1991 Limerick County Council election

1991 Limerick County Council election
All 28 seats on Limerick County Council
	Map showing the area of Limerick County Council
	Council control after election ; TBD;

An election to Limerick County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 councillors were elected from five 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	13	-5	21,238	43.28
	Fine Gael	10	-	15,765	32.13
	Progressive Democrats	4	+4	7,627	15.54
	Labour	1	+1	1,990	4.06
Totals		28	-	49,068	100.00	—

Bruff - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Brennan*	18.4%	1,976
	Fine Gael	Michael Noonan TD	13.7%	1,480	1,492	1,514	1,565
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Collins*	12.3%	1,328	1,497	1,505	1,545
	Fianna Fáil	John Clifford	12.2%	1,316	1,465	1,479	1,508	1,522	1,525	1,646
	Progressive Democrats	Tim O'Malley	11.9%	1,281	1,300	1,408	1,661
	Fine Gael	Jim McCarthy*	9.6%	1,034	1,039	1,112	1,126	1,168	1,174	1,473
	Fine Gael	Charlie Hanley	7.9%	855	911	918	969	996	1,005	1,099
	Labour	Noelle Dason	6.9%	740	748	780	822	861	869
	Progressive Democrats	Bobbie Penn	4.0%	434	447	502
	Progressive Democrats	John Wright	3.0%	323	329
Electorate: 19,044 Valid: 10,767 (56.54%) Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,539 Turnout: 10,843 (56.94%)

Castleconnell - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Wade*	17.9%	2,039
	Progressive Democrats	Peadar Clohessy TD*	14.2%	1,623	1,722
	Fine Gael	Senator Mary Jackman*	12.6%	1,443	1,465	1,477	1,702
	Fine Gael	Paddy Hourigan*	9.2%	1,048	1,065	1,078	1,097	1,110	1,212	1,320	1,373	1,542	1,557
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Gleeson*	8.2%	934	998	1,006	1,017	1,019	1,167	1,193	1,467	1,697
	Fianna Fáil	Willie Keane	6.7%	760	812	823	855	861	882	984	1,109	1,186	1,218
	Independent	William Meagher	6.3%	721	733	736	766	770	804	913	1,037
	Progressive Democrats	Michael Finucane	5.5%	631	660	680	742	759	960	1,044	1,099	1,210	1,228
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Long	5.4%	612	692	704	715	718	748	779
	Progressive Democrats	Martin Ryan	5.0%	574	589	592	600	606
	Labour	Joe Liston	4.8%	552	562	568	604	623	639
	Independent	Jim Duffy	4.2%	484	491	493
Electorate: 18,499 Valid: 11,421 (61.74%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,632 Turnout: 11,516 (62.25%)

Kilmallock - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Matt Callaghan*	22.7%	1,865
	Fine Gael	Jim Houlihan*	18.0%	1,479
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Barry*	15.8%	1,298	1,334	1,352	1,651
	Progressive Democrats	Eddie Creighton*	15.2%	1,248	1,325	1,341	1,434
	Fianna Fáil	William Sampson*	12.8%	1,053	1,147	1,151	1,389
	Fine Gael	John O'Grady	7.9%	654	829	887	916
	Fianna Fáil	Alan Mee*	7.7%	634	745	756
Electorate: 12,482 Valid: 8,231 (65.94%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,372 Turnout: 8,328 (66.72%)

Newcastle - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Kelly*	17.4%	1,668
	Fine Gael	Michael Finucane TD*	13.5%	1,300	1,309	1,331	1,382
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Healy*	11.2%	1,075	1,106	1,125	1,170	1,196	1,281	1,354
	Fianna Fáil	John Cregan	10.5%	1,013	1,039	1,040	1,048	1,107	1,146	1,285
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Ahern*	10.2%	976	1,109	1,119	1,129	1,147	1,171	1,208
	Fine Gael	Seán Broderick	9.7%	933	1,011	1,012	1,025	1,044	1,107	1,374
	Fine Gael	John Kelly*	7.3%	706	709	726	757	814	927
	Labour	Mary Kelly	7.3%	698	704	736	783	845	1,009	1,228
	Progressive Democrats	Sean Liston	5.5%	525	529	533	605	628
	Sinn Féin	Coireall MacCurtain	3.1%	300	301	304	311
	Progressive Democrats	Seamus Hunt	3.0%	288	292	301
	Independent	Michael Flynn	1.3%	127	127
Electorate: 14,404 Valid: 9,609 (66.71%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,373 Turnout: 9,718 (67.47%)

Rathkeale- 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Senator Dan Neville*	18.8%	1,699
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Sheahan*	17.9%	1,614
	Fianna Fáil	John Griffin*	16.5%	1,493	1,522
	Fianna Fáil	Maureen Barrett*	16.0%	1,449	1,457	1,503	1,504	1,515
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Reidy	7.7%	696	729	732	732	737	775	821
	Fine Gael	David Naughton	6.3%	573	638	654	656	673	736	832	1,222
	Progressive Democrats	John Carrig	6.2%	564	585	604	607	651	721	896	1,017
	Green	Patrick O'Doherty	5.9%	532	551	555	558	581	635
	Independent	Basil Fitzgibbon	3.1%	284	291	308	308	320
	Progressive Democrats	Patrick Sheehan	1.5%	136	146	148	154
Electorate: 12,705 Valid: 9,040 (71.15%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,507 Turnout: 9,113 (71.73%)

^ 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.