Kerry County Council election, 1991

Kerry County Council election, 1991

27 June 1991

All 27 seats to Kerry County Council   First party Second party Third party   Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour Party Seats won 13 7 4 Seat change - - +1   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 3 Seat change -1

Map showing the area of Kerry County Council

Council control after election TBD

An election to Kerry County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 27 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	13	-	26,766	44.14%
	Fine Gael	7	-	15,905	26.23%
	Labour Party	4	+1	10,045	16.56%
	Independent	3	-1	5,178	8.54%
Totals		27	-	60,644	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Killarney

Killarney - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Fleming*	15.9%	2,291
	Fianna Fáil	John O'LearyTD*	15.4%	2,222
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Healy-Rae*	13.02%	1,906	1,992	2,065
	Independent	P.J. Cronin*	11.3%	1,629	1,671	1,687	1,790	1,894	2,011	2,151
	Labour Party	Breeda Moynihan-Cronin	8.2	1,274	1,293	1,304	1,416	1,513	1,621	1,859
	Labour Party	Michael Gleeson*	8.7%	1,254	1,263	1,270	1,345	1,415	1,501	1,684
	Fine Gael	Paul Coghlan	7.4%	1,067	1,074	1,083	1,132	1,213	1,465	1,935
	Fine Gael	Tim Gleeson	6.5%	944	962	966	988	1,032	1,296
	Fine Gael	Seán Kelly	5.5%	799	816	821	865	913
	Fianna Fáil	Dermot O'Callaghan	3.7%	541	566	594	650
	Green Party	Eugene O'Shea	3.6%	518	522	527
Electorate: 20,677   Valid: 14,445 (69.86%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 2,064   Turnout: 14,565 (70.44%)

Killorglin

Killorglin - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	John O'DonoghueTD*	24.8%	2,979
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Cahill*	18.1%	2,170
	Fine Gael	Michael Connor-Scarteen*	13.5%	1,626	1,675	1,681	1,827
	Fine Gael	Danny Kissane*	11.1%	1,328	1,372	1,451	1,529	1,536	1,581
	Fine Gael	Dan Barry*	10.3%	1,238	1,658	1,671	1,706	1,724
	Labour Party	Michael MoynihanTD	9.2%	986	1,087	1,141	1,215	1,244	1,376
	Fianna Fáil	Jackie Cahill	5.6%	671	958	1,016	1,054	1,106
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Finnegan	5.1	616	942	1,170	1,210	1,214	1,710
	Progressive Democrats	Marie O'Sullivan	3.4%	404	439	454
Electorate: 18,062   Valid: 12,018 (66.54%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,717   Turnout: 12,145 (67.24%)

Listowel

Listowel- 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fine Gael	Jimmy DeenihanTD*	18.8%	2,725
	Fianna Fáil	Ned O'Sullivan	12%	1,743	1,848	1,928	1,982	2,017	2,041	2,057
	Fine Gael	Tim Buckley	11.8%	1,713	1,918	1,965	1,984	2,666
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Brassil*	11.7%	1,696	1,710	1,716	2,069	2,344
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Dan Kiely*	11%	1,593	1,647	1,677	1,732	1,788	1,832	1,883
	Fianna Fáil	Kieran Walsh*	9.3%	1,357	1,415	1,451	1,482	1,520	1,567	1,583
	Fine Gael	Bernie Behan	8.1%	1,170	1,248	1,260	1,381
	Labour Party	Liam O'Sullivan	7.9%	1,150	1,181	1,195
	Labour Party	Pat Leahy	7.5%	1,090	1,154	1,218	1,695	1,780	1,918	1,932
	Independent	James Halpin	1.9%	282	323
Electorate: 21,584   Valid: 14,519 (67.27%)   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 2,075   Turnout: 14,666 (67.95%)

Mid-Kerry

Mid-Kerry- 5 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Fianna Fáil	Breandan MacGearailt*	20.5%	2,170
	Independent	James Courtney*	16.5%	1,746	1,835
	Fianna Fáil	Tom McEllistrim*	15.9%	1,683	1,778
	Fine Gael	Bobby O'Connell	13.3%	1,413	1,417	1,417	1,417	1,658	1,881
	Labour Party	Maeve Spring	12.6%	1,331	1,364	1,385	1,385	1,499	1,629
	Fine Gael	Michael Begley*	10.7%	1,130	1,251	1,271	1,272	1,299	1,326
	Independent	Arthur Lenihan	5.4%	574	582	588	588
	Fianna Fáil	Sheila Kenny	5.3%	557	609	624	633	762
Electorate: 15,823   Valid: 10,604 (67.02%)   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 1,768   Turnout: 10,718 (67.74%)

Tralee

Tralee - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour Party	Dick SpringTD*	32.7%	2,960
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Denis Foley*	20.4%	1,845
	Fine Gael	Jim Kelly	8.3%	752	929	976	1,107	1,169	1,171	1,465
	Fianna Fáil	Ted Fitzgerald*	8%	726	884	945	1,080	1,166	1,188	1,478
	Sinn Féin	Billy Leen	7.9%	715	802	857	917
	Independent	Tommy Foley	7%	633	820	913	1,032	1,299	1,303	1,507
	Independent	John Blennerhassett*	6.2%	558	793	872	1,026	1,140	1,145
	Green Party	Conor Fitzgerald	6%	539	694	772
	Independent	Michael Donovan	3.6%	330	479
Electorate: 16,826   Valid: 9,058 (53.83%)   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,812   Turnout: 9,128 (54.25%)

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