Mayo County Council election, 1999

10 June 1999

All 31 seats to Mayo County Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Fianna Fáil	Fine Gael	Labour Party
Seats won	16	13	1
Seat change	+1	-	-

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Seats won	1
Seat change	-1

Map showing the area of Mayo County Council

Council control after election

TBD

An election to Mayo County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from seven electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	16	+1	26,119	46.18%
	Fine Gael	13	-	23,414	41.39%
	Labour Party	1	-	1,021	1.81%
	Independent	1	-1	4,814	8.51%
Totals		31	-	56,564	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Ballina

Ballina - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Annie Mae Reape*	16.39	1,818
	Fine Gael	Senator Ernie Caffrey*	15.68	1,629
	Fine Gael	Seamus Weir	11.36	1,260	1,288	1,369	1,430	1,541	1,644
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Molloy*	10.87	1,206	1,235	1,287	1,353	1,381	1,385	1,386
	Fine Gael	Eddie Staunton*	10.60	1,176	1,195	1,285	1,325	1,721
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Golden*	9.63	1,069	1,094	1,118	1,217	1,504	1,531	1,545
	Fianna Fáil	John O'Donnell	9.98	1,107	1,199	1,218	1,322	1,333	1,334	1,339
	Fine Gael	Vinnie Munnelly	7.99	886	893	906	964
	Sinn Féin	John Clarke	5.50	610	633	649
	Independent	Bernard Flynn	3.01	334	343
Electorate: 18,303 Valid: 11,095 (60.62%) Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,586 Turnout: 11,257 (61.50%)

Ballinrobe

Ballinrobe - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fine Gael	Michael Burke*	21.73	1,218	1,289	1,460
	Independent	Harry Walsh	19.25	1,079	1,197	1,253	1,291	1,306
	Fine Gael	Jim Mannion*	17.90	1,003	1,134	1,296	1,322	1,365
	Fianna Fáil	Damien Ryan	16.63	932	1,062	1,466
	Fianna Fáil	Nora Conroy	12.79	717	894
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Hughes	10.10	566
	Green Party	Ben Ryan	1.59	89
Electorate: 15,503 Valid: 8,332 (53.74%) Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,667 Turnout: 8,406 (54.22%)

Belmullet

Belmullet - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Tim Quinn*	18.63	1,338	1,379	1,476
	Fine Gael	Pat Kilbane*	16.05	1,153	1,159	1,164	1,448
	Fine Gael	Ian McAndrews	14.09	1,012	1,033	1,112	1,114	1,126	1,127	1,194
	Fine Gael	Gerry Coyle	14.05	1,009	1,059	1,203	1,205	1,213	1,213	1,309
	Independent	Michael Holmes	10.99	789	801	843	933	938	944
	Fianna Fáil	Michael McNulty	8.62	619	621	623
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Leneghan	8.55	614	632	715	927	941	945	1,333
	Independent	Paraic Cosgrove*	6.25	449	480
	Independent	Tony Mullarkey	2.77	199
Electorate: 11,374 Valid: 7,182 (63.14%) Spoilt: 107 Quota: 1,437 Turnout: 7,289 (64.08%)

Castlebar

Castlebar - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Fianna Fáil	Beverley Cooper FlynnTD*	18.24	2,047
	Fianna Fáil	Al McDonnell*	11.82	1,326	1,404	1,439	1,489	1,530	1,721
	Fine Gael	Senator Paddy Burke*	11.66	1,309	1,337	1,360	1,375	1,562	1,688
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Bourke	10.76	1,207	1,373	1,418	1,538	1,597	1,835
	Fine Gael	Henry Kenny*	9.94	1,116	1,140	1,170	1,217	1,396	1,492	1,517
	Labour Party	Johnny Mee*	9.10	1,021	1,058	1,151	1,191	1,312	1,499	1,559
	Fine Gael	John Devaney*	7.78	873	881	897	1,080	1,126	1,149	1,160
	Fianna Fáil	Iarla Duffy	7.00	786	842	872	907	963
	Fine Gael	Eoin Garavan	6.09	683	702	719	727
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Rowland	4.52	507	522	538
	Sinn Féin	Joe McHale	2.23	250	258
	Green Party	Dr. Lucille Ryan-O'Shea	0.86	97	101
Electorate: 19,200 Valid: 11,222 (58.45%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,604 Turnout: 11,362 (59.18%)

Claremorris

Claremorris- 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2
	Fianna Fáil	John Carty*	25.26	1,758
	Independent	Richard Finn*	20.49	1,426
	Fine Gael	John Cribbin	19.40	1,350	1,442
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick McHugh*	18.43	1,283	1,508
	Fine Gael	Tom Connolly	16.42	1,143	1,191
Electorate: 11,222 Valid: 6,960 (62.02%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 1,393 Turnout: 7,050 (62.82%)

Swinford

Swinford - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Maloney*	20.65	1,430
	Fine Gael	John Flannery*	19.20	1,330	1,620
	Fianna Fáil	Gerry Murray	18.12	1,255	1,301	1,311	1,327
	Fine Gael	Joseph Mellett	14.80	1,025	1,377	1,560
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Oliver*	14.38	996	1,124	1,147	1,165
	Fine Gael	Sean McEvoy*	12.85	890
Electorate: 11,707 Valid: 6,926 (59.16%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,386 Turnout: 7,049 (60.21%)

Westport

Westport - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Fine Gael	Michael RingTD*	35.56	2,694
	Fianna Fáil	Peter Sweeney	17.21	1,304	1,432	1,549
	Fianna Fáil	Senator Frank Chambers*	18.12	1,171	1,278	1,445
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Adams	14.03	1,063	1,337	1,604
	Fine Gael	Peter McManamon	8.65	655	1,073	1,277
	Independent	Martin Keane	5.98	453	665
	Green Party	Ann Crowley	1.98	150	171
	Independent	Tom King	1.12	85	103
Electorate: 11,248 Valid: 7,575 (67.35%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 1,516 Turnout: 7,668 (68.17%)

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