin	Jackie Crowe	16.00	1,053	1,075	1,137
	Fine Gael	Owen Bannigan	13.06	860	926	967	990	1,393
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Hughes*	11.56	761	806	833	849	915	974
	Fine Gael	Adam Armstrong	9.14	602	609	643	657
	Fianna Fáil	Olivia Keenan*	8.52	561	653	692	717	756	797
	Green	Liam Murtagh	4.97	327	334
Electorate: 9,905   Valid: 6,583 (66.46%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,098   Turnout: 6,692 (67.56%)

Clones

Clones - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Hugh McElvaney*	19.61	1,103	1,129
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Ann Leonard	16.85	948	1,016	1,452
	Fine Gael	Seymour Crawford TD*	16.59	933	946	1,018	1,113
	Independent	Walter Pringle*	14.10	793	815	864	916
	Fianna Fáil	Benny Kieran	11.80	664	721
	Sinn Féin	Brian MacUaid	11.52	648	957	1,033	1,103
	Sinn Féin	Sheila McKenna	9.53	536
Electorate: 8,271   Valid: 5,625 (68.01%)   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 1,126   Turnout: 5,720 (69.16%)

Monaghan

Monaghan - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghin O CaolainTD*	22.30	1,831
	Fianna Fáil	Patsy Treanor*	11.52	946	1,011	1,021	1,040	1,076	1,130	1,189
	Sinn Féin	Brian McKenna*	11.24	923	1,132	1,141	1,150	1,175
	Independent	Noel Maxwell*	8.77	720	731	753	764	801	829	869	915	924	929
	Fianna Fáil	Willie McKenna*	8.35	686	720	733	749	768	836	884	1,162	1,185
	Sinn Féin	Brenda McAnespie	8.22	675	908	920	948	965	1,061	1,084	1,220
	Fianna Fáil	Vincent McQuaid	6.53	536	557	564	575	605	680	708
	Fine Gael	Pat McKenna	5.99	492	500	513	528	558	587	867	927	941	951
	Fine Gael	Tommy Myles	7.66	437	456	467	490	507	558
	Independent	Plunkett McKenna	4.90	402	420	433	457	484
	Christian Solidarity	Gene Flood	2.69	221	231	247	260
	Labour	Ursula Dinkin	2.14	176	197	226
	Green	Denis Higgins	2.02	166	174
Electorate: 13,572   Valid: 8,211 (60.50%)   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 1,174   Turnout: 8,356 (61.57%)

External links

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